China objects to Free Tibet campaign in Nepal.
TNN | Nov 7, 2011, 05.06PM IST
KATHMANDU: A senior leader of China's ruling Communist party on Monday lodged a formal objection with Nepal's government about public demonstrations by Free Tibet campaigners in Kathmandu valley last week as part...
Keep mouth shut and focus on cricket: Waqar to Afridi.
PTI | Nov 7, 2011, 10.49AM IS
KARACHI: Former Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has advised flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi to keep his mouth shut and focus on performing well as a cricketer.
In an unusually hard-hitting interview to...
US threatens Pak over Iran gas pipeline deal.
Sep 16, 2011 at 01:16pm IST
Islamabad: The US has warned Pakistan that it may impose sanctions on Islamabad if it continuous to pursue the multi-billion dollar Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, according to a media report on Friday.
The US raised...
When India held firm and carved out a nation called Bangladesh.
6 Nov, 2011, 0520 hrs IST, Josy Joseph, TNN
NEW DELHI: Sending its 7th Fleet to the Bay of Bengal during the 1971 Indo-Pak war might not have been the only aggressive military action taken by the US against India in 1971, newly...
Questioning Chinas economic superpower status.
Economic observers believe China is riding for a fall amid rising debts, illicit loans and increasing social unrest
By Tania Branigan / The Guardian, BEIJING
Illustration: Kevin Sheu
The wildest European optimists have painted China as...