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New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) With India's grassroots development projects becoming a big success in Afghanistan, an Afghan team will visit New Delhi soon to learn from its varied experience in rural development. Ahead of External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's visit to Kabul this week, India's...

A vulture tagged by scientists at Tel Aviv University was 'arrested' on suspicion of being a Mossad spy after the bird strayed into Saudi Arabian territory, according to reports. Israeli daily Ma'ariv reports that the bird was found in a rural area of the country wearing a transmitter and a...

(Reuters) - Pakistan's anti-blasphemy law has been in the spotlight since November when a court sentenced a Christian mother of four to death, in a case that has exposed deep rifts in the troubled Muslim nation of more than 170 million people. While liberal Pakistanis and rights groups...

Though an old article,i thought i made an intresting read _______________________________________________ The secret UFO files inside Indian Space Research Organization – when will India reveal the existence of UFOs or become the member of the US Security Council? Indian Space research...

BEIJING: Masood Khan, Pakistan's ambassador in Beijing, has requested China to assist in the building of three hydro-electricity dam projects in the disputed Pakistan Occupied Kashmir during 2011, when the two countries are celebrating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations. China has...

At least five children were injured when the bus of a school run by the paramilitary Frontier Corps was targeted with a remote-controlled bomb at Turbat in southwest Pakistan on Tuesday, police said. The condition of one of the injured children was critical, officials said. The bus was...

(Reuters) - United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the top militant group fighting in the country's remote northeast for almost three decades has dropped its demand for independence in talks with New Delhi, softening its stand in an insurgency that has killed thousands of people. The ULFA is...

India and Pakistan exchanged a list of each other’s nuclear installations on Saturday like they have done at the start of each year under a 1988 pact in which the two sides agreed not to attack these facilities. That is the main confidence building measure in the area of nuclear security between...

After a surge in aggressive, sometimes bordering on threatening foreign policy over the last two years, the Chinese leaders have realised that their perceived unchallengeable comprehensive national strength (CNP) could also be fragile. Although the second largest economy in the world on...

India’s recent decision to take steps tightening sanctions against Iran is seen in Jerusalem as significant and a sign of an evolving attitude in New Delhi toward Iran. Teheran on Wednesday refused to sell oil to India because of new rules instituted by New Delhi to prevent Indian business...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—The International Monetary Fund issued a stern warning to Pakistan to take steps to cut its spiraling budget deficit, said a senior Pakistani government official. In an official letter to the government of President Asif Ali Zardari, the IMF warned that the state of the...

Ali Akbar Siadat, an Iranian, was executed inside Tehran's Evin prison, according to judicial officials. Irna said he was in contact with the Israeli spy agency Mossad for several years, and had passed on information about Iran's military activities. He was arrested in 2008, when he tried...

Authorities in Pakistan's northwest today further heightened security arrangements after receiving an intelligence report that two would-be suicide bombers with explosives-laden vehicles could target athletes participating in the National Games. The alert from the intelligence agencies...

Iran has stepped up pressure on Pakistan to crack down on terrorists, days after Islamabad announced the arrest of the chief of 'Jundallah', a sectarian Muslim group which carries out cross-border attacks inside Iranian territory. Welcoming the capture of Abdul Rauf Rigi, a senior Iranian...

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said Friday that he'd welcome a Taliban office opening in Turkey, that country's state-run news agency reported, adding that such a development could help peace talks in his war-torn nation. Karzai made his remarks during a joint press conference with...

Australia looks to the East, it looks to the North, but it has struggled to look West. Of course West Australians know full well how broad the Nullabor really is, but as profound as any perceived distance between Canberra and Perth, is the nation's historic reluctance to embrace the Indian...

The troops of India and Mongolia engaged in joint exercises, with the latest two-week drill in counter-insurgency ending in Belgaum on Sunday. Nearly 30 officers and personnel of the Mongolian armed forces participated in the workout called “Nomadic Elephant” along with 50 officers and...

Happy birthday 'Kasab'! You are 2 years old now. You can continue to be our guest. India's proud culture is "Atithi Devo Bhava". Your stay expenses are on us. Your lawyers are free. You have more security than 99% of Indians in this country who everyday see bomb blasts, murders, rapes and...

Defence minister AK Antony on Wednesday said India's armed forces modernisation was "often misconstrued" by some nations and asserted that the country had a proven track record of harnessing military technology for "peaceful and non-violent" purposes. "Our efforts at strengthening our Armed...

All 22 people on board a passenger plane have been found dead after the aircraft crashed in eastern Nepal, the Rescue Co-ordination Committee at Kathmandu Airport has said. The announcement came after rescuers recovered the wreckage of a the small plane on Thursday near a village about 160km...