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BSF thwarts infiltration bid in Punjab by a sixty year old lady, shoots dead Pakistani Sixty Year Old Lady. Amritsar: A sixty year old lady from Pakistan was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) early on Monday in Bariyala in Gurdaspur Sector. BSF personnel spotted some suspicious...

Supreme Court to hear plea seeking revocation of Indus Water Treaty Calling the treaty ‘unconstitutional’, the petition has called for a scrapping of the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan. The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear a plea filed by apex court lawyer Manohar Lal Sharma in...

Image captionThe Tuticorin zero-emissions plant to make soda ash Two world-leading clean energy projects have opened in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A £3m industrial plant is capturing the CO2 emissions from a coal boiler and using the CO2 to make valuable chemicals. It is a world...

End drone hits, or risk polio spread: Pak Taliban Islamabad: A powerful Pakistani Taliban faction has said it will not allow an anti-polio campaign to be conducted in its stronghold of North Waziristan tribal region as long as US drone strikes continue in the area. The group led by...

Altruism in our cells, finds desi doctor In Alexandre Dumas's 'Man In The Iron Mask', d'Artagnan sacrifices himself to save his musketeer friends Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and his son Philippe. That scene, some argue, is a great depiction of human altruistic behaviour. But an Indian scientist at...

What will the global talent pool look like in 2020? The “global talent pool” can be described in a lot of different ways. But in an era in which having a higher (tertiary) education is increasingly a minimum requirement for successful entry into the labour force, one way to quantify it...

Call for fair trial of doctor Amid growing criticism within the country about the denial of basic rights to the doctor who helped the Central Investigation Agency (CIA) zero in on al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Friday demanded a fair trial...

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Eye on China, US sending Panetta to push India ties WASHINGTON: US defence secretary Leon Panetta will visit India in early June, for two days, to further develop US-India ties that American officials, with an eye on China, say is a "priority" for Washington and which the Obama administration...

Pakistani Christian Accused of 'Blasphemy' After Billiards Dispute LAHORE, Pakistan – Police in Pakistan have charged a young Christian man with "blasphemy" after he had an argument with Muslims over a billiards game in Punjab Province's Sheikhupura district, his cousin said. Farooqabad...

Anand holds slight advantage Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand (right) during the World Chess Championship in Game 6. Photo: Special Arrangement Having bounced back with an emphatic victory in the previous round, Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand holds a slight advantage going...

Sikhs can register marriages under Anand Act NEW DELHI: Meeting a long-standing demand of the Sikh community, Parliament today passed a law allowing them to register their marriages under the Anand Marriage Act instead of the Hindu Marriage Act. The Sikhs will be able to register their...

China expresses condolences, considers aid for Siachen avalanche China on Monday expressed its condolences for the at least 124 Pakistani soldiers and 11 civilians still missing following Saturday’s avalanche on the Siachen glacier, but did not say whether it would be providing either...

No letup in target killings in Karachi * Three more targeted by ‘unknown’ motorcyclists * Authorities claim to have arrested over four dozen suspects during search operations By Atif Raza KARACHI: Although the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and paramilitary forces were put on...

India gained control over Siachen in 1984 - The Economic Times

China's 'charm diplomacy' on India is paying off: Report BEIJING: China's "charm diplomacy" on India is bearing fruit in terms of mutual cooperation, but it may not be enough to eliminate all suspicions in the backdrop of New Delhi's plans to launch long rage Agni-V, missile, an article in...

Hi guys! I'm having a problem here. I have my TOEFL coming up and I'm having trouble in the speaking section. Has anyone here taken the TOEFL? Now my English is not bad but the thing is that when I sit down to speak in front of the computer, I start to fumble. Words just seem to stick to...

Why Muslim headcount in Indian Army necessary? By Aziz A. Mubaraki, The Indian army is expected to remain a truly secular institution, without any prejudice or bias towards any religion, caste or creed. The Chiefs of this national army have come from different religious backgrounds. But...

Jinnah had a dream, and we failed him The ideology of Pakistan was the fight for the rights of minorities - not to be an Islamic state. Hopes were high when Jinnah presided over the Constituent Assembly in 1947 and declared without doubt that freedom of religion was to be respected...

The apostates of Pakistan Muslims in both India and Pakistan think Qadianis are apostates, betrayers of Islam, what is called murtadd in Arabic I wrote this piece for the two Pakistani newspapers where I write columns, but they did not publish it. These papers are quite liberal, and their...