Tension gripped parts of Karachi on Thursday after unidentified armed men gunned down a prominent religious leader, his son and three associates.
Ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was Thursday named a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations Environment Programme.
Professor Marvin Weinbaum, Scholar-in-Residence at the Middle East Institute, who has served in several US administrations as an expert on South Asia, particularly in the State Department’s Policy Planning Bureau and Bureau of Intelligence and Research, told Congress on Thursday that the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, responsible for the horrific 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, could surpass or replace [...]
US Congressman Gary Ackerman, New York Democrat, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South Asia, Thursday launched a blistering attack on the Pakistani military, accusing it of continuing to tolerate and pander to the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, the terrorist outfit that carried out the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Women’s share in electoral politics of Andhra Pradesh is all set to get a big boost thanks to the 33 per cent reservation quota whenever it comes in to effect.
The California Republican Assembly, one of the state’s oldest and largest Republican grassroots organizations, endorsed Anaheim Mayor Pro Tem Harry Sidhu, contesting for Orange County supervisor from the 4th District.
The government has given the Yadavs opposing the Women’s Reservation Bill a face saver by which they can withdraw their agitation in the Lok Sabha and allow the House to function, and in return, the government has promised them nothing more than a dialogue and time to discuss the bill with Union finance minister Pranab [...]
Zakia Jaffery, wife of slain ex-MP Ehsan Jaffery, on Thursday welcomed the special investigation team’s move to summon Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for questioning with regard to a post-Godhra riots case.
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday paid cash relief to the families whose houses were destroyed and damaged in the last month’s standoff between militants and the security forces in the Chinkipora locality of north Kashmir’s Sopore town.
Reacting to the SIT’s summons in connection with Ehsan Jaffery murder case in 2002 riots, the Gujarat government on Thursday said the chief minister will cooperate with the process of law.