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Russia Has World’s Largest Nuke Arsenal – 10,000 Warheads By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu First Publish: 6/5/2012, 2:53 PM Russia, which is helping Iran develop nuclear power, has more nuclear warheads than any country in the world, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research...

Cow kills Tiger in Tamilnadu, India By Walter Jayawardhana There had been many reported incidents where the majestic tiger had been killed by animals of lesser stature especially when it comes to the saving of off springs. A tiger, aged around 10, succumbed on Saturday near Valparai...

US Envoy refutes Indian TV report on US base in Bangladesh Despite media reports stating that the US wants to open a navy base in Bangladesh, US Ambassador Dan Mozena claims there are no such plans. Mozena says there was “no discussion whatsoever” when Secretary of state Hillary Clinton...

India, Japan to hold first bilateral naval exercise off Tokyo In a first, India and Japan will hold a bilateral naval exercise off the coast of Tokyo starting June 9. Four Indian warships including the INS Rana, INS Shakti and INS Shivalik are in Tokyo harbour to commemorate 60 years of...

Vice Admiral Joshi to be next Naval Chief Vice Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, presently Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) Western Naval Command, will be the next chief of the Indian Navy. He will succeed Admiral Nirmal Verma who retires on August 31. Commissioned in the...

Army’s plan to tackle ‘non-state’ aerial threats New Delhi: Strengthening the air-defence network of the country, Indian Army is undertaking a slew of measures including procurement of state-of-the-art simulators and training systems to mitigate threats from flying objects which can be used...

Panetta to push for India-US strategic embrace ** June 3, 2012 By Mukesh Kaushik New Delhi, June 3 -- To give a big push to rapid transformation of the US-India defence relationship into a strategic partnership, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta is coming to New Delhi on a two-day visit...

Pakistan wants visa pact inked with eye on next year's general polls After failing to sign the liberalised visa agreement at last month's home secretary level talks, Pakistan wants to ink the pact during External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna's visit to Islamabad in mid-July. Pakistan...

Billion dollar profit making pakistani companies There must be many billion dollar profit making pakistani companies. - pakistani members are requested to post the name+profits (Billion dollar profit making real pakistani companies only) - Plz, remember to post the link too. thanks

India to vote for UN resolution against Syria New Delhi, June 2 Calling for complete cessation of violence in Syria, India joined 40 other nations at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to vote for a resolution strongly condemning the recent Houla massacre that resulted in...

China's crackdown on foreigners raises specter of xenophobia Editor's note: "Jaime's China" is a weekly column about Chinese society and politics. Jaime FlorCruz has lived and worked in China since 1971. He studied Chinese history at Peking University (1977-81) and was TIME Magazine's...

MS Dhoni meets Indian Army soldiers on Kashmir border Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday met soldiers on the Line of Control (LoC) on Jammu and Kashmir's border with Pakistan, an official said. "He interacted with soldiers and saw how the Indian Army works in forward...

US drone kills four militants in Pakistan Islamabad: A US drone targeted a vehicle in the south Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan on Saturday, killing four militants in the latest in a string of attacks by the CIA-operated spy planes. The drone struck in Khwashi Khel village, a short...

Sri Lanka ease to T20 win over Pakistan Sri Lanka put on a brilliant bowling and fielding performance to post a comfortable 37-run victory over Pakistan in their opening Twenty20 international on Friday. :tup: Pakistan were bowled out for 95, their lowest T20 total against Sri Lanka, after...

India-Pak match: Indian striker Sunil reprimanded for middle-finger gesture Ipoh (Malaysia): Indian striker SV Sunil was on Saturday reprimanded but escaped a ban for showing his middle finger to spectators after scoring the match-winner against Pakistan in the ongoing Azlan Shah Cup hockey...

Romney wants to confront China Mitt Romney’s calls for confronting China as a currency manipulator, intellectual property thief and trade cheat are what distinguishes his economic vision from Republican orthodoxy, his top policy adviser said today. :woot::yahoo::yahoo::bounce: Lanhee...

US naval base in Bangladesh Times Now – a podcast project of leading Indian daily newspaper The Times of India on Friday, June 1, 2012 claimed that the United States' is on the process of stationing its naval base within the Bay of Bengal and US Seventh Fleet is scheduled to be moving...

Pakistan’s debt reaches Rs 12,024 billion Aftab Maken Saturday, June 02, 2012 From Print Edition Islamabad Pakistan’s total debt, including domestic and foreign, has reached Rs12,024 billion against last year’s Rs10,706 billion, showing nearly a 100 percent rise :woot...

Pak: Acid attacks on women increase in Punjab Lahore: Acid attacks on women are on the rise in Pakistan's Punjab province despite the introduction of a new law to prevent such incidents, with two more women suffering severe injuries when acid was thrown on them in Faisalabad city. Azra...