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It's a RAW deal for intel agency Sachin Parashar, TNN 26 July 2009, 02:00am IST NEW DELHI: At a time when Pakistan has for the first time managed to bring its troubled Baluchistan province in the official dialogue framework with India, it's perhaps ironical that India's external intelligence...

P8I aircraft to give Indian navy maritime patrol edge In the coming ten years, 400 new aircraft would be inducted into the Indian navy fleet, including the advanced Boeing P8I maritime patrol aircraft manufactured by the US aerospace major, according to Rear Admiral Sudhir Pillai. Pillai...

Top 10 Shortest Wars According to the list of the shortest wars, the '71 Indo-Pak war figures in the top 3, next only to the 6 day war & the farcical Zanzibar-Britain war which lasted 38 minutes.

This might be pretty old, but interesting nonethelss, as per CIA world factbook the top military as & of the GDP are all islamic nations based in the middle east. Interesting indeed. Rank country (% of GDP) Date of Information 1 Oman 11.40 2005 est. 2 Qatar 10.00 2005...

Indian Army goes into Star Wars mode By: MiD DAY Correspondent Date: 2009-06-09 New technology, software being acquired to bring warzones and command centres closer Wars are fought on the battlefield and not on the strategy table. This is what commanders would say. But the wars of...

In Pakistan, It seems more like 10 years of democracy followed by 10 years of dictatorship. It's as if military rule is a given if things don't work out in 1 decade's time & the dictator is thrown out approximately after 10 years. What seems to be holding Pakistan from moving forward with true...

UAE issues guidelines to improve workers' housing Mon Jun 8, 2009 UAE issues guidelines to improve workers' housing | Lifestyle | Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates, criticized by rights groups for its treatment of migrant laborers, Monday outlined standards for workers'...

Nukes could fall into hands of Taliban if democracy fails The Hindu Business Line : "Nukes could fall into hands of Taliban if democracy fails" LONDON: Pakistan's President, Mr Asif Ali Zardari has said there is a possibility that its nuclear arsenal could fall into the hands of Taliban if...

'ISI continues to maintain links with LeT' Press Trust Of India Washington, June 07, 2009 Observing that the ISI continues to maintain links with terror outfits like the LeT and JuD, a former top CIA official says the US needs to be tough with the Pakistani establishment and send a clear...

When the British left S. Asia they had left the region in a state of choas, especially the countries of India & pakistan who were left to fight like dogs over everything from kashmir to gujrat to hyderabad. Even the boundary lines with China/Tibet was not properly done & there is historical...

In India despite all the poverty on one side, at the other end of the spectrum, there are also who are extremely wealthy and these days u can't pick up a paper without one billionaire or other in the news; this despite a downturn in economy. But it also prompted me that I have hardly, if ever...

Water dispute can trigger nuclear war with India: Nizami Published: June 07, 2009 LAHORE - Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust and Editor-in-Chief The Nation Majid Nizami has urged the politicians not to pave way for dictators in future and let Pakistan become an Islamic democratic welfare...

The defeat of LTTE the "terrorist" organization is not really good for the region, for the simple fact that now it will really motivate India to believe that they can also win the war in kashmir, after all militant uprising has only been in full swing since the 90s as against the struggle by...