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BSF jawans sleep for 4 hrs, face abuse from bosses: Study Even as stress-related fratricide incidents continue in paramilitary forces, a government study has found more than 70% of BSF personnel were under-sleeping and facing abusive and harsh behaviour from their seniors. The study...

Chinese vessel wreckage off missile test site Kendrapara, June 14: Forest personnel have stumbled upon the wreckage of a Chinese vessel close to the Wheelers’ Island missile test range in Orissa’s Kendrapara, triggering security concerns. Jewn Jyi Rong, badly damaged and almost split in...

GDP growth - Hares and tortoises Which countries have had most, and least, GDP growth per person since 2001? FOR all its faults, GDP per person is still the measure that gives the best indicator of economic progress or lack thereof. The countries where GDP per head grew fastest between...

Govt gives go-ahead for NATGRID NEW DELHI: The National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) -- an integrated facility which aims to link databases of 21 departments and ministries to improve the capability to counter terror threats – will soon be a reality with the Cabinet Committee on Security on...

BBC poll lists India among most entrepreneur-friendly nations India along with the U.S., Canada and Australia, has been ranked among the nations with the best cultures in the world for people to start a new business, according to a new global poll. While India finds itself bracketed with...

Gunmen attack Saudi consulate car in Karachi, one Saudi dead KARACHI: Gunmen attacked a car belonging to the Saudi Arabian consulate in Karachi on Monday killing a Saudi national, police said. The Saudi national who died in the attack was a security officer reportedly posted at the...

Bangladesh soil won't be used for terror in India

Pakistan Islamists to protest against U.S. bin Laden raid

Exiled Tibetans elect political heir to Dalai Lama (Reuters) - Tibetan exiles elected a Harvard law scholar as their political leader, who is likely to bring in a more radical government-in-exile to challenge China after the Dalai Lama moved to relinquish his political role. The new prime...

India's vanishing Communists Red and buried - Two state elections bring India’s once-powerful Marxists to their knees RED flags flutter. Hammers and sickles are daubed in lurid colours by the roadside. Placards of plump, bearded leaders—Marxist answers to Father Christmas—are propped near...

Almost all quiet on the eastern front - India's border with Bangladesh AT LAST, some good news from one of the world’s bloodiest international borders. Last month, the number of Bangladeshi nationals killed by India’s trigger-happy Border Security Forces (BSF) along the India-Bangladesh...

The Hindu : News / International : Unknown ancient kingdom found in China An unknown kingdom dating back to 1046 B.C. has been unearthed in north China, archaeologists said. The kingdom is probably from the Xizhou dynasty (1046 to 771 B.C.), Xinhua reported. Engraving on bronze wares...

India ready to play ball in Pak In a move to keep the Mohali spirit alive, India has backed Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s proposal to have the cricket teams of both countries play a three-match series in Pakistan. Gilani on Tuesday spoke of attempts to restart cricketing ties...

Gaddafi accepts African Union peace plan, says Zuma The South African president, Jacob Zuma, says Colonel Gaddafi's government has accepted an African Union peace plan to end the fighting in Libya. President Zuma is one of four African leaders attempting to mediate in the crisis. They are...

India quietly begins combat drone project NEW DELHI: India is quietly going ahead with an ambitious programme to develop its own stealth UCAVs (unmanned combat aerial vehicles) or 'smart' drones capable of firing missiles and bombs at enemy targets with precision. Talking about the...

Pakistan adding submarine muscle while India hems and haws NEW DELHI: Even as India dithers in even finalizing its new submarine programme called " Project-75 India", Pakistan has moved swiftly to seal a deal with China to acquire six advanced submarines equipped with crucial air-independent...

US to fund $20m remake of Sesame Street for Pakistan The show will be set in a Pakistan village and be mostly in Urdu The United States is funding a Pakistani remake of the popular TV children's show Sesame Street. In a new effort to win hearts and minds in Pakistan, USAID - the development...

Moderate cleric killed in Kashmir bombing A makeshift bomb exploded Friday at a mosque in the summer capital of India's portion of Kashmir, killing a prominent Muslim cleric who had been a moderate voice in the troubled Indian state. Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah was entering the mosque...

Indian jailed in Pakistan to return home today New Delhi: Indian prisoner in Pakistan Gopal Dass, convicted of spying, will return home on Thursday after 27 years. Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari remitted the remaining jail term of Gopal Dass on March 27. Gopal Dass has been in jail...

Zardari signs plea to reopen Bhutto case he execution has been widely termed a ‘judicial murder’. Presidential Spokesman Farhatullah Babar said the reference signed in the presence of Law Minister Babar Awan and Sindh Home Minister Zulfikar Mirza would now be sent to the Supreme Court by...