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Indian SC stays ruling on holy site
India's Supreme Court on Monday suspended what it suggested was a flawed landmark ruling that partitioned a disputed holy site with a history of...
Indian court urges death penalty for ‘honour killings’
India’s top court said Monday the death penalty should be given to those found guilty of so-called honour killings, calling the crime a barbaric...
Indian journalist uses Twitter to get Pakistani visa
Renowned Indian TV anchor and Group Editor of English News at NDTV, Barkha Dutt used a unique strategy on social networking site Twitter to...
Indian software house develops PR website
Pakistan Railways (PR) is not only far behind other regional carriers in terms of revenues but also lags in the field of information and...
Shame – no Indian was competent for coach’s job: Sangakkara
Kumar Sangakkara on Sunday said it is a “shame” that no Indian was found competent to coach the World champions. Sangakkara was surprised that...
LCCI wants a say in Indian visa reform
The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), while appreciating the fifth round of constructive and productive Secretary-level talks between Pakistan and India, has...
Malik praises Indian counterpart
Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday conveyed words of appreciation to his Indian counterpart P Chidambaram for his positive role in the success of...
Pakistan hires Indian tennis coach
A senior Pakistani tennis official expressed hope Wednesday that an unprecedented move to hire a coach from the country’s arch rival India would improve...
Five Indian executives arrested in 2G fraud case
NEW DELHI - Five senior Indian corporate executives accused in an alleged mobile phone licence sales fraud which may have cost the country up to $40 billion in lost revenue were arrested on Wednesday. The men were taken into custody after a special court hearing the case rejected their bail pleas, citing the "magnitude" of the corruption scandal -- potentially the biggest in independent India's history.
The five executives had been charged earlier this month with cheating,
The five executives had been charged earlier this month with cheating,
Pak-India Judicial Committee meets Indian prisoners
KARACHI - Members of the Pak-India Judicial Committee on Prisoners on Tuesday visited Malir Jail to establish identity of Indian prisoners including fishermen detained for fishing in Pakistani waters The official record confirms presence of 275 Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails and 273 fishing boats are also in the custody of Pakistani authorities. Many of the Indian prisoners have completed their term and are waiting for Indian government to recognise them as Indian citizens.
18 dead, five hurt in Indian helicopter crash
GUWAHATI - At least 18 people died and five others were badly burnt on Tuesday when a helicopter crashed and exploded as it came into land in a mountainous region of northeast India, police told AFP. "The number of those killed are 18 and five people badly burnt have been taken to hospital in Tawang," said S.B. Singh, police inspector general of Arunachal Pradesh state, lowering the earlier death toll of 20. "There were 23 people including five crew members on board the helicopter,"
18 dead, 5 hurt in Indian helicopter crash
GUWAHATI - At least 18 people died and five others were badly burnt on Tuesday when a helicopter crashed in northeast India close to the border with China, a local police chief told AFP.
"The number of those killed are 18 and five people badly burnt have been taken to hospital in Tawang," said S.B. Singh, police inspector general of Arunachal Pradesh state, amending the earlier death toll of 20.
"There were 23 people including five crew members on board the helicopter," he
"The number of those killed are 18 and five people badly burnt have been taken to hospital in Tawang," said S.B. Singh, police inspector general of Arunachal Pradesh state, amending the earlier death toll of 20.
"There were 23 people including five crew members on board the helicopter," he
Indian judicial panel on prisoners arrives today
ISLAMABAD - Indian members of the Pakistan-India Judicial Committee on Prisoners (JCP) will arrive in Pakistan today to discuss ways to expedite the release of nationals of both countries in each other's jails. A private TV channel quoted a Foreign Office spokesman as saying that the Indian judicial commission would visit Pakistani jails in Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi. During the five-day visit, Indian members of JCP along with a Pakistani team, would recommend the release of
‘Pakistan trying to allay Indian concerns on EU concessions’
KARACHI - The Commerce secretary Zafar Mehmood has said that government was trying hard to alleviate concerns of India and other countries over concessions granted by European Union (EU) to Pakistan. He said this while talking to media men here on Monday after his meeting with office bearers of Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industries Pakistan (FCCIP).
"During the meeting held earlier in Geneva, India had voiced its reservations over the concessions given by EU to
"During the meeting held earlier in Geneva, India had voiced its reservations over the concessions given by EU to
Senior Indian opposition leader slams government on corruption
NEW DELHI - India's former deputy prime minister and senior Opposition BJP leader L.K. Advani has hit out at the Congress-led UPA government, saying its sincerity in tackling corruption would be visible only through actions taken by it in scams that have rocked the country.
"Even before the Parliament meets for its Monsoon Session and takes up the Lokpal Bill being considered by the Committee secured by Anna Hazare, the real test of Government's sincerity about tackling
"Even before the Parliament meets for its Monsoon Session and takes up the Lokpal Bill being considered by the Committee secured by Anna Hazare, the real test of Government's sincerity about tackling
Cricket knocks Indian film industry earnings for six
MUMBAI - A packed cricket schedule that peaked with an Indian win in the World Cup final has hit the country's other grand passion -- film -- emptying cinemas and forcing studios to postpone big movie releases.
Analysts said business at multiplex cinemas had been weak so far in 2011, with the six-week World Cup that finished earlier this month keeping people glued to their television screens in the evenings.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament which began
Analysts said business at multiplex cinemas had been weak so far in 2011, with the six-week World Cup that finished earlier this month keeping people glued to their television screens in the evenings.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament which began
My job is done if Pakistan-India ties normalise: Indian PM
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would consider his job "well done" if ties with Pakistan return to normal before he leaves office, local media quoted him as saying on Sunday, weeks after Singh's diplomatic push at the cricket World Cup.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have slowly tried to rebuild a fragile trust shattered by the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which Singh's government blamed on Pakistan-based militants in collusion with the country's spy agency.
The nuclear-armed neighbours have slowly tried to rebuild a fragile trust shattered by the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which Singh's government blamed on Pakistan-based militants in collusion with the country's spy agency.
