Nasheed says India single most important country for Maldives
Male: In a strong message of friendship, former President Mohammed Nasheed on Sunday asserted the India is the "single most important country" for Maldivian people. "I think our neighbour India is probably the single most important country for Maldivian people...We come from the same stock, we listen to the same music, we read the same books and we eat the same food so it is difficult to say otherwise even if sentimentally we would
Protests push Miss World final to Bali
Jakarta: Indonesia on Saturday said the final of Miss World, later this month, would take place on the Hindu-majority holiday island of Bali instead of near the capital, after days of Muslim hardline protests. Thousands took to the streets this week
Al-Qaeda engineers developing anti-drone measures
Washington: Pakistan-based al-Qaeda engineers are working on a laser warning system and shoulder-fired missiles to counter American drones, The Washington Post has reported, citing classified documents it received from whistleblower Edward Snow
Hafeez, JuD to launch anti-India rally across Pakistan today
Lahore: Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD), the parent body of banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba and headed by Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafeez Saeed, will launch an 'anti-India drive' across Pakistan from Friday. In the backdrop of ongoing tension between Paki
Indian author Sushmita shot dead in Afghanistan
Kabul: Indian national Sushmita Banerjee, whose memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban was turned into a Bollywood film, was shot dead in Afghanistan by militants, police said on Thursday. Banerjee, 49, was killed outside her home in Pakti
Chinese chief engineer 'drowned by interrogators' in graft probe
Beijing: A Chinese official was allegedly drowned by investigators who stripped him naked and held him down in a bathtub as they attempted to extort a confession to corruption, state-run media reported on Wednesday.
Yu Qiyi was held down by gr
Afghanistan reserves seats for Hindus, Sikhs in National Assembly
Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday issued a historic legislative decree reserving a special seat for Sikh and Hindu Afghan nationals in the lower house of the country's Parliament. Karzai, through the legislative decree, approved the C
Pak varsity adopts Taliban-style Islamic dress code
Islamabad: A medical university in Pakistan's militancy-wracked northwestern Peshawar city has introduced a conservative dress code for students in order to promote "Islamic values", invoking the ire of pupils. The administration of Kh
Indian man acquitted of stabbing charges in New Zealand
Melbourne: An Indian national in New Zealand, accused of stabbing three men last year, was on Wednesday acquitted of all charges by a court in that country. Gurcharan Singh, 37, of Te Puke town near the city of Tauranga in New Zealand's N
