Terror in India: Three killed in blast in Punjab

AFP | Three people were killed in a grenade attack on a prayer congregation in India's Punjab on Sunday which left some 20 others injured,...

11 killed as Cyclone Gaja ravages Indian coast

AFP | At least 11 people were reported dead Friday as a powerful cyclone battered India's eastern coast, authorities said. Thousands of trees were felled by...

Sri Lanka’s political crisis: The choice between India and China

News Analysis | The Sri Lankan Parliament has won a no-confidence vote against the Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, the man who brought the 26-year long...

Is Indo-Pak nuclear war imminent?

Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | India's hysterical military build-up and current nuclear posturing neither establish its hegemony in South Asia nor construct its unbreakable defensive...

Human Rights: The tragedy of Indian occupation in Kashmir

Adeel Mukhtar Mirza | Hardly a day goes by without the coverage of the intensification of ongoing human rights violations in the Indian Occupied Kashmir...

Indian court to review women entering flashpoint temple

AFP | India's top court Tuesday agreed to hear challenges to its decision to overturn a ban on women of menstruating age from entering a...

Deadly Smog: ‘lungs’ turn sickly brown in days

AFP | A pair of artificial lungs put up in New Delhi to demonstrate the lethal effects of smog have turned a sickly dark brown...

India and the Afghan transitions – M K Bhadrakumar

M K Bhadrakumar | Political transition has been a recurring feature of Afghanistan’s modern history. Once in every 10-20 years, transitions appeared – the coup...

Delhi homeless to be given masks as smog worsens: official

AFP | New Delhi's homeless will be given cotton masks to help them survive in the world's most polluted major city, officials said Monday, although...

100,000 police deployed as volatile Indian state votes

AFP | Tens of thousands of armed police were on duty Monday as a restive Indian state wracked by violence went to the polls. Maoist militants...

$2.5 million for wedding pictures: Priyanka and Nick sold the copyrights

News Desk | Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have sold the copyrights of their wedding pictures for a very hefty amount of $2.5 million. The...

Flying while Drunk: Air India pilot loses licence after failing breath test

AFP | A veteran pilot had his flying licence revoked Monday after failing a breath test moments before captaining an Air India plane to London,...