South Asia Politics News

India on Monday expressed serious concern over the limited progress on substantive issues since the resumption of WTO talks in September in New Delhi and called for laying a solid foundation for a meaningful stock taking exercise by the Trade...

Rep. Michael Capuano sought Monday to downplay polls showing him facing double-digit disadvantages against front-runner Attorney General Martha Coakley in the Senate race, and said the large bloc of undecided voters had just begun to focus on the election. “I...

The first protests Tuesday will be led by students' groups, followed by women, Maoist activists disabled during the 10-year People's War and kin of people killed or missing during the civil war. The street protests will continue till Dec 10...

UN chief praises UK summit on Afghanistan Kabul November 29, 2009 (AfghanNews) – The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has praised the British Prime Minister proposal to host an international conference on Afghanistan on January 28, 2010 in London....

The Shiv Sena, created by Balasaheb (Bal) Thackeray is gradually becoming a non-entity in state politics. The latest nail in its coffin appears to be the decision of Smita Thackeray to join the Congress party. Smita happens to be the...

The corollary to this section states that if the court "deems fit", on an application by either prosecution or defence, these formal witnesses can be examined. The provision was added in 1973 to avoid prolonged trial. "While the provision is...

The 12-hour bandh called by the BJP in West Bengal and the destruction that it raged on the state was nothing short of rape with torching of buses and blocking the roads to the airport. The state that once gave...

Nur Chowdhury, a convicted fugitive killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to Bangladesh, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed told journalists yesterday. "The Canadian police have seized the passport of Nur Chowdhury since he has been illegally staying in Canada," he told...

Osama bin laden has not yet been caught until today and there is no progress about the Osama. A report that release before Obama announce US troops deployment said that blames United States for Osama bin Laden in 2001. A...