South Asia News

According to Indo media reports, India failed its night-test on Agni II medium-range ballistic missile at Orissa coast, east state of India on Nov. 23, 2009. During the flight of the launched missile, the entire missile body began shaking while...

Today I visited a holy place 'Akshardham in Gandhinagar,which is the capital of Gujarat state,which is a architectural wonder. This architectural wonder of 20th century is the most famous temple of the Swaminarayan sect,one of the richest religious sect in...

The world was shocked to learn of the mass slaughter of 20,000 buffaloes in Nepal in the name of ending evil, and bringing peace and prosperity. It is believed to be a Hindu ritual and is carried out once every...

The Indians seem to have learnt from their mistakes. The Green Park stadium at Kanpur was nearly full to capacity and the spectators watched two centuries posted by the Indians. Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat....

The government has issued list of 8041 persons who benefited from NRO including 34 politicians. The list includes President Asif Zardari, Begum Nusrat Bhutto, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, MQM Chief Altaf Hussain, Farooq Sattar, Federal Minister Babar Ghauri, Jahangir Badar,...

Another blow to media independence in Pakistan after the ban on GEO TV. I have just received the following email from Mr. Najam Sethi the Editor in Chief of Daily Times Pakistan (an idependent newspaper in Pakistan) Najam Sethi to...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Questions raised by India's prime minister about the control of the Pakistani army and Pakistan's aims in Afghanistan are an excuse for delaying the resumption of talks, Pakistan's foreign minister said on Monday. India's Prime Minister Manmohan...

Shrimati Pratibha Patil, the 74-year old Indian President created history when she became the first ever woman President to have flown in a supersonic fighter plane. The fighter plane is the Sukhoi-30 and it took off from an airbase in...