South Asia News

Seven people were killed and 55, including minor children, injured in two bicycle-bomb blasts in Nalbari, headquarters town of lower Assam’s Nalbari district on Sunday morning. The first blast occurred just near the Nalbari Police Station in the heart of...

A Tamil Canadian protester chokes back tears as she recalls a cellphone conversation she had several days ago with a cousin detained in a Sri Lankan camp holding Tamils displaced during the country's civil war. "She doesn't know where her...

Bollywood actress and Celebrity Big Brother star Shilpa Shetty married London-based businessman Raj Kundra in a "fairy-tale wedding" on Sunday, her spokeswoman said. Shetty, 34, clad in a red-and-gold saree, walked around a holy fire with Kundra in a traditional...

Gautam Gambhir got into long-innings mode, reminiscent of his match-saving effort in Napier earlier this year, but Chanaka Welegedara brought Sri Lanka right back with Rahul Dravid's wicket 15 minutes before stumps. Sri Lanka seemed a little unsettled by a...

From Monday, subscribers across all 15 circles where the company has GSM services, will have to pay just 1 paisa per second while on a roam call, regardless of the network or type of phone the call is made to....

I have been struck by a couple of things watching, reading and listening to the debate about Richard Colvin’s testimony to the Foreign Affairs committee last Wednesday...In communications credibility is the currency that captures the day...I have known many civil...

A separatist group Sunday denied planting bombs that killed at least six people and injured more than 55 in India's Assam province. Two bombs exploded near a police station and a third near a street market in the Nalbari district,...

Thousands of Indian sugar cane farmers staged a massive demonstration in the national capital, halting traffic as they demanded higher prices for the crop. The dispute, testing the Congress-led government's resolve to improve incomes for its vast rural support base,...

Malik said he would unveil startling facts about the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) at an appropriate time. Earlier, talking to media persons, Malik said the government is preparing to launch an offensive in Darra Adam Khel and Bara to clear...

Twelve of the 13 casualties in the Fort Hood massacre were soldiers. But were they combatants, and was an Army post in the middle of Texas a combat zone? If the answer is yes – as many Texas lawmakers say...