NEW DELHI: Ending a long break, MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday night resumed his virulent campaign against north Indians describing Uttar Pradesh as a “den of terrorism” and accusing the state’s Chief Minister Mayawati and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad of doing caste politics. ..Read More..

KATHMANDU: Central members and Constituent Assembly members of the main opposition Nepali Congress on Saturday discussed the proposed model of state structure and issues to be specified in the new constitution. ..Read More..

MALE: Maldives Foreign Minister Dr Ahmed Shaheed has held a series of meetings with World Bank to seek financial assistance to fulfill the electoral pledges made by the ruling coalition and the new economic development model proposed by the government. ..Read More..

DHAKA: The ninth parliament is set to begin its journey today, after the absence of democratic rule for nearly two years, with its maiden sitting scheduled in the afternoon. ..Read More..

COLOMBO: Tamil Tiger rebels used explosives to blast through the walls of a reservoir Saturday in an attempt to stall advancing government troops, the military said. The military claims to have won ..Read More..

KANDAHAR: Teenage girls in blue and green burqas pour into the schoolyard, where they pull off their coverings, stuff them in their book bags and head to class. It almost seems as if the acid attacks never happened. But though classes have resumed, the students, their parents and the ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is taking India’s dossier on the Mumbai terror attacks extremely seriously and will have to act fast to complete its probe, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said. ..Read More..

THIMPHU: A Local Government (LG) could be dismissed if more than half of the gewog voters (for Gewog Tshogde) or dzongkhag voters (for Dzongkhag Tshogdue) file an appeal to the dzongda and a two-thirds of the registered voters vote against them. ..Read More..

THIMPHU: A Local Government (LG) could be dismissed if more than half of the gewog voters (for Gewog Tshogde) or dzongkhag voters (for Dzongkhag Tshogdue) file an appeal to the dzongda and a two-thirds of the registered voters vote against them. ..Read More..

BEIJING — Chinese President Hu Jintao urged the promotion of stable agricultural and rural economic development and said issues concerning agriculture, countryside and farmers should continue ..Read More..

INFORMATION Minister Sherry Rehman was ill advised to warn the Sharia campaigners of Swat against stopping girls from going to school. They reacted by burning down school buildings that took the toll beyond 180. ..Read More..

We are 6.7 billion. Of the 6.7 billion, 1.2 billion are extremely poor (at or below $1 a day). Of the 1.2 billion extremely poor citizens of the world, some 550 million live in India and Pakistan combined. Wow; India and Pakistan are home to half of the world’s population that lives at or below $1 a day. The ..Read More..

Politics on eve of elections become murkier and the year 2009 is no exception to that rule. We have seen a grand spectacle of one who was responsible for demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya  and one who was nicknamed  Maulana  Mulayam Singh for his commitment  to defend  minorities have joined ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA): President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the Government would promote internal and external dialogue to resolve the problem of militancy in ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan was taking the dossier by the Indian government on Mumbai “extremely seriously” and hoped that the result of its investigation would come soon. ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA): US Ambassador in Pakistan Anne W. Patterson met President Asif Ali Zardari here on Saturday. ..Read More..

LAHORE (SANA): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government would support the consensus constitutional amendment bill. ..Read More..

LAHORE (SANA): Muslim scholars thinkers, political activists and academics from all over the world have penned an open letter to US President Barack Obama urging him to begin his reign by ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan called on President Asif Ali Zardari here Friday. ..Read More..

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Election Commission of Pakistan Saturday issued a notification regarding the retirement of 50 ..Read More..