January 26, 2013
India’s president has warned that a ceasefire between the rival countries shouldn’t be taken for granted following border shelling in Kashmir that has left 5 dead.
January 25, 2013
New Delhi — Noted scientists Yashpal and Roddam Narasimha, cricketer Rahul Dravid, actor Rajesh Khanna and comedian Jaspal Bhatti (both posthumous), and boxer Mary Kom, are among the 108 eminent and illustrious personalities named for India's highest civilian honours, Padma awards, this year.
According to a release from the home ministry Friday, President Pranab Mukherjee approved the names of the 108 awardees, who include four Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri.
January 25, 2013
Karachi is a notoriously violent place, but most murders occur in the city's poorest neighborhoods, where gangs affiliated with the main political parties battle over land and extort money from local businesses. Violence in the city's upscale neighborhoods of is much rarer, and anger is often directed at the "feudal elite."
January 25, 2013
WASHINGTON: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has a message for his fellow Republicans: Stop being so “stupid.”
Louisiana Governor: Bobby Jindal
January 25, 2013
New Delhi — Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has won the title of India's Prime Icon.
Amitabh Bachchan crowned "2013 India's Prime Icon"
January 25, 2013
The 52-year-old American was sentenced to 35 years in prison Thursday for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, which killed 166 people and wounding hundreds. The man was spared the death penalty after pleading guilty and providing information about a plot to attack a Danish newspaper.
January 24, 2013
A 101-year-old Sikh, by all accounts the world's oldest marathon runner, will quit after one final run at next month's Hong Kong race. Dubbed the 'Turbaned Tornado,' Fauja Singh took up running marathons at 89 and has been credited with competing in eight 26-mile races in London, Toronto and New York.
January 24, 2013
The remarks came during a CNN-IBN interview about “Vishwaroopam,” a Tamil language film recently banned because Muslim groups found it offensive. Rushdie's book, "Satanic Verses," is banned in India for the same reason.
Hay Festival 2012: Salman Rushdie on security and The Satanic Verses
January 24, 2013
Indian Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tweeted that the idea of a nuclear war was "daft". This week an English-language newspaper instructed residents to construct bunkers and stock up on food in case of a nuclear war.
January 24, 2013
The trial of five men charged with the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus began in a closed courtroom Thursday. The five men on trial — who face a maximum sentence of death by hanging if convicted — covered their faces with woolen caps as they walked into the courtroom surrounded by a phalanx of armed police.
