June 11, 2012
Alleging that the CBI is harassing her son Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, YSR Congress honorary president Y S Vijaya Lakshmi has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to direct the investigating agency to "follow the rule book".
June 11, 2012
A Nepali high altitude wild fungus - yarchagumba, is prized for it aphrodisiac qualities. But recent years have seen poor crop, partially impacted by climate change and that is raising concern among villagers who support their families by selling the "Himalayan Viagra."
June 11, 2012
Washington — Pakistan is not just about conflicts, but has been making a great deal of political and societal effort towards protecting women's rights, the country's ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman has said.
Rehman said her country has been wrongly shown through the lens of the Western media.
June 11, 2012
A strike called by Kashmiris to honor people killed during a 2010 protest shut down most of Srinagar on Monday. With no public transportation even government employees could not get to work.
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard at a closed market during a strike in Srinagar, India, Monday, June 11, 2012.
June 11, 2012
Tens of thousands mobbed a stadium seeking to ingest the sardines smeared with herbal paste
A member of the Bathini Goud family administers 'fish medicine' to a patient at the Katedan stadium in Hyderabad, on June 8, 2012.
June 10, 2012
LAHORE: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that if Chief Justice cannot hear his son's case he may take-up Musa Gilani's case, Geo News reported.
Malik Riaz has good relations with all the political parties including Nawaz Sharif's PML-N, PM Gilani said while talking to journalists here on Sunday.
June 10, 2012
After V Narayanasamy, another Union Minister Vayalar Ravi attacked Team Anna, saying the anti-corruption group is "not that innocent" and alleged its activists could be acting in a "conspiracy" to destabilize Indian politics.
June 10, 2012
New Delhi, June 10 — Team Anna member Kiran Bedi Sunday compared Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the blind king Dhritarashtra of the Mahabharata epic, saying he is aiding corruption in the government.
The Congress hit back, saying Team Anna had converted the movement against corruption into "a personal campaign and personal ambition".
June 10, 2012
In a modern, airy workshop located in a fashionable Katmandu shopping hub frequented by Nepal’s rich and famous, two skilled craftsmen assemble some of the world’s most exclusive luxury watches.
June 10, 2012
NEW DELHI: An Indian businessman was charged yesterday with attempting to bribe government officials in connection with allegations that Swiss-based Rheinmetall Air Defense AG paid him $530,000 to use his influence to stop the company from being blacklisted.
