Nepali billionaire Chaudhary: India needs to see South Asia develop to full potential
By Deepak Goel
New Delhi-- India, as the largest member of the South Asian comity of nations, needs to display some degree of responsibility towards...
Trudge for water gets longer as springs dry up in Nepal’s mid-hills
By Imran Khan
Dapcha, Nepal--Parvati Adhikari and Sandhya Kumari, washing clothes and filling their 'gagri' (water pot) at a tap connected to a natural spring...
Siachen: The glacial battleground of water-deficient India and Pakistan
By Anjali Ojha
New Delhi-- At an elevation of over 5,000 metres and at temperature that can dip to minus-50 degrees Celsius, Siachen, the world's...
Activist denies India’s involvement in Baloch freedom struggle
By Sarwar Kashani
New Delhi-- India, despite its strategic interests, has not been forthcoming in support to the Balochistan freedom movement, says a prominent author-activist...
South Asians sharing ancestry with a mysterious population
BOSTON--Many bloodlines around the world, particularly of south Asian descent, may actually be a bit more Denisovan -- a mysterious population of hominids that...
First train from China to Iran stimulates Silk Road revival
By INE Wire Services
Tehran--First cargo train from China to Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday, indicating a milestone in reviving the "Silk Road", which...
Former Pakistan president Musharraf in hospital, critical
ISLAMABAD--Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf was on Thursday taken to a Karachi hospital after he fainted and his condition turned critical, media reports said.
Musharraf...
Over 1,000 women victims of honor killings annually in Pakistan
By Radhika Bhirani
NEW DELHI-- Shot, strangled, burnt and stoned -- over a thousand women are victims of honour killings annually in Pakistan, says the...
Pakistan lifts ban on YouTube
ISLAMABAD--Pakistan has lifted the ban on YouTube after nearly three years, officials said on Monday.
"On the recommendation of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the Government...
Pakistan rakes up Hyderabad’s 1948 accession to India at UN
By Arul Louis
UNITED NATIONS--It's 2016 and a native of Hyderabad, Syed Akbaruddin, is India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. But it is still...
