Just as al-Qaeda’s tyrannical puritanism sparked a backlash among the very Sunnis they claimed to be defending in Iraq, so is Taliban violence against Pakistan’s Sufi community provoking its adherents to fight back.

“Nitesh Rane pointed the gun to my head and threatened me. However, as I tried to flee, he shot and the bullet hit me in my cheek,” said Chintu Sheikh in an exclusive chat to MiD DAY, after he alleged that the Maharashtra minister’s...

President Barack Obama said his administration had made the largest investment in research and development so that the US can compete with China, India and Germany.

According to local news channels, the body was found near Simratali forest under Chanan police station in Lakhisarai. Villagers have reportedly said that Maoists have left a hand-written poster near the body, warning that they would not talk with the...

The Indian Foreign Secretary and Special Envoy Nirupama Rao said in Jaffna on Tuesday that India “always gave high priority” to the Tamils of North and East Sri Lanka. Speaking at a public reception at the Jaffna Public Library, Rao said that it...

Police opened fire with live rounds at rock-throwing Kashmiris, killing an 11-year-old boy and sparking violent street protests by thousands in India’s portion of the troubled Himalayan region, a police officer said. At least 22 people were...

India’s lower house of parliament has approved a law that opens its nuclear power market to private investment. It enables foreign firms to build reactors to supply India’s enormous atomic energy market, worth an estimated $150bn...

Way back in May, Delhi’s traffic police had told the civic agencies about 279 roads that were likely to come under water in the monsoon, but three months down the line endless traffic jams in the Commonwealth Games host city reveal that the...

President Barack Obama finally made sweeping reform of Wall Street institutions a reality on Wednesday, by signing into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. In a celebrity-laden ceremony Mr. Obama said “Ultimately, there...

A court in the Indian town of Bhopal has convicted eight people in connection with the gas plant leak that killed thousands of people more than 25 years ago. The eight face a maximum sentence of up to two years in prison for causing “death by...