Indian artists perform in Hindu goddess Kali costume during Bonalu folk festival
Indian security men watch artists dressed like Hindu goddess Kali perform during Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 29, 2013. Bonalu is a Hindu folk festival of the Telangana region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mahesh Kumar A.> An Indian artist dressed like Hindu goddess Kali performs during Bonalu festival in […]
Bangladeshi hill region turns into ‘death valley’: Tribesmen accuse Santu Larma
Bangladesh’s much talked about Chittagong Hill Tract peace treaty signed in 1997 between the then government of Sheikh Hasina and Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) led by Santu Larma have been failing to bring peace in the hills. Apart from the conflict between the Hillmen and the settler Bengali community over land rights, the […]
6 dead in suicide bombing attack on Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence
At least six people were killed and over 35 others were injured when some unknown militants attacked Pakistan’s Inter services Intelligence (ISI) in the country’s southern district of Sukkur on Wednesday evening, local media and police said. Masood Bangash, the deputy superintendent of police said that a suicide bomber rammed his explosive laden vehicle into […]
India’s Hyderabad building collapse on two huts leaves six dead
Indians crowd the site where the wall of a building collapsed in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Six people were killed and two children rescued from the debris when the wall collapsed on two huts, according to news reports. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mahesh Kumar A.> An Indian child named Avinash receives treatment at a hospital after […]
US Vice President Biden visits India to boost trade and regional security ties
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks in the Indian capital Tuesday as part of a renewed effort to strengthen ties between the two countries. The meeting came just weeks after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry came to India to lead a strategic dialogue between the nations. The […]
Kashmiri muslims demonstrate against killing civilians and desecration of Quran
Despite strict curfew restrictions in Muslim majority areas of Indian-controlled Kashmir, thousands of people in other parts of the restive region on Friday staged demonstrations to protest killing of four civilians and alleged desecration of holy Quran ( Islam’s holy book) at the hands of Indian border guards. Hundreds of people took to streets in […]
A 18-year-old Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in protest against Chinese rule
Exile Tibetans pray as they hold a candlelit vigil upon hearing the news of a self-immolation by a Tibetan Buddhist Monk in eastern Tibet in Dharmsala, India, Sunday, July 21, 2013. The exiles claim that Kunchok Sonam, an 18-year-old Buddhist Monk died after setting himself on fire on Saturday in Eastern Tibet. Recent years have […]
Pre-Ashokan Buddhist monuments discovered In Lumbini
Unearthed Pre-Ashokan Buddhist Structures Pushed The History Lumbini By 1000 Years Kathmandu: New excavations in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, have unearthed ruins of a pre-Ashokan Buddhist temple of brick and a village suggesting that Buddhist activities in the area were in full swing 1,000 years before Emperor Ashoka of Mauriya dynasty of India […]
Kashmiri protesters slam India’s Border Security Force’s fire at demonstrators
The authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir Thursday imposed curfew in Ramban district, after six civilians were killed when Indian border guards opened fire at protesters, an official said. The firing incident took place in the morning at Dadam village, around 155 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian- controlled Kashmir. “We have imposed […]
21 children confirmed dead due to food poisoning of shool meal in eastern India
At least 21 children, all below 12 years, are now confirmed dead due to food poisoning after eating a free mid-day school meal in the eastern Indian state of Bihar Tuesday, a senior police official said Wednesday. “Some 100 children consumed the free meal at state-run Navsrijit Primary School in Masrakh village in the state’s […]
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