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March 17, 2010 8:52 AM
Voicing concern over Pakistan's inaction against perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, India has warned that its restraint should not be confused with weakness. Talking to reporters at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao said it is "very, very difficult�...
March 16, 2010 9:10 PM
The Chief of Army staff of Bangladesh General Mohd Abdul Mubeen today visited Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir. Our Leh correspondent reports that he is visiting Ladakh for the first time. <br/><br/>General Mubeen was accompanied by some senior officers and his wife. During his ...
March 16, 2010 8:57 PM
US regulators have unveiled the nation's first plan to give every American super-fast broadband by 2020. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which will now submit the plan to Congress, said broadband was the greatest infrastructure challenge.<br/><br/>It estimates t...
March 16, 2010 8:52 PM
The second Court martial to try the former Sri Lankan Army Commander and defeated presidential candidate General (retd) Sarath Fonseka on charges of irregularities in military procurement procedures would commence tomorrow.<br/><br/>Former Sri Lankan Army Commander and defeated p...
March 16, 2010 8:51 PM
Pope Benedict XVI has confirmed the dates of a visit to the UK this year. In what will be the first such trip since that of John Paul II in 1982, the pontiff will visit the country from 16 to 19 September. <br/><br/>The Pope will start his trip in Edinburgh, where he will be rece...
March 16, 2010 8:50 PM
Palestinians clashed with Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem today protesting the Israeli plans to build 1,600 new homes in the city. The Palestinians see the area as the capital of their future state.<br/><br/>According to Palestinian news agency WAFA, the arrests were ma...
March 16, 2010 8:49 PM
In Bangladesh, the inland water transport system was paralysed today with the Water Vessel Workers Federation going on strike from midnight last night.<br/><br/>The workers are demanding the implementation of a 22 point charter including the formulation of a minimum wage and a pr...
March 16, 2010 8:49 PM
The Yemeni government says three top al-Qaeda militants are killed in two days of air raids on southern Yemen. A third suspected senior militant has also reportedly been killed in two days of raids by the Yemeni airforce. The bombing raids were carried out on Sunday and Monday on the southern provin...
March 16, 2010 8:49 PM
The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who was just 74.6cm tall, has died in Rome. <br/><br/>He was born in 1988 in Wulanchabu, China, with a form of primordial dwarfism, and was officially recognised as the world's shortest man in 2008. <br/><br/>Pi...
March 16, 2010 8:47 PM
China has expressed readiness to workwith India as good partners and good neighbours to resolve pending issues like the border dispute. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in Beijing today that the two countries have maintained high-level contacts and made significant progress. On the b...
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