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May 12, 2013 9:22 AM

India, China working on new Border Cooperation Agreement

India and China are examining proposals for a Border Defence Co-operation Agreement. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, who returned to New Delhi after a two day visit to China, yesterday said that China had given a proposal on the issue and that India has also given a counter proposal to Ch...

May 12, 2013 9:21 AM

Nawaz Sharif set for third term as Pakistan PM

Nawaz Sharif sets for a third term as Pakistan's Prime Minister as his Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party took a massive lead over its rivals in the general election held yesterday. According to provisional results from across the country some 263 of the 272 parliamentary seats that went to t...

May 11, 2013 8:14 PM

Higher turn out in Pak poll despite terrorist threats

Voters in Pakistan today cast their votes in landmark national and provincial elections. The vote marks Pakistan's first transition from one civilian government to another in its 66-year history. However, election violence has claimed a number of lives. In the worst attack, 12 people were kille...

May 11, 2013 8:13 PM

New Delhi to upgrade infrastructure along border: Def Min

New Delhi has defended India's right to to build infrastructure along its border. Defence Minister A.K.Antony said in Panaji that if China has a right to develop infrastructure, India also has the right to do so. He said each country has a right to build border infrastructure on their own land....

May 11, 2013 8:12 PM

Khurshid: India, China favour border defence cooperation agreement

India and China favour a new Border Defence Cooperation Agreement. The pact is expected to be finalized soon. The External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today said that special representatives of the two countries will hold in near future another round of talks on boundary issue. He said the two ...

May 11, 2013 7:48 PM

Kapil Sibbal gets additional charge of Law Ministry & C.P.Joshi of Railways

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal was today given additional charge of Law Ministry while Road and Transport Minister C P Joshi was given the Railways portfolio, following resignation of Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal last night. A Rashtrapati Bhawan communique made these announcements after Prime ...

May 11, 2013 7:48 PM

Higher turn out in Pak poll despite terrorist threats

Voters in Pakistan today cast their votes in landmark national and provincial elections. The vote marks Pakistan's first transition from one civilian government to another in its 66-year history. However, election violence has claimed a number of lives. In the worst attack, 12 people were kille...

May 11, 2013 7:31 PM

Voters in Pak cast their votes in landmark national & provincial elections

Voters in Pakistan today cast their votes in landmark national and provincial elections. The vote marks Pakistan's first transition from one civilian government to another in its 66-year history. However, election violence has claimed a number of lives. In the worst attack, 12 people were kille...

May 11, 2013 6:08 PM

Polling under way across Pak in landmark national & provincial elections

Polling is under way across Pakistan in landmark national and provincial elections. Voting was to close at 5:00 pm local time but extended by an hour as more than 86 million cast their votes for the 342-member national assembly and four provincial assemblies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh and ...

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