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Pak increases security for Asia Bibi after threats

Pakistani authorities enhanced security for Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who triggered a blasphemy furore in the country and in whose defence Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer lost his life,......

Pak HC quashes blasphemy case against Christian girl

The Pakistan high court has dismissed the blasphemy case against Rimsha Masih, a 14-year-old Christian girl who was accused of desecrating the Quran. Though it was a first-of-its-kind judgment, the......

Pak Christian boy's body found with torture marks

As the furore over the arrest of a minor Christian girl over blasphemy charge is yet to die down, the body of an 11-year-old boy from the minority community, bearing torture marks, was found in......

Taseer case: Cops quiz stepmother, stepbrother

Pakistani police have questioned the stepmother and a stepbrother of kidnapped son of slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer over their alleged "property dispute" and now believe that religious......

Taseer Abduction: Cops following many leads

Pakistani police is probing the possibility of supporters of slain Punjab governor Salman Taseer's assassin being behind the kidnapping of his son as part of leads into the case, but are yet to......

Start-up turns cars into moving billboards

Going by an upstart company's business model, cars are no longer just a comfortable mode of transport but one more medium of outdoor advertising - one that promises eyeballs to advertisers better......

What Porsche has in mind for India

German luxury car-maker Porsche aims to sell 500 cars in India this year and will introduce its Panamera Hybrid super car in the country within the next few months, a top company official said on......

What is the future of money?

It may seem absurd to link the microfinance mess in Andhra Pradesh with the Mozilla Drumbeat Festival that happened in Barcelona last week. And yet, as the Andhra crisis continues to deepen,......

Taj Hotel's grand plans to be India's best

The grand cantilever staircase and the iconic red dome were singed by flames and pockmarked with gunfire when terror struck Mumbai a little more than 18 months ago. So when Tata Group Chairman......

Toyota Corolla Altis diesel redefined

Toyota Kirloskar Motors Limited has launched the diesel version of Toyota Corolla Altis in India recently. The company claims thta the new diesel sedan is hassle free and delivers great......

Was SRK a zordaar host in Zor Ka Jhatka?

Being one of the most communicative celebrities has its perks. Shah Rukh Khan makes use of his natural talent to yak a dozen as the charismatic host of Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout. Buzz is he's......

Dev Anand gets nostalgic

The Twitter world is quite a busy one, and Bollywood contributes a great deal to it. Here's looking at the best star tweets of the day. Dev Anand was caught in a nostalgic mood, as he praised......

Bollywood's memorably drunken heroines

Alcoholism in Hindi cinema is traditionally left to the males. Women and alcohol are mostly linked via amorality. Still, as one of our prettiest heroines cavorts drunkenly in one of this......

Michael Jackson's tryst with Mumbai

The King of Pop Michael Jackson had a tryst with Mumbai 13 years ago, when he mesmerised thousands of Mumbaikars with his performance at a concert in...

Bollywood marriages on the rocks

The upcoming Main Aur Mrs Khanna is about a breaking marriage. We realised this is a favourite Bollywood theme, and so decided to take a look at some memorable recent films about marriages on the......

Images: Bangladesh squeezes past Ireland

Bangladesh suffered a mighty scare before snatching a 27-run victory over a fighting Ireland in a group B match to bring their World Cup campaign back on track in Mirpur. - Scorecard A tremendous......

Somdev creates history with tennis double

Somdev Devvarman created history by becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in the men's singles tennis event of the Asian Games as India managed just three medals in the 11th day of......

Can't afford to take Sharath lightly: Top seed

Top seed Gao Ning will not take Indian table tennis' biggest hope Achanta Sharath Kamal lightly in case the two paddlers come face to face in the singles event of the Commonwealth Games. Sharath......

Images: Mendis has Indian batsmen in a twirl

Ajantha Mendis took six wickets for 67 runs as the famed Indian batting line-up struggled despite Yuvraj Singh's brisk century and Gautam Gambhir's 89 on Day 2 in the three-day warm-up match......

Malaysia finish fifth in Asia Cup

Hosts Malaysia saved the blushes, scoring in the last minute of the match to beat China 3-2 for a fifth-place finish in the Asia Cup hockey tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.Also ReadAsia Cup......

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Blasphemy conundrum

By Salim Haq, New Delhi, May 23 : This is a heady cocktail. The cast- an unlikely villain- Iron brother Chinese, The locale- Pakistan Occupied... ...

http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/22943/pakistan-blasphemy-conundrum.html

India gets pat on back, while US slams China, Iran for religious bigotry

While acknowledging that the US record was not perfect, Kerry called religious freedom a "universal value" as he presented the report. Two years... ...

http://www.firstpost.com/world/india-gets-pat-on-back-while-us-slams-china-iran-for-religious-bigotry-800299.html

Earthquake wipes out nearly entire Pakistani town

Zar Bibi's 7-year-old son was napping when a massive earthquake demolished this small Pakistani town earlier this week near the Iranian border. ...

http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2Eum0mhnwk4UP/story01.htm

Sectarian Divides

South Asia has been in the grip of sectarian violence since fairly long. During last three decades and more particularly during the last decade... ...

http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=14227

Obamas futile Bethlehem tour

On the eve of US president Barack Obama’s visit to Israel and the West Bank, Palestinian activists took a leaf out of the book of Israeli... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/320629/obamas-futile-bethlehem-tour.html