Is China pushing Pakistan to disarm Jihadi groups?

Is China pushing Pakistan to disarm Jihadi groups?

China’s disapproval of Pakistan’s hosting of anti-India terror organisations has prompted Islamabad to quietly start working on plans to disarm these jihadist groups,’ amid an unusually public row between the civilian government, the all-powerful military and the media over the policy shift’, according to Islamabad-based political analyst Tom Husein . Pressure has been mounting at […]

Is boycotting Chinese goods the only solution?

Is boycotting Chinese goods the only solution?

Sir, After Uri attack and Cross LoC Surgical Strikes, China appears to take the side of Pakistan. It’s after effects are seen in newspapers, news channels and trolls on social media regarding boycotting Chinese lights for decorating the house for the festival of Diwali. I am having one question in my mind. Why can’t Government stop […]

Dylan becomes icon of Korean Opposition protest

Dylan becomes  icon of Korean Opposition protest

In South Korea, opposition party lawmakers have lamented the presidential office’s alleged blacklist of 9,400 artists by comparing them to American Nobel laureate Bob Dylan. It was found on Tuesday last  that Cheong Wa Dae (Office of the President of South Korea) blacklisted 9,473 artists who expressed opposition to government policies or supported opposition politicians, […]

Pakistan’s ‘Best performance’ award fake?

Pakistan’s ‘Best performance’ award fake?

The  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission chief to Pakistan Herald Finger has denied the reports that IMF had given Ishaq Dar as “Finance Minister of the year 2016 for South Asia award” . Addressing newsmen via video link, Herald Finger clarified that the organisation had no link with the magazine who gave the Award to […]

Bihar: Report power theft, Lose your tongue!

Bihar: Report power theft, Lose your tongue!

Patna:  They don’t call Bihar the ‘wild east’ for nothing! Villagers in Khaspur village, a stone’s throw away from the state capital Patna cut off a man’s tongue and almost beat him to death after he reported electricity thefts to the authorities, reports local media. “Half of the victim’s tongue was cut off,” said a […]

Zuma in Goa while South Africa simmers with dissent

Zuma in Goa while South Africa simmers with dissent

President Jacob Zuma arrived in Goa, India, on Saturday with his delegation for the 8th BRICS summit. His arrival comes as nine people are in custody in South Africa after a spate of looting and arson in Braamfontein on Friday night and Saturday morning, and questions over the safe storage of former Public Protector Thuli […]

Nepal’s Singing Nun rocks on!

Nepal’s Singing Nun rocks on!

Ani Choying Drolma is one of Nepal’s biggest pop stars.   She is also a  Buddhist nun  and a UNICEF goodwill  ambassador,  and runs  a  girl’s school and a hospital for kidney patients. With more than 12 albums of melodious Nepali tunes and Tibetan hymns that highlight themes of peace and harmony, the songstress in saffron […]

Indo-Nepal border transit tightened

Indo-Nepal border transit tightened

Patna: India has ramped up security at the no-man’s land and the transit points along the Nepal-India border following the southern neighbour’s increasing hostilities with Pakistan, according to reports reaching here Saturday (October 15) Indian authorities have beefed up security at Raxaul-Vishwa, Parsauni-Bhelai, Sirsiya-Raxaul, Janakitol-Inarwa, Thori and Bhiswa-Thori transit points across border with Parsa district. […]

Pakistan ban on Christian TV channels

Pakistan ban on  Christian TV channels

Pakistan has banned 11 Christian television channels, after the country’s TV regulatory body declared them illegal in September. The move has left the country’s 2.8 million Christian residents with no public media presence, according to a report in express.co.uk.  Observers have called the move a blow to religious freedom. The Pakistani Media Regulatory Authority had […]

Ruckus in Church, case filed

Ruckus in Church, case filed

New Delhi:  Two men allegedly forced their way into a church in outer Delhi’s Begampur and threatened the priest and worshippers during the mass last Sunday. Police have now arrested them. Some time ago, the church was under police protection after it was vandalised by miscreants. The cover was lifted after the authorities decided that […]

Sosa, from Venezuela, 31st Black Pope!

The Society of Jesus has elected its first Latin-American leader since its foundation in 1540, a Rome-based Venezuelan whose past curiously parallels that of Francis, the first Jesuit pope. Like Jorge Mario Bergoglio, (Pope Francis)who steered his divided province through the 1970s Argentine dictatorship, Father Arturo Sosa SJ, 67, was Venezuelan provincial between  1996 and […]