Peeved at being labelled selfish, Australia captain Ricky Ponting Thursday hit back at India, saying that slow-over rate was a problem typical to the...

Football fans were convinced Thursday that Australia would make it to a third World Cup, after their team snatched a goal in injury time to clinch a 1-0 victory over Bahrain in...

Attari (Amritsar), Nov.20 : The 3,000 devotees returned from Pakistan today after attending the birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev, the first Guru of Sikhs, at Nankana Sahib....

Colombo, Nov.20 : India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Alok Prasad, on Thursday, handed over a consignment of humanitarian relief assistance for distribution among civilians in the war-torn Wanni...

Ghalanai (Pakistan), Nov 20 : The Pakistan is learnt to have asked the tribesmen in Mohmand Agency to either oust the Taliban, else leave the...

Mumbai, Nov 20 : The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)'s Sensitive Index (Sensex) tumbled more than five per cent on Thursday, led by losses in top-listed Reliance Industries and financial stocks, joining the rest of Asia in a broad sell-off after U.S. markets...

Kabul, Nov.20 : At least six insurgent fighters have been killed and several others wounded following a suspected U.S. airstrike deep inside Pakistani territory on Wednesday, the Washington Post quoted a Pakistani security official as saying....

Islamabad, Nov 20 : Former Pakistan ODI captain Wasim Akram has said that the ICC's new experiment of allowing batting teams choose when to take the powerplay has rekindled interest in one-dayers as...

New Delhi, Nov 20 : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for signing of headquarters agreement between India and South Asian University and also gave its approval for issuing a notification under United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947....

Islamabad, Nov 20 : The Pakistan government is learnt to have decided to immediately allow imports of 25,000 metric tons of petrol and 50,000 metric tons of high-speed diesel to avert an impending shortfall of...

Islamabad, Nov.20 : Pakistan may raise the recent findings of the Maharashtra's Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) indicating a probable involvement of the Indian Army's Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit in the Samjhauta Express blasts incident during the scheduled meeting between Interior Secretaries of India and Pakistan to be held in Islamabad on November 25....

Lahore, Nov 20 : Pakistan President Asif Zardari is learnt to have called up PML-N leader and former premier Nawaz Sharif last evening to convey his "strong displeasure" over distribution of "immoral" photographs of Governor Salman Taseer's son by Punjab Law Minister to the media...

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 20 : Indian superstar Shah Rukh Khan won't be able to fly down to Malaysia to receive his Datukship on November 29 owning to his tight...

New York, Nov 20 : Pakistan ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani has demanded that "terror suspect" Dr Aafia Siddiqui (put in a US jail and facing trial) should be immediately repatriated to Pakistan, after an American court found her "mentally" unfit to stand...

Washington, Nov 20 : Former United States secretary of state Madeleine Albright has reportedly advised US President-elect Barack Obama to expand co-operation between Pakistan and Afghanistan in order to curb militancy in the...

Islamabad, Nov 20 : Indus Water Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah has said that Pakistan will move the World Bank to seek compensation from India for reduced water flow in the Chenab River and design defects in Baglihar Dam. The World Bank had appointed an intermediary between India and Pakistan to resolve the Baglihar Dam...

Kathmandu, Nov 20 : Nepal Constituent Assembly (CA) chairman Subash Chandra Nemwang today urged the political parties not to raise disputes as the army integration is done as per the...

Kathmandu, Nov 20 : Nepal Government has decided to immediately kick-start dialogue with armed groups operating in...

Brussels, Nov 20 : Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani has reportedly said that NATO should try to win the support of tribesmen in order to stop the Taliban crossing over the international border between Pakistan and...

Kuala Lumpur, Nov.20 : The new School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews in Scotland has been named the B.C. Sekhar School of Medicine, reports the New Strait Times....

Islamabad, Nov 20 : Buoyed by the recent 3-0 win over the Caribbeans, Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani is today expected to announce fresh incentives for cricketers who will perform outstandingly in future international...

Mumbai /Hong Kong, Nov 20 (ANI/ Business Wire India): Mark Robinson has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Citi South Asia. Based in Mumbai, he will lead Citi's significant banking franchise in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and also join the Asia Pacific Executive Committee. Robinson succeeds Sanjay Nayar, who is leaving the firm to pursue other...

South Africa are on course for an innings victory over Bangladesh after taking 11 wickets in two sessions on the second day of the first Test in Bloemfontein. South Africa are on course for an...

Friday, November 21, 2008 By our correspondent KHAIRPUR: DCO Khairpur Muhamamd Iqbal Memon has said the Sindh government has released 500 million rupees for the Khairpur development package....

The 18-year-old has been given the nod for the third round of the A1GP Championship in Malaysia because of his experience at the Sepang circuit. Bamber says he is happy to race whenever the team...

Los presidentes de Venezuela Hugo Chavez, abajo a la derecha, y el Vietnam's Nguyen Minh Triet,abajo a la derecha, aparecen parados en la ceremonia de bienvenida para Nguyen Triet en el palacio...

Friday, November 21, 2008 By Rauf Klasra ISLAMABAD: The heightening tug of war in the ranks of the PML-Q has now pitched former president Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari and his talented niece Sumaira...

Friday, November 21, 2008 ISLAMABAD: Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Salman Faruqui has categorically stated that the government has no plan to slash the social-sector development expenditures,...

CHENNAI: Asia Paints, a leading paint manufacturer, has announced that it has temporarily shut down its phthalic anhydride plant at Ankleshwar in Gujarat, partly for maintenance work. According to...

Friday, November 21, 2008 ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Education, Science and Technology on Thursday called for more autonomy for the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to strengthen...

KHAR, Pakistan: Pakistani jets and artillery killed 17 people, including some Uzbek commanders, as they pounded suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda hideouts in a lawless tribal area, officials said...

Friday, November 21, 2008 By Dilshad Azeem ISLAMABAD: JUI-F leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman will soon be issued a notice to vacate one of his two officially- occupied residences while another...

Kalabagh Dam not to be constructed: Ashraf Friday, November 21, 2008 ISLAMABAD: Different ministers and secretaries replied to questions and calling attention notices (CAN) moved by members of...

Says Pakistan is not in danger of becoming a militant Islamist state Friday, November 21, 2008 By Aamir Ghauri LONDON: The Army can return to power in Pakistan if the ongoing security,...

MUMBAI: Following challenging operating conditions, Colgate-Palmolive (India) has announced the sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Colgate-Palmolive (Nepal) to a local company from Nepal,...

Friday, November 21, 2008 By Shakeel Anjum ISLAMABAD: Raja Muhammad Zaraat, Chairman of the Bawan Shah Group of companies is trying to create a media hype in order to malign NAB, influence public...

Friday, November 21, 2008 By our correspondent NAWABSHAH: The Sindh government disbursed 114 acres of agricultural land to landless women peasants at a ceremony held here on Thursday.The...

A suicide car bomber has blown himself up outside a government compound in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least nine people and wounding many others. Two foreign soldiers, stationed at a nearby...

CHANDIGARH: The 15-year-old Pakistani boy who crossed the border into India to meet Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan may be able to return home now within days as charges under Section 14 of the...

Prolific off spinner Muttiah Muralitharan sparked a Zimbabwe collapse as Sri Lanka won their first one-day international by six wickets in Harare overnight. Zimbabwe, sent in to bat, had reached a...

Friday, November 21, 2008 By Usman Manzoor ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar has denied that the PIA was going to hire another managing-director for its investments abroad shortly.The...

BANGKOK (AFP) - A grenade attack on demonstrators occupying the Thai prime minister’s offices killed one person and wounded 29 Thursday, prompting angry protest leaders to vow a new march against...

Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad was appointed as the Director General of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). A PCB spokesman said that Miandad will take over as the Board's DG with...

BURNING DREAMS: Pakistani lawyers and civil society members burn a US flag during a protest against the US air strikes in the country's tribal areas in Lahore. Pakistan has now summoned US ambassador...

Friday, November 21, 2008 By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: Senior bureaucrats are facing an illegal erosion of their authority as several federal ministers and ministers of state have started...

The teachings of Confucius guided Chinese society for more than 2,000 years. Confucius fell out favor under communism, but there is renewed interest in his thought in modern China. Mike O'Sullivan...

Thailand Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat says his Government is not behind a deadly grenade attack in Bangkok which killed a protester. More than 20 people were taken to hospital for treatment...

COLOMBO: India on Thursday formally handed over 1,680 tonnes of relief material to the International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) for distribution to civilians in northern Sri Lanka. A brief ceremony...

Friday, November 21, 2008 ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza has directed Chairman Capital Development Authority Tariq Mehmood to intensify the pace of repair and maintenance work...

Rome, 21 November, (Asiantribune.com): Sri Lanka Embassy in Rome to remain open on Sundays and even on Public Holidays. On last Sunday 16th November, Sri Lanka Embassy opened a new chapter in the...