Hot Topics » Iran • Michael Jackson • Going Green • Air France • China • North Korea • more topics »
Religious groups in India have warned they will oppose any move to legalize homosexuality as the federal government prepares to hold talks on a law that classifies same-sex acts as crimes.
Police tightened security Wednesday in India's Punjab for the funeral of a preacher whose killing in Vienna, Austria sparked violent protests in the Sikh majority state last week.
One of the three suspects detained Friday in Islamabad has been identified as Fida Ullah, a terrorist who recruited suicide bombers here, police said in a news release.
The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly suicide attack on a police building in Lahore, eastern Pakistan that killed at least 27 -- and vowed similar attacks in other cities.
Tensions eased in the northern Indian state of Punjab on Tuesday, following widespread violence across the region after a Sikh guru was shot to death and another was wounded at an Indian temple in Vienna, Austria.
The Afghan government will change a law that critics say legalizes rape within marriage for Shia Muslims, President Hamid Karzai told CNN Thursday.
A suicide bombing at a mosque in Pakistan has killed at least 20 people, according to local police.
India's Department of Atomic Energy is sending an investigative team to the northern state of Punjab after traces of uranium where found in the hair samples of children and adults with disabilities.
Twenty-three pilgrims died and more than 70 were injured as a truck carrying them overturned in north India, police said Tuesday.
Eight cadets and staff members were killed in Pakistan during an an eight-hour standoff Monday with gunmen who stormed a police training center in Lahore, said Gen. Athar Abbas, a military spokesman.
Religious groups in India have warned they will oppose any move to legalize homosexuality as the federal government prepares to hold talks on a law that classifies same-sex acts as crimes.
Police tightened security Wednesday in India's Punjab for the funeral of a preacher whose killing in Vienna, Austria sparked violent protests in the Sikh majority state last week.
One of the three suspects detained Friday in Islamabad has been identified as Fida Ullah, a terrorist who recruited suicide bombers here, police said in a news release.
The Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly suicide attack on a police building in Lahore, eastern Pakistan that killed at least 27 -- and vowed similar attacks in other cities.
Tensions eased in the northern Indian state of Punjab on Tuesday, following widespread violence across the region after a Sikh guru was shot to death and another was wounded at an Indian temple in Vienna, Austria.
The Afghan government will change a law that critics say legalizes rape within marriage for Shia Muslims, President Hamid Karzai told CNN Thursday.
A suicide bombing at a mosque in Pakistan has killed at least 20 people, according to local police.
India's Department of Atomic Energy is sending an investigative team to the northern state of Punjab after traces of uranium where found in the hair samples of children and adults with disabilities.
Twenty-three pilgrims died and more than 70 were injured as a truck carrying them overturned in north India, police said Tuesday.
Eight cadets and staff members were killed in Pakistan during an an eight-hour standoff Monday with gunmen who stormed a police training center in Lahore, said Gen. Athar Abbas, a military spokesman.
Police in Pakistan arrested lawyers holding a public protest to demand that the government immediately restore judges the previous president had ousted, Karachi's police chief told CNN Thursday.
Supporters of Pakistani opposition leader Nawaz Sharif took to the streets Thursday, burning cars and damaging shops, after the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that he and his brother cannot hold elected office.
Eight police personnel were killed in an early-morning attack Saturday on a police security checkpoint in Pakistan's Punjab province, a police official said.
A blast struck a crowd of Shia Muslims as they took part in a procession toward a mosque in central Pakistan Thursday evening, killing at least 24 people and wounding 50, according to police and emergency officials.
Five newborns receiving treatment for a skin ailment at a government hospital in north India died after a fire broke out Saturday, authorities said.
Pakistani authorities have arrested four men in connection with the suicide truck bombing of a Marriott Hotel last month in Islamabad that killed more than 50 people, officials said Friday.
Once allergic to being tied to Washington's war on terror, the country's targeted political class is beginning to see it as their own struggle
A suicide bomber detonated at the home of a lawmaker in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 30 others, a police spokesman said.
An explosion on a rail line killed three people Friday in northwestern Pakistan, rescue workers said.
Farming families in India's cotton belt are being diagnosed with cancer at alarming rates -- and many say pesticides are to blame
Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh could be facing an extensive ban from the game after being accused of slapping national team-mate Shanthakumaran Sreesanth during a domestic Twenty20 match in Mohali.
One day after a pivotal vote that will determine Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's political viability, early returns on Tuesday showed gains for the opposition parties of former Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and the slain Benazir Bhutto.
Initial reports appear to show Musharraf's opponents ahead, but it's a nerve-wracking path before anything is official
Pakistan's government is beefing up security for a "fair, transparent and peaceful" parliamentary election on Monday, a Pakistani government spokesman said.
Pakistan's citizens head to the polls on February 18 for parliamentary elections that may determine the future of President Pervez Musharraf and his allies.
Perhaps 20% of the results will come from rural areas ruled feudal-style. Is this any way to run a democracy?
Shocked but not surprised seems to sum up Indian reaction to a transplant ring harvesting kidneys from laborers
Just before dusk, on the plains of India's northern Punjab region, 22-year-old Naresh Kumar sprinkles mustard oil, turmeric, and raw sugar inside a ten-inch circle traced in the rich soil. Hands clasped, head bowed, he prays for a bountiful supply of ground water. Then he cranks a wheezing diesel engine, lines up a drill over the offerings, and releases a lever that brings an iron cylinder crashing into the earth. "Business is growing," says Kumar. "But we've placed about as many tube wells as we can in this area."
A deadly suicide bombing in Lahore breaks a two-week lull in the troubled nation and could be a harbinger of more to come
Pakistan's Interior Ministry backtracked Tuesday on its statement that Benazir Bhutto died because she hit her head on a sunroof latch during a shooting and bomb attack.
The most pressing priority for nuclear-armed Pakistan -- and the world -- now that the Bhutto dynasty has been terminated is to avoid having this difficult country descend into civil war.
Police in Pakistan are searching for a man linked to an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners who escaped over the weekend from police custody.
A passenger train collided with a bus loaded with college students and teachers in northern India Friday, killing at least 17 people and critically injuring many more, according to the Press Trust of India.
Pakistan police Wednesday released jailed Pakistani opposition party leader Imran Khan, who had been on a hunger strike, police sources said.
A suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into a Pakistani air force bus, killing at least seven people and wounding 30 others Thursday, police told CNN.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister and opposition party leader Nawaz Sharif's attempt to return to Pakistan after seven years in exile ended quickly Monday as police ordered him to board a flight for Saudi Arabia, government officials said.
The plane carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif landed at the Islamabad airport Monday morning, marking a return to the country from which he was driven into exile for seven years.
The government has reopened corruption cases against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and a court on Friday ordered the arrest of his younger brother ahead of their planned return home from exile next week, lawyers said.
A Taliban commander who masterminded the July kidnapping of South Korean aid workers was among 16 militants killed by U.S.-led coalition forces and Afghan soldiers, according to a police official.
In the midst of widespread protests, the Pakistani government Thursday agreed to suspend newly enacted media restrictions until a joint committee comprised of media and government representatives could review them, Pakistan Broadcasting Association (PBA) and information ministry officials said.
Injured India batsman Yuvraj Singh has been ruled out of the three-Test series in South Africa next month and the home one-day series against West Indies and Sri Lanka early next year.
Here's a business-school case study waiting to be written: a national distribution system that guarantees that a third of its goods never make it to market. That has been the problem with agricultu...
The editors have identified the Best business ideas in the world, which will appear here in a series throughout the next month. Check back daily for updates.
Sid and Divya Arora recently returned from a beautiful honeymoon in Hawaii, taking a leisurely cruise through the islands. Only thing is, they waited nine months after they got married to take the trip.
Emaan Singh Mann is a happy farmer, a rare commodity in India's northern state of Punjab, where overfarming and a falling water table have affected productivity on the broad plains that gave rise t...
The editors have identified the Best business ideas in the world, which will appear here in a series throughout the next month. Check back daily for updates.
The Scene meets legendary Indian film director Yash Chopra to look back on his career and discuss the current state of "Bollywood."
The heir to Britain's throne Prince Charles and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall showed their respect for Sikhism on Tuesday by kneeling and kissing the floor of one of the religion's holiest shrines in the foothills of the Himalayas.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh captured a career-best five for 31 to spin India to a 39-run victory over England in the first one-day international in New Delhi.
A Pakistani passenger train has derailed Sunday in the eastern part of the country, causing six train cars to plummet into a ravine and killing at least two people, government officials tell CNN.
Many residents, outraged that the Pakistani Supreme Court upheld a ban on kite-flying, have staged a massive protest outside the courthouse in Lahore, which turned violent after police attempted to disperse the crowd.
It is 3 a.m. on a Tuesday in Mumbai's northwestern Malad district, and in the far distance a group begins to emerge from the empty darkness.
Human error is being blamed for a three-train collision in Pakistan Wednesday morning which rail officials say killed 133 people and injured many more.
At least 10 people have died and more than 800 have been hospitalized -- including dozens in critical condition -- after drinking contaminated water in the Pakistan city of Lahore, authorities and health officials said Wednesday.
About 12,000 police were deployed across Lahore on Saturday ahead of the return of opposition leader Asif Ali Zardari, with the government vowing to block any rallies by his party and effectively sealing off the city.
The chief minister of Indian Punjab was greeted by thousands of people waving Indian and Pakistani flags as he was driven along the 20-kilometer (12-mile) road from the border to Lahore Monday morning.
More than 15,000 people took part in Lahore International Marathon -- the first marathon held in Pakistan.
Eight paramilitary security men were killed and four were seriously wounded Tuesday night when dozens of armed tribesmen attacked Sui gas fields in Balochistan province, government sources and oil managers tell CNN.
Police say a wave of heavy fog in Pakistan's northern Punjab province is responsible for two deadly road accidents Saturday, killing 26 people, and is grounding airplanes at Lahore's airport.
India's railway minister has accused rail operators of negligence and murder as the death toll grew to 38 in Tuesday's deadly head-on collision of two passenger trains in India's northern Punjab state.
A deadly head-on collision between two passenger trains in India's northern Punjab state has killed at least 34 people and injured dozens more, a railway official told CNN.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf plans to remain the army chief despite earlier pledging to leave the post by the end of the year, officials say.
According to the American Council on Exercise, a top-notch exercise program should have three components: strength, flexibility and aerobic training.
The first formal peace talks between India and Pakistan in more than two years have opened in Islamabad, with "all issues" -- including the disputed region of Kashmir -- on the table.
The men on FORTUNE's cover are typical of a swelling legion of bright, young college-educated professionals who in the past would have taken posts in government or with old-line businesses. Now the...
| Most Viewed | Most Emailed | Top Searches |
| Most Viewed | Most Emailed | Top Searches |
Video
Photos
