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German firm launches online Gandhi archive A Germany based organization has launched a comprehensive online archive on peace icon Mahatma Gandhi after 30 years of research with material gathered from over 600 worldwide sources. Peter Ruhe,...

Middle-class man arrested for forcing daughter to beg on streets for getting poor grades. A wealthy man has been arrested after police found his daughter begging for gaining bad school grades. Prakash was arrested under the...

Bangladesh to throw ban out of the window as country expects good rice production Bangladesh has taken back a ban on the export of aromatic rice, an official said. The move comes after predictions of good...

Pakistan take drastic measures to stop polio. Pakistan is keen to punish parents who fail to have their children vaccinated against Polio in a bid to stop the spread of the deadly disease. The government plan...

Hindus have welcomed the rejection by Tomsk regional court in Siberia (Russia) of proposed move to ban ancient scripture Bhagavad Gita (Song of the Lord). Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA), thanked...

“We wrote to the Secretary of State about the information we were given and he refused to confirm or deny it.”   Drone attacks have become a regular occurrence in some parts of Pakistan in recent...

Imran Khan hits back at Salman Rushdie as the war of words continue Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan is locked in a bitter feud with author Salman Rushdie, accusing the controversial writer of having “the mindset of a...

Thanks to the amazing fundraising efforts of boxer Amir Khan, five schools have now been built in flood affected areas in Pakistan. Amir visited Sindh, Pakistan, in 2010 after the country was hit by devastating floods...

Agent Vinod banned in Pakistan for giving country a bad vibe. Bollywood blockbuster Agent Vinod, which has been compared to James Bond, has been banned from Pakistan for its negative portrayal of the country’s spies. The...

By William Walker. Twelve months have passed since Burma’s ruling military junta ceded some of its totalitarian power to a civilian elected President, and an impressive array of reforms have since followed. Burma now has freedom...