Shocker: US backs Chinese role in South Asia

The United States says China has an important role to play in South Asia, according to the Hong Kong-based Web site 2point6billion.com 'I know there is a certain sensitivity maybe about that, but......

Taslima leaves for US, may return in January

Aftera 20-day sojourn in India mainly to get extend her visa, controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin flew to the United States on Thursday. The Bangladeshi writer, who has been a target of......

NRI to head CIA's South Asia arm

Sumit Ganguly, who currently holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilisations will soon be appointed the first National Intelligence Officer of the newly-formed South Asia......

'Pakistan army is in no mood to dismantle Lashkar'

Even as the Pakistan government, under US pressure, claimed to have placed Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed under house arrest, one of Pakistan most influential journalists......