Jamil Ahmad has won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2011 for his book The Wandering Falcon. The Wandering Falcon had very strong competition from the other five titles on the shortlist,......
Riots broke out in Pakistan's Sindh province on Sunday after a school principal from the minority Hindu community was booked on charges of alleged blasphemy. Widespread protests erupted in Ghotki......
Author-journalist Naresh Fernandes has won the 2012 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay's Jazz Age, an account of the city's thriving music scene between the......
A Pakistani court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition filed by Jamil Ahmad, one of the seven men charged by authorities with planning, financing and executing the Mumbai terror attacks four years......
Three Indian writers are in the running for the $50,000 (about Rs 27,50,000) DSC South Asian literature prize given to the best novel thematically linked to the South Asian region. Jeet Thayil's......
A 27-member Pakistani business delegation reached New Delhi on Thursday to attend a two-day seminar aimed at improving trade relations between the two countries.India's External Affairs Minister......