Pak to probe Osama killing
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to appoint a new commission to ascertain full facts about Osama bin Laden's presence in the country and probe the unilateral US raid that killed the…
Krishna to visit Myanmar
NEW DELHI: (AMN) External Affairs Minister S M Krishna will leave for Myanmar Monday tomorrow. He will be accompanied by the Foreign Secretary Nirupma Rao and other senior officials.
ISI wanted to recruit ex Indian military personnel
Pakistan's spy agency ISI was planning to recruit retired Indian military personnel to penetrate into the system and then use them for its anti-India activities.
Slovenia seeks to boost economic ties with India
NEW DELHI: (AMN) Slovenia has sought to boost economic relations with India. Talking to newsmen here Tuesday, the visiting Slovenian Prime Minister Mr Borut Pahor said that he is looking…
India welcomes release of sailors by Somali pirates
NEW DELHI: India has welcomed the release of six of its sailors held captive by Somali pirates on board a hijacked merchant vessel."We are happy they have been released and…
World’s shortest man
A teenager from a poor family in the rural Philippines has been declared the world's shortest man as he turned 18. Guinness World Records presented Junrey Balawing, who is 59.93cm…
B-desh HC questions legality of Islam as state religion
DHAKA: (TIA) The High Court in Bangladesh Wednesday issued show cause notice to the authorities concerned as why declaration of Islam as the state religion of the country should not…
Dalai Lama renounces politics
NEW DELHI (AMN) Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Thursday renounced active politics, saying the time had come for new independently elected leader.
Muslim to be Chief Scientist of NASA
WASHINGTON: (AMN) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Charles Bolden has named Waleed Abdalati an Afghan-American Muslim as the agency’s chief scientist, effective January 3, 2011. According to…
UN removes J&K from disputed list
UNITED NATIONS: Jammu and Kashmir is no more a disputed territory. The United Nations ahs removed it from the list of ‘unresolved’ disputes. The move is a setback to Pakistan…