The deposition of Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley continued for fourth day at a Mumbai court via video link. He is being examined as an approver in the 26/11 terror attacks. Headley has made some sensational disclosures that has exposed the role of Pakistani army and its spy agency ISI in 26/11 Mumbai attacks that claimed 166 lives. Headley’s confession in the crime and his dealings with Pakistan’s ISI operatives […]

The Pakistani Taliban first took and then denied responsibility for this morning’s deadly assault on a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan, in which 25 people died, according to a minister who briefed parliament. Here are the 10 latest developments in this story: A group of four terrorists, using the cover of thick, wintry fog, scaled the walls of the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. […]

Pakistan’s long forgotten Hindu temples.  After India gained independence, a large chunk of Hindus and Sikhs migrated from Pakistan to India. Similarly, nearly an equal number of Muslims left India to live in Pakistan. Today, only 26 out of Pakistan’s 428 Hindu temples exist. There are many examples of such ancient architecture; silent testimonies of our heritage, narrating tales of our past and stories of our land. Unfortunately, these exponents […]

In the most recent development with regards to the Pathankot attacks, Pakistan has reportedly arrested Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar, his brother and several others of the same organisation who are said to be associated with the attacks in Pathankot. This detention and the eventual sealing of their office happened after India demanded constructive action ahead of the Foreign Secretary-level talks. However many experts believe that this is just a […]

The recent terrorist attacks in India has perhaps clarified one basic fact that whether talks with Pakistan proceed at a desired pace or not, it is unlikely to address the core issue of terrorism in India which is being continuously abetted by Pakistan. If we chart out even the immediate history in terms of Indo-Pak talks, one fact is amply clear and that is the painful similarity of the way […]

India plans to ask Pakistan to take penal action against the outlawed Jaish-e-Muhammed, behind the Pathankot attack, for a productive foreign secretary-level dialogue to take place in Islamabad on January 15. According to highly placed sources, Delhi has evidence tracing the attack to Pakistan’s Bahawalpur, where JeM leader Masood Azhar — a key figure in the 1999 IC-814 hijacking — is based, and that it has the signature of the […]

In the most unexpected developments, India and Pakistan held NSA level talks in Bangkok on Sunday. In what was a secret meeting till it concluded, the National Security Advisers of both countries along with their foreign secretaries discussed peace and security concerns of both countries. In a joint statement released by India’s NSA Ajit Doval and his Pakistani counterpart, Lt. Gen (Retd.) Nasir Khan Janjua, said the meeting covered, “peace […]

Geeta, dressed in a red and white salwar kameez, her head covered with a dupatta, smiled as she boarded a Pakistan International Airlines flight from Karachi on Monday morning.  In a few hours the 23-year-old will land in Delhi to be re-united with her family after 11 years. Geeta is hearing and speech impaired. She has lived in Pakistan ever since she accidentally crossed the border as a child. Earlier […]

After forcing cancellation of Ghulam Ali’s concert, ink attack on Sudheendra Kulkarni, storming into BCCI President Shashank Manohar’s office and forcing him to cancel a proposed meeting with his Pakistani counterpart, Shiv Sena turned its attention to highlight ‘glorious history’ of the party and its founder Balasaheb Thackeray. On Wednesday, Mumbai woke up to a poster that reminded various political leaders their place before Balasaheb. The poster that turned up […]

In what is likely to put the scheduled India-Pakistan NSA level talks in jeopardy, Islamabad on Friday said that it will not accept any ‘pre-condition’ of cancelling the meeting between its NSA Sartaj Aziz and the Kashmiri separatist leaders. According to media reports, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaj Sharif this morning conducted a meeting with his council of ministers, Army and ISI chief over the issue. During the meeting, it was […]