Contents: India forced to delay Kashmir elections after large surge in violence; Hindu activists push for ban on cow slaughter across India; Why is a US carrier group strike force going to the Korean peninsula?
Muslim extremists murdered a Vogue cover model in Bangladesh for not wearing Islamic clothing, alleged the victim’s family after the authorities ruled the late 21-year-old’s death a suicide.
Contents: Dalai Lama to visit region of northeast India claimed by China; Dalai Lama’s escape from Tibet to India in 1959 Lhasa uprising still humiliates China
LONDON (AFP) – British finance minister Philip Hammond will head a business delegation to India next week in an effort to boost international trade as Britain begins the process of leaving the European Union. Chancellor of the Exchequer Hammond will be joined
Contents: Violence in India-controlled Kashmir takes a new turn after winter lull; Indian police arrest top separatist militant commander in Kashmir; Uprising in Kashmir growing into major regional war between India and Pakistan
An Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL)-affiliated group, Ahwaal Ummat Media Center, has disseminated a graphic on the Internet threatening attacks in India and identifying the Taj Mahal as a potential target, reports the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi websites.
A coalition of 42 mullahs have issued a fatwa against Indian Idol contestant Nahid Afrin — a teen Muslim singer who has used her reality TV celebrity to condemn the Islamic State — because she is scheduled to perform at a venue near a mosque.
Pakistan has inducted a Chinese-made advanced surface-to-air missile system into its air defense apparatus aimed at protecting against new threats, revealed the Pakistani army in a statement.
Contents: ISIS claims responsibility for hospital attack in Kabul, Afghanistan; CENTCOM commander: Afghanistan ‘stalemate’ requires ‘thousands’ more US troops; Report: Trump administration shuts out Russia and Turkey in Syria
CNN’s Reza Aslan has been facing some heavy criticism after he ate part of a human brain while filming a segment on a Hindu sect in India. The episode, part of a series called Believer with Reza Aslan, provoked disgust
The open borders lobby is bracing for a fight with President Donald Trump’s administration over the H-1B foreign guest worker program, which opponents say is discriminatory against American workers.
24-year-old Rachna Sisodia, a student and newlywed, was tragically pronounced dead of a lung infection at a hospital in northern India on February 25. Even more tragically, there are claims the hospital declared her dead by mistake, and she was still alive when cremated the next day.
Regional military and economic rivals India and China are trying to put their differences aside in an effort to find a “common ground” on dealing with Afghanistan.
China has once again denied reports that its military has carried out patrols inside its war-ravaged neighbor Afghanistan.
Contents: China preparing to install long-range missiles in South China Sea; China’s ASEAN neighbors express increasing anxiety over China’s illegal militarization
The government in the India-held portion of Kashmir has reportedly implemented restrictions on expensive and extravagant weddings, limiting the number of guests the parents of the bride and groom can invite to no more than 500 and 400, respectively.
Terrorists are being killed, locked up, and running scared now that a Commander-in-Chief has replaced an Apologizer-in-Chief.
The government of India appears to be seeking a bigger role in Asia as tense relations between the United States and China continue.
Contents: Pakistan again in shock as Sufi shrine bombing is fifth terror attack in a week; Monday’s terror attack in Lahore Pakistan kills dozens; Pakistan’s government promises that each drop of blood will be avenged
Lovers in India can bring a little sadism into their romance without shelling out for tickets to the Fifty Shades of Grey movies: just walk through the street holding hands, and wait for Bajrang Dal thugs to assault them.
Pakistan has launched a concerted campaign to push Afghan refugees out of the country, a move considered the “world’s largest unlawful” removal of refugees, according to a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report that warns the move may further strain conflict between the two neighboring countries.
In the latest high visibility offshoring of Silicon Valley jobs to India, the San Francisco Business Times (SFBT) reported last month that the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) will offshore about 72 information technology (IT) jobs from San Francisco to India in a restructuring that could slash labor costs by 75 percent.
India has denounced China’s decision to continue blocking U.S.-led efforts to blacklist the leader of the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM).
The new Bollywood film Raees is on track to be one of the year’s biggest films in India. According to the Times of India, it is the third-biggest film of the year. However, it will not be playing in Pakistan, where the government has banned it for “not showing the real face of Islam.”
Pakistan has reaffirmed Islamabad’s stance against any foreign actors seeking to undermine ally China’s sovereignty and thanked Beijing for its support on national security.
A leading Indian software entrepreneur says Indian companies must accept President Donald Trump’s pro-American policies and must start hiring Americans instead of sending Indian white-collar H-1B visa workers into American job sites.
Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), a terrorist group considered to be a front organization for the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) jihadist group, organized protests across Pakistan after authorities placed its leader, one of the alleged masterminds behind the 2008 massacre in India’s Mumbai, under house arrest.
Military and police officers in a northern Indian state that borders the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir have been placed on alert following the appearance of graffiti and posters announcing the arrival of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) to the area.
Fear of being added to the list of Muslim-majority countries covered by President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting immigration has prompted Pakistan to arrest the prominent Islamist chief of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), according to The Washington Post (WaPo).
Ashley J. Tellis, a former George W. Bush administration official who became a top “Never Trump” Republican and actually backed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, is trying to sneak his way past President Donald J. Trump into a plum diplomatic position in the Trump administration.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump, the leaders of the world’s two largest democracies, have pledged to work closely and continue to cultivate the healthy relationship currently enjoyed by both countries.
Contents: India begins deploying its ‘Cold Start’ military strategy against Pakistan; Unintended consequence: Cold Start strategy may trigger nuclear war; Russia and India declare their love for each other
Air India has announced that six seats in economy class on each of its domestic flights will henceforth be reserved for women traveling alone, a move Reuters speculates is unique in the air travel industry. The policy may soon be extended to international flights as well.
The Indian state of Bihar imposed a ban on alcohol last April, as promised by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to women voters during the 2015 elections.
India has threatened to cancel Amazon employees’ visas if the online retailer continues to sell doormats with the country’s flag featured.
Newly-elected Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) vows that he will go to jail to protest the presidency of Donald Trump as part of the “California Resistance” to the new administration.
The newly appointed army chief of nuclear-armed India reportedly said the Indian military is ready to simultaneously fight a “two-front war” with Pakistan and China if necessary and will not hesitate to use any form of force.
A Senate panel in Muslim-majority Pakistan has unanimously approved a piece of legislation this week that brings an anticipated Hindu Marriage bill inches closer to enactment.
A local minister has refused to apologize to female revelers who have allegedly been molested by mobs while ringing in the new year 2017 in the Indian state of Karnataka. He has actually blamed Western culture for the barbarous manner in which men treated them, almost suggesting that they deserved it.
A disturbing trend has emerged in India where call centers have cropped up for the sole purpose of scamming Americans out of money, The New York Times reports.
