Russia drops move to ban sacred Hindu text

Russia drops move to ban sacred Hindu text

MOSCOW: A Russian court has upheld a decision to permit the publication of a sacred Hindu text whose initial ban sparked protests in India and threatened to strain Moscow's close ties with New Delhi.

A district court in the Siberian city of Tomsk said in a statement it had decided "to leave unchanged" a December lower court ruling stating that the "Bhagavad Gita" did not contain extremist material. Read more.....

Obama implores North Korea to 'pursue peace,' urges against nuclear weapons for Iran

Obama implores North Korea to 'pursue peace,' urges against nuclear weapons for Iran

President Barack Obama is warning North Korea and Iran that their options are few and their friends fewer as those nations refuse to back down from actions the world sees as menacing. Read more.....

Tibetan in Delhi Sets Self Alight to Protest Chinese Leader’s Visit

Tibetan in Delhi Sets Self Alight to Protest Chinese Leader’s Visit

A protest march in the capital took a fiery turn when a Tibetan exile self-immolated Monday afternoon.

“From head to toe, he was full of fire,” said Dorjee Tseten, the national director of Students for a Free Tibet, who  witnessed the act. Read more....

Woman jailed for shouting and screaming during sex

Woman jailed for shouting and screaming during sex

A WOMAN has been jailed for breaching court orders that she stop shouting and screaming during sex with her husband. 

Caroline Cartwright, 48, was remanded in custody until May 5 charged with three breaches of an Anti Social Behaviour Order which banned her from "making excessive noise" during sex anywhere in Britain.  Read more .....

North Korea: Ready to go to war with U.S., South Korea

North Korea: Ready to go to war with U.S., South Korea

This undated photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left,
with a senior military officer at an undisclosed location 

Seoul:  North Korea said it's ready to fight a war with the United States and South Korea, as the two allies kicked off their annual joint military drills Monday, according to state-run media. 

"Hundreds of thousands of troops are poised for a war carrying nuclear war equipment," North Korea's KCNA news agency reported, saying Pyongyang considers the drills to be practice for a preemptive strike on the North. Read more ......

Facebook flooded with fury

Facebook flooded with fury

KATHMANDU, MAR 18 -

As the outrage against the government’s decision to provide Rs 20 million to an Everest expedition to be led by Prakash Dahal intensified from all quarters, social networking sites Facebook and Twitter became the most vibrant spaces for popular frustration at the move.

Apart from annoyance over the stalled peace process and news of corruption, many observed the decision as yet another case signifying the “gradual decline in the so-called socialist principles” of the Maoist party. Read more ..............

India Budget 2012 : Delhi pledges IRs 2.7b in grants to Nepal

India Budget 2012 : Delhi pledges IRs 2.7b in grants to Nepal

KATHMANDU/NEW DELHI, MAR 18 -

India will give IRs 2.7 billion in grants to Nepal in 2012-13. This is what Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced on Friday while unveiling the budget for 2012-13.  Read more......