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Parties split over PM’s ‘hasty’ invite to Sharif

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New Delhi/Srinagar: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s invite to PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif to visit India after his party’s win in Pakistan’s parliamentary polls drew a mixed response on Monday with BJP

Pakistanis vote in historic polls, 15 killed in violence

Tens of thousands voted today in Pakistan’s landmark general elections to choose new national and provincial assemblies despite a string of bomb attacks in Karachi and the country’s restive northwest that killed at least 15 people and injured many others.

Malala appeals to Pakistani people to vote for change

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Malala Yousafzai, teenage rights activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban, today appealed to people to exercise their franchise, saying “one vote can change” Pakistan’s future.

Ten killed in Pak election meeting blast

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At least ten people were killed and several others injured when a powerful explosion ripped through an election meeting organised by a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam leader in northwest Pakistan today, officials said.

Pak cautions its citizens over travelling to India

Pakistan today advised its citizens travelling to India to exercise “due caution” following reports that their security “may be in jeopardy.”

Pakistan, Afghanistan lock horns on posts along Afghan border

Border troops of Pakistan and Afghanistan clashed today, even as the two countries engaged in a war of words over construction of security posts along their porous border.

Malala’s father calls for free and fair polls in Pakistan

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The father of Malala Yousufzai, the schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban, has called for free and fair elections in Pakistan.

Sarabjit Singh to be cremated with state honours

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Bikhiwind (Amritsar): The mortal remains of Sarabjit Singh, whose body was brought to his village here 23 years after he inadvertently crossed over to Pakistan, will be consigned to flames this after

Pakistani prisoner attacked by other inmates inside Jammu jail

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Jammu: Inmates have reportedly attacked a Pakistani prisoner lodged in Jammu's Kot Bhalwal Jail.
According to television reports, the injured prisoner, identified as Sanaullah, has been shifted to Ja

Benazir broke pact, came early: Pervez

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Islamabad: Former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday revealed that he had struck a deal with two time Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto before 2008 general elections for her return fro

The headlines said it all. The Man Booker International Prize had been awarded to Lydia Davis, the American author. But most Indian newspapers in English announced it as “U.R. Ananthamurthy loses out on Man Booker”. You could almost hear the collective sigh of millions of disappointed Indians.

Today, India’s prime actors who are making a bid for international visibility — in roles, major or minor — are amassing reams of publicity and flashbulb attention from the paparazzi. Amitabh Bachchan, despite a brief part in The Great Gatsby, stirred up news headlines and tumult at the extravaganza’s premiere in New York, and then on the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet. Irrfan Khan and Tabu have received an unconditional thumbs-up from the Oscar-celebrated Ang Lee after Life of Pi, Anil Kapoor is a known factor in international enclaves after Slumdog Millionaire, a cameo in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, as well as the TV series 24.