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Faiz Ahmad Faiz's poem translated by Vineet Kapoor Dean (Chitkara University).

"Social media warriors, please stop. If you want war, go to the front," widow of Sq.Ldr. Ninad Mandavgane was quoted as saying by news agency IANS.

Adm. Phil S. Davidson said the Sri Lankan navy is a well-trained and professional force with the potential to contribute to multi-lateral maritime interoperability in the Indian Ocean.

Chinese tourists are worried over reports that India has less public toilets

Research of more than 1.3 million social media posts found the Asian city is the location travelers most want to take a picture of, followed by Yokohama in Japan and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in Uganda.

It’s important to ask ourselves where we stand in the light of the life of the Lord Jesus Christ born today. Are we still bogged down in the swamp of human power, pleasure, privileged, high positions and other vices like lust even as we profess to be committed followers of one religion or another? Are we protectors and defenders of...

With an avowedly secular government in place at long last, Christians in Muslim-majority Pakistan are preparing to celebrate Christmas with unprecedented gaiety, reports say. Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that no load-shedding would take place across the country on Tuesday to enable Christians to celebrate Christmas.

Colombo, March 20 (newsin.asia): The Maldivian Ambassador in Sri Lanka, Mohamed Hussain Shareef, has said that no foreign country or agency is suspected to be involved in the plot to overthrow the Abdulla Yameen government by bribing two Supreme Court judges to pass suitable orders. Shareef told the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Sri Lanka here on Monday, that investigations thus...

New Delhi February 27 (newsin.asia): Maldives will not be participating in the eight-nation, India-led naval exercise Milan this year because all wings of the Security Forces are  required to be in station because of the existence of a State of Emergency at home, the Maldivian Ambassador in India, Ahmed Mohamed said on Tuesday. However when the Indian naval chief Sunil...

Kabul, January 27 (AFP): An explosives-packed ambulance blew up in a crowded area of Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 95 people and wounding 158 others, officials said, in one of the biggest blasts to rock the war-torn city in recent years. The Taliban-claimed assault -- the second carried out by the militant group in the Afghan capital in a...