Hindu traders looted, kidnapped in Pakistan
Islamabad, February 13: Unidentified armed men kidnapped a Hindu trader in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan, police has said. Sham Lal was travelling with his family to Karachi…
Pakistani Sikhs demand Senate seat
Karachi, January 26: Pakistan’s Sikh community has demanded a Senate seat be reserved for their community in the upcoming elections. “We currently have no representative in the National Assembly or…
Without truth, reconciliation not possible – paper
Francis Harrison, former BBC foreign correspondent whose book of accounts of survivors from Sri Lanka’s civil war is to be published this summer, says in an article in Dawn, that…
A quiet case of ethnic cleansing: Saving the Bangladeshi Hindus
RICHARD L BENKIN Bangladesh’s Hindu population is dying. That is not opinion; it is a fact. At the time of India’s partition (1947), they were just under one in three…
Plight of Sri Lankan Indian Tamils in India: Indian media should display greater sensitivity and responsibility
Prof. V SURYANARAYAN and ASHIK BONOFER In a news report in the Chennai edition of The Hindu dated March 12, 2011 headlined “Kerala Tightening Vigil on TN border to curb…
France violated Sikh’s right to wearing turban: UN
The UN rights committee has said France violated the religious freedom of a 76-year-old Sikh when he was asked to remove his turban for his ID photograph. The UN Human…
Indian-origin British lawyer Jas Uppal fights for Kargil martyr
Twelve years after the Kargil conflict between India and Pakistan, a new ‘battle’ is on – to get justice for an Indian Army officer who was tortured by Pakistani troops…
India raises stone-pelting on Indian fishermen with Sri Lanka
New Delhi, January 23: India Monday said it has raised the issue of stone-pelting on Indian fishing boats in Sri Lankan waters. “We have seen reports of incidents involving stone…
Krishna brings healing touch to Tamils
Kilinochchi (Sri Lanka), January 18: Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna visited this former Tamil Tiger hub Wednesday and gifted medical equipment to a hospital, unveiled a renovated school and…
Rajapaksa assures Krishna of empowering ethnic Tamils
Colombo, January 17: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Tuesday assured Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna that he was committed to giving local powers to the ethnic Tamils for achieving…