While the Shi’ite Ashura festivals went off peacefully in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir this year, there were riots on the Indian side of the Line of Control. Islamabad’s official Associated Press of Pakistan writes Jan. 21 that “[T]he occupying Indian troops subjected… Read moreAshura violence in India-controlled Kashmir
A series of four bomb blasts rocked the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan over the weekend, wounding one person and damaging shops and businesses. One blast was in the Bhutanese capital, Thimphu; the others targeted shops and markets in the… Read moreMaoist terror in Bhutan?
At least four people are dead following sectarian clashes that broke out over Christmas celebrations in Kandhamal district of the eastern Indian state of Orissa. Hindu and Christian residents put each other’s homes to the torch in the Christian-dominated village… Read moreIndia: Christmas terror in Orissa —as Hindu militants gain ground
Ashish Khetan, the journalist who secretly taped Hindu rightists boasting of their role in the mass murder of Muslims in the 2002 Gujarat pogroms, says he now fears for his life and is frustrated by the lack of response. Khetan’s… Read moreIndia: reporter who uncovered Gujarat conspiracy faces threats
Indian army troops are patrolling the streets of Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, following a wave of arson and violence this week. Protesters repeatedly clashed with police, and torched several vehicles and the local offices of the state’s ruling Communist Party… Read moreIndian army patrols Calcutta after violent protests
Near-simultaneous bombs exploded at courthouses in the northern Indian cities of Lucknow, Varanasi, and Faizabad Nov. 23, killing at least 13 lawyers (nine in Varanasi; four in Faizabad), and leaving over 50 injured. All three cities are in the state… Read moreIndia: Uttar Pradesh terror —against shadow of Gujarat pogroms
David Adler on his Lerterland blog exposes the latest ugly manifestation of idiot leftism—which, unfortunately, seems to be rapidly eclipsing any legitimate critique of empire. Arundhati Roy‘s latest seems to be an advocacy of revolutionary suicide—a cheerful admission that the… Read moreArundhati Roy: please hang me
From AFP via Pakistan’s Daily Times, Oct. 28 (links added): PALWAL — A serpentine column of India’s poorest of the poor is moving across cities, determined to reclaim their land taken over in the name of the country’s heady economic… Read moreIndia: landless peasants march on New Delhi
At least two people were killed and nearly 20 injured when a bomb exploded inside the revered Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer in India’s western state of Rajasthan Oct. 11. The attack came when the shrine was… Read moreIndia: terror blast at Sufi shrine
In an unusual move, the US State Department has protested the police sweeps of opposition politicians in Pakistan over the weekend. “Some of this is troubling and we’ve certainly told the Pakistanis,” Condoleezza Rice told Reuters. The detainments come as… Read moreIt hits the fan in Pakistan —as pipeline talks open with Iran
Sri Lanka’s government is dividing districts in the east to prevent a Tamil homeland being created, potentially spoiling chances for a peace settlement, charged R. Sampanthan, parliamentary leader of the Tamil National Alliance party. The aim is to create an… Read moreSri Lanka: districts redrawn to exclude Tamils?
A string of blasts tore through the southern Indian city of Hyderabad Aug. 25, killing at least 38 people and injuring 60. Three bombs exploded in a packed auditorium where a laser show was under way at Lumbini Park, an… Read moreMore terror in Hyderabad
