Kabul: The Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan border police and US special forces have killed more than 150 fighters, mostly Pakistanis, in a military operation in south eastern Paktika province, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Karachi: Cricket organisers in Pakistan are planning to invite India for an international Twenty20 contest involving a couple of other Test playing nations in Canada next year.

Sports International Marketing (SIM), which is currently working on the successful staging of next month's four-nation Twenty20 tournament in Canada said Monday that they are working out the feasibility of another event in 2009 involving the arch rivals.

By Binoy Thomas

Nandita Das, a sultry and simmering talent, first burst open on the Bollywood firmament portraying the role of a lesbian in Deepa Mehta's controversial (and according to many of her fans, the best) movie Fire. It was over a decade ago. The fire is far extinguished in this gutsy woman who, if odious camparisons are to be drawn (she hates them), followed in the footsteps of Shabana (her co-star in Fire) and has since been a constantly provocative voice in the otherwise largely cosmetic world of Indian cinema.

Vancouver: In a strange case of reverse caste discrimination, two upper-caste Jat Sikhs have been denied membership of a gurdwara run by the Dalit Indo-Canadians in the city of Burnaby near here.

Nellore: The India-US nuclear deal was in the nation's interest and the government would not compromise on it, a combative Congress chief Sonia Gandhi asserted on Thursday in her first public remarks after the Left withdrew support to the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

Dubai: United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities Wednesday ordered the release of around 3,000 expatriate workers, a vast majority of them Indians, who were detained July 4 for their involvement in a violent strike.

Patiala: Punjab's household drink 'Lassi' has outscored other  drinks in a unique entrepreneurship competition in Brussels, the Netherlands, France and Spain. Yes it is our simple LASSI that outscored exotic wines, fancy coffees - lattes and cappuccino in the competition.