Saturday
Houston: US Congress members from the largest rice- growing states are on warpath, ask Iraq to resume buying US long-grain rice, instead of from India.
New York: The lawyer for an Indian student accused of spying on his roommate's homosexual tryst says his client acted in a "childish and immature" manner but prosecutors countered saying his acts were "mean spirited and criminal", and aimed at exposing his fellow freshman as gay.
Sunday
London: Twenty four people of India-origin are among the nearly 3,000 suspects being tried for last year's shocking riots in London and other towns of England, new analysis of data shows, contradicting the belief that Asians had stayed away from the violence.
London: Mired in litigation and embarrassment, media baron Rupert Murdoch hits back at his critics by launching the Sunday edition of the mass circulation The Sun tabloid with a promise not to repeat the mistakes of the phone-hacking scandal.
Monday
Islamabad: Bulldozers raze to the ground the three-storey house in Pakistan, where the most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden hid for more than five years, dogging the biggest manhunt in the world.
New York: Terming the 2002 Gujarat riots a "dark blot" on India's reputation, a global rights' group says the Narendra Modi-led state government has 'ailed' to conduct serious investigations and "obstructed" justice.
Tuesday
London: Indian citizens with permission to settle in the UK permanently will need to apply for a biometric residence permit (BRP) as part of changes in immigration rules intended to make it harder for non-EU nationals to work illegally and abuse the benefit system.
New York: A US court has convicted three members of an Indian family here on charges of sexually abusing their daughter-in-law who came to America after an arranged marriage and was threatened to work as a slave.
Wednesday
Male/New Delhi: Amid allegations that it was interfering in the internal affairs of Maldives, India today made it clear that it was just a facilitator and was playing the role as sought by President Mohammed Waheed Hassan.
Islamabad: Pakistan unanimously approve a proposal to switch over to a negative list regime for trade with India and phase it out by the year end as part of measures to fully normalise bilateral economic ties.
Thursday
Male: Maldivian parliament witness scuffles and angry exchanges as lawmakers of former president Mohammed Nasheed's party disrupted proceedings and prevented the new President from delivering his maiden address, in what was described as a "sad day" in the country's history.
Islamabad: Pakistan has sent a formal request to Interpol to issue a Red Corner Notice for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf so that he can be arrested and brought back from self-exile to face trial in connection with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Friday
Tehran: Iran's media report a huge turnout in today's parliamentary elections described as a "blow" to the West, while voters said they were mostly preoccupied with their sanctions-hit economy— and non-voters spoke of a "sham" poll.
Male: In a setback to efforts to bring about a Political reconciliation in Maldives, two key parties including that of former dictator Maumoon Gayoom have withdrawn from the all- party talks that were being held to chalk out the way for an early poll.
Washington: The US has said it is strongly supportive of India's investment in the civil nuclear power sector and does not favour its NGOs opposing anti-nuclear activities in the country.
