Mutawas throws light on the bigoted religious police in the Holy Land of Saudi Arabia

Dalai Lama, the banished leader of Tibet, will visit Arunachal Pradesh, the Indian state sharing its border with China, according to an aide of the spiritual leader.

Mutawas, the ruthless and primitive religious police of Saudi Arabia are a rule unto themselves. Joy C Raphael's book on the mutawas and their modus operandi is an eye-opener.

General Ahmad Vahidi, who is wanted by Interpol in connection with the bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina and the country’s largest city, is to become the defence minister of Iran.

  Saudi Arabia is a country where women are not allowed to drive, in many cases, not allowed to work when they can come in contact with women, and not allowed out alone. And that country now gets its first ever female minister. She is Norah Al-Faiz, U.S educated former teacher and an expert in girl’s education.

After some speculations about Mohammad Khatami’s candidacy, the former Iranian president has made the announcement that he will run against the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the upcoming June 12, 2009 elections.

Exactly how popular is Australia as an immigration destination? Very, and especially so for Indians and a lot of Asia, according to some newly released statistics.