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Islamabad, Jan 2: Pakistan will be polarised further if the general elections scheduled for January 8 is postponed, a Western diplomat has said.

He further said the government has put itself at risk because people would see the delay of elections for what it really was.

The problems of burned electoral offices in Sindh were easy to remedy in a nation with over 100 electoral offices, the New York Times (NYT) quoted the diplomat, as saying.

The government has also extended the detention of Aitzaz Ahsan, the leader of the opposition lawyers’ movement for another month, his son, Ali Ahsan, said.

Colombo, Jan 2: At least four people were killed and many more injured when a bomb targeting a military bus in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, went off on Wednesday.

Washington, Jan 2: The next few decades might bring with it the extinction of the endangered Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle, whose encounters with fishing gear meant to catch swordfish, has resulte

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd (MSIL), car market leader, has announced a growth of 6.88 percent in its domestic car sales during December 2007.

The company sold 58,401 units in the domestic market, as compared to 54,640 units in the same period of the last year.

The company also said that, in all, it sold 62,515 vehicles during December 2007 which showed an increase of 10 percent from 56,985 vehicles sold in the December 2006.

During the same period, MSIL exported 4,114 units as compared to 2,345 units in Dec 2006.

London, Jan 2: Researchers at the University of Essex in UK are developing a high-tech plug that would allow householders to monitor the consumption of every electrical device in the home, thus put

Lahore,