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Pakistani police officers stand guard at Chakoti post situated at the line of control between Pakistan and Indian Kashmirs, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, in Pakistan. Indian forces fired into the Pakistan-administered portion of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, wounding several children, Pakistan's military said Wednesday, a sign of increasing tensions between two nuclear-armed rivals. (AP Photo/M.D. Mughal)

CHARLES ORTEL: Pakistan is a radioactive ‘powder keg’

By Charles Ortel

Nobel Peace Prize winners Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai The Washington Times

MICHAEL TAUBE: Finally, winners worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize

By Michael Taube

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of Maharashtra state assembly elections in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

EDITORIAL: India’s Modi shows way on cutting government

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

An Indian fisherman walks near the anchored fishing boats as strong winds blow a day after a powerful cyclone pounded the Bay of Bengal coast in Gopalpur, Orissa, about 285 kilometers (178 miles) north east of Visakhapatnam, India, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. Cyclone Hudhud that slammed into India's eastern seaboard weakened as it moved inland Monday. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)

Workers clear debris after Indian cyclone kills 8

By Mohammed Shafeeq - Associated Press

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi co-winners of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, Bernat Armangue)

BRUCE FEIN: Nobel Peace Prize panel stumbles

By Bruce Fein

In this file photo taken Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, Malala Yousafzai speaks about her fight for girls' education on the International Day of the Girl at the World Bank in Washington. Teenage activist Malala Yousafzai has jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize for her "heroic struggle" for girls' rights to education, it is announced Friday Oct. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize

By Marl Lewis and Karl Ritter - Associated Press

This Oct. 1, 2014 photo shows a passageway to the Mughal Suite in the Honolulu home of the late American tobacco heiress Doris Duke. The bedroom and bathroom suite in the home Duke called Shangri La will be opened to the public for the first time on Oct. 11. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

Shangri La living suite of tobacco heiress to open

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

While the global economy has been a boon to Asia and lifted millions there from abject poverty, middle-class and poor Americans are seeing the exact reverse as wages stagnate and more work heads overseas. (associated press)

Economic globalization boosts Asia, bogs down U.S. middle class

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

This image provided by the Indian Government Press Information Bureau shows what the agency says is one of the first images of the surface of Mars taken by India’s Mars Orbiter Mission satellite, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. The image was taken while the Martian Orbiter Mission, or MOM, was about 7,300 kilometers (4,536 miles) from the planet's surface, according to the Indian Space and Research Organisation. It took at least 12 minutes for the digital data to reach Earth. (AP Photo/Press Information Bureau)

New York Times apologizes for ‘India’s Mars Mission’ cartoon

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sept. 30, 2014, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Associated Press)

Obama ‘impressed’ by Indian prime minister’s commitment to economic growth

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, D.C., to discuss bilateral trade relations and the possibility of reviving nuclear energy talks, however, India's liability laws may scuttle such plans. Mr. Modi maintained he is open to changing those laws. (Associated Press)

Nuclear liability laws strain U.S.-India energy policy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making his first visit to Washington, D.C., this week. He had a private dinner with President Obama Monday night, though the White House wouldn't say whether intellectual property reform was on the agenda. (Associated Press)

India’s Narendra Modi pressed to address intellectual property reforms

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 27, 2014, file photo shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of India, addressing the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. Modi meets President Barack Obama for the first time at the White House on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. His election in May as the new leader of the world’s largest democracy has transformed him from onetime persona non grata into a person the White House will warmly receive. Obama’s courtship of Modi continues Tuesday with an Oval Office meeting, marking a rare second day of attention from Obama. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Indian leader Modi heads for White House visit

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sits during the launche his 'Make in India' initiative, prior to his scheduled departure to the U.S. in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. Modi's five-day trip starting Friday is tightly packed: He will be meeting Obama and a slew of top American officials, addressing the U.N. General Assembly, interacting with the heads of major U.S. companies and influential Indian-Americans. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

India’s Modi looks to big US welcome, mended ties

By MUNEEZA NAQVI - Associated Press

Mr. Modi is promising to set up cells to resolve issues within 48 hours and to assemble back-end support to answer specific inquiries within 72 hours. "The government is committed to chart out a new path, wherein business entities are extended red carpet welcome in a spirit of active cooperation," he said in a statement.

‘Make in India’: Narendra Modi envisions manufacturing hub to rival China

By Mark Pace - The Washington Times

U.S. officials are optimistic that the election of new pro-business Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will enhance bilateral trade between the two countries, which have lagged far behind American business transactions with rival China. (associated press)

Pro-trade Indian leader to visit Washington

By Mark Pace - The Washington Times