Islamabad, June 22 (IANS) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Wednesday indicted six men accused of carrying out a deadly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in March 2009. During the proceedings at Kot Lakhpat…
Chandigarh, June 22 (IANS) With the renewed Jat agitation for reservation not gathering enough steam and being withdrawn, the Haryana government on Wednesday said that para-military forces stationed in the state were being pulled out….
Abuja, June 22 (IANS) At least 26 people have been confirmed killed in violence that broke out early this week in central Nigeria’s Benue State, local authorities said on Wednesday. Three districts have so far…
Anantnag, June 22 (IANS) Defying the boycott call of the separatists, burqa-clad women in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag assembly constituency on Wednesday outnumbered men in this historic town in exercising their franchise. The polling ended…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) has moved the Supreme Court seeking implementation of one rank one pension scheme in a fair manner with an automatic revision on annual basis instead…
Islamabad, June 22 (IANS) Days after outrage against a Pakistani provincial government allocated Rs 300 crore for the Haqqania seminary, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday clarified that the budgetary allocation was a step taken to…
Kathmandu, June 22 (IANS) Nepal on Wednesday received the bodies of the 12 Nepalis killed in a suicide bomb attack in Kabul. The bodies of those killed on Monday were airlifted to Kathmandu through Nepal…
Anantnag, June 22 (IANS) Polling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag assembly constituency on Wednesday ended peacefully and nearly 34 per cent voter turned out was recorded as both men and women of the area came…
Colombo, June 22 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday suspended a private consultancy firm involved in the construction of the new defence headquarters. The former Sri Lankan government decided to shift the headquarters of…
Jerusalem, June 22 (IANS) Israeli cabinet ministers on Wednesday requested Facebook to delete inciting posts against the country within 24 hours as part of its struggle to quell a nine-month Palestinian uprising. Justice Minister Ayelet…
Shimla, June 22 (IANS) Former Union Commerce Minister Anand Sharma on Wednesday said allowing 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in defence meant “surrendering” to the pressure of the US lobby, a threat to…
Karachi, June 22 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen shot dead renowned qawwal Amjad Sabri — whose late father and uncle enjoy huge popularity in India — on a Karachi street on Wednesday, stunning Pakistan. In a clear…
Kabul, June 22 (IANS) At least 28 bus passengers abducted by Taliban militants were freed in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, police said on Wednesday. “Following efforts by security forces and elders to secure the…
Kathmandu, June 22 ( IANS) The mortal remains of 12 Nepalis, who were killed in a Kabul suicide attack on Monday, were brought to Kathmandu by a special aircraft of Nepal Airlines Corporation on Wednesday….
Kabul, June 22 (IANS) At least 20 Afghan Taliban militants were killed in Herat province as the differences have widened between supporters of Taliban leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada and commander of breakaway group Mawlawi Mohammad…
Bhopal, June 22 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan police have decided to join forces to combat inter-state border crime. This was decided at a border meeting held between the two forces in Mandsaur, in…
Kochi, June 22 (IANS) A Navy sailor was on Wednesday found dead at the Naval Aircraft Yard here in an apparent case of suicide. Roopa Ram, 25, was an Electrical Artificer (Air Radio) at the…
By Arul Louis United Nations, June 22 (IANS) Accusing government entities in Pakistan of aiding terrorist networks in violation of United Nations Security Council mandates, Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative Mahmoud Saikal said on Tuesday that Islamabad…
Pyongyang, June 22 (IANS) North Korean authorities are yet to confirm the suspected test-launch of two missiles on Wednesday morning. The state-run KCNA news agency told Xinhua that it was not aware of the missile…
Seoul, June 22 (IANS) North Korea on Wednesday fired the sixth suspected Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile, the second in the day, after the fifth test-launch had failed, Yonhap news agency reported citing military authorities. The…