Islamabad: At least 19 people reportedly lost their lives and more than 40 others were injured when two passenger coaches collided with each other near Pull Ghazi Ghat area of Dera Ghazi Khan on Sunday. According to the rescue and police officials, 15 people died on the spot while the injured were shifted to the […]
Srinagar: A woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a water tank along with her three children, police said Saturday. The incident took place in Sadar police station area of the district late Friday night when other family members of the woman had gone out, they said. The reason behind the extreme step is yet […]
Srinagar: The applications for the next year’s 2019 Haj pilgrimage will be accepted online from Today and the process will be fully digital, the Haj Committee of India announced Wednesday. Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the pilgrimage will be completely free of subsidy. The subsidy was scrapped by the Union government […]
Srinagar: An Indian Army soldier has been arrested on charges of espionage at Meerut. The soldier of the Indian Army’s Signal Regiment was arrested on charges of leaking information to Pakistan’s spy agency ISI, reports said. He is currently be questioned by the police for further information. The arrest comes just days after Nishant Agrawal […]
Lahore: Pakistan’s anti-corruption body was on Tuesday granted a 14-day extension in the remand of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) President Shehbaz Sharif in a multi-billion rupee housing scam case. The former Punjab Chief Minister, who has been in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) custody since October 6, was presented in the accountability court in Lahore […]
Giridih/Dhanbad: Ultras of the CPI (Maoists) blew up railway track between Chowdharybandh-Changerohalt railway stations on the Dhanbad-Gaya rail section of East Central Railway of Dhanbad division. In wake of the accident, train traffic movement on the route has been hit with many trains either stranded on different railway stations while few others diverted. Railway sources […]
Srinagar: China on Monday endorsed Pakistan’s request to International Monetary Fund (IMF) for financial assistance for addressing its economic challenges, but cautioned that the facility should not affect economic cooperation between Islamabad and Beijing. “As a member of the IMF, China supports the organisation in making an objective evaluation of Pakistan based on professionalism and earnestly […]
Srinagar: Seven Indian Army personnel, including a major general, have been sentenced to life imprisonment in a 24-year-old fake encounter case in Assam by an army court martial. Five people, members of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) Prabin Sonowal, Pradip Dutta, Debajit Biswas, Akhil Sonowal and Bhaben Moran, were killed in the fake encounter, […]
Islamabad: A special court in Pakistan on Monday ordered the formation of a high-level judicial commission to record Pervez Musharraf’s statement in Dubai in a treason case after the former military dictator declined to appear before the court through video conferencing. General (retd) Musharraf, 75, who has been living in Dubai since March 2016, is […]
New Delhi: Minister of State M J Akbar Monday filed a private criminal defamation complaint against journalist Priya Ramani who recently levelled charges of sexual misconduct against him as the #MeToo campaign raged in India. The Minister of State for External Affairs has accused Ramani of “wilfully, deliberately, intentionally and malaciously” defaming him and has […]
