Pakistani Taliban newly energised monster, says daily
byIslamabad, May 1 (IANS) The Pakistani Taliban is a monster that has been newly energised during the elections, a prominent daily said Wednesday, worried…
Crime
Six Maharashtra policemen killed in road crash
byNagpur, May 1 (IANS) At least six policemen were killed and three injured when their vehicle rammed into a tree in Maharashtra’s Amravati district…
US urges releasing jailed Ukrainian ex-premier
byWashington, May 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US Tuesday called on Ukraine to release Yulia Tymoshenko, the jailed former prime minister and a leader of…
Obama vows closing Guantanamo detention facility
byWashington, May 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday to make a new push to close the American military detention facility at…
Six dead, 420,000 affected by rain in China
byBeijing, May 1 (IANS) At least six people have died and over 420,000 affected in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang region due to floods and…
Three NATO soldiers killed in Afghan blast
byKabul, May 1 (IANS) Three NATO soldiers were killed Tuesday in a blast in restive southern Afghanistan, the military alliance said in a statement….
Obama defends FBI, praises Russia after Boston bombings
byWashington, April 30 (IANS) US President Barack Obama Tuesday defended the performance of law enforcement authorities including the FBI and praised the Russian side’s…
Sarabjit ‘clinically dead’, family likely to return home
byLahore/Amritsar, April 30 (IANS) The distraught family of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who was brutally assaulted in a Lahore jail last week,…
Saradha Group operations in Odisha under scanner
byBhubaneswar, April 30 (IANS) Odisha Police Tuesday said they are keeping a close watch on the operations of Saradha Group in the state after…
IED defused on Srinagar road used by Omar
bySrinagar, April 30 (IANS) A major tragedy was averted Tuesday after an improvised explosive device (IED) was detected and defused on the Srinagar-Muzzafarabad highway…