Philippine police kill 7 suspected drug dealers
Philippine authorities have killed at least seven alleged drug traffickers and arrested more than a dozen others in a raid in a southern city. Benjamin Magalong, head of the national police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, says police and Drug Enforcement Agency agents were met by... read more »
Pak court refuse Musharraf’s petition for military trial
ISLAMABAD: In a setback to embattled former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf, a special court here on Thursday dismissed his petition seeking treason trial under the Army Act and summoned him to appear before it on March 11. The defence had objected to the formation of the three-member... read more »
Tough to provide fool-proof security to IPL: Shinde
The government on Friday said it will not be able to provide fool-proof security to Indian Premier League matches due to the coming Lok Sabha polls. “Due to general elections, it will be difficult to provide adequate security to IPL matches,” Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde told reporters in... read more »
Afridi gets injury scare ahead of Asia Cup
KARACHI -Shahid Afridi on Thursday suffered a minor injury scare ahead of the Asia Cup when he received a cut on his cheek while facing a Junaid Khan delivery during a training session in Lahore. The experienced all-rounder was unable to put bat on a rising delivery from the young fast bowler and... read more »
Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion
Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock in a landmark deal that places the world’s largest social network closer to the... read more »
One toll tag for Delhi-Mumbai national highway from August
zip across Delhi-Mumbai highway without stopping at any of the toll plazas with a single radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. Electronic toll collection (ETC) at 50 toll plazas on the... read more »
Supreme Court detain release of Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins
New Delhi -Acting on a petition filed by the Centre, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed a decision by the Tamil Nadu government to release all seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi... read more »
Pakistan airstrikes on Taliban hideouts kill 15
Miranshah — Pakistani jets bombed suspected Taliban hideouts in a northwestern tribal district early Thursday, killing at least 15 people a day after the insurgents offered a ceasefire to... read more »
Four men gangrape 25-year-old woman in a moving car
A 25-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by four men in a moving car before being dumped in Govindpuram area of Ghaziabad district. According to police, the woman, a divorcee based in Meerut... read more »
