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Triple murder convict executed in Pakist...

Triple murder convict executed in Pakistan

Islamabad: A man convicted in a triple murder case was executed on Thursday in Pakistan`s Punjab province. Muhammad Siddique was hanged in a district jail in Toba Tek Singh city, Dawn online reported. This is the first non-terror execution since Pakistan lifted its moratorium on the death penalty... read more »

Australian teen among ISIS suicide bombe...

Australian teen among ISIS suicide bombers in Iraq, Govt still probing for ...

Australia’s government was trying to confirm reports that an Australian teenager was among a group of suicide bombers from the Islamic State movement that struck Iraq’s embattled Anbar province. The Islamic State group claimed in an online statement that it used foreign fighters from Australia,... read more »

Protests After Lawyer’s Death in P...

Protests After Lawyer’s Death in Police Firing at Court in Uttar Prad...

Lawyers in Uttar Pradesh are on strike today, a day after a policeman fired his gun at a court in Allahabad and shot dead a lawyer. The state government on Wednesday announced Rs. 10 lakh as compensation for the lawyer’s family but the Uttar Pradesh Bar Association has demanded five times... read more »

Australian teen among group ISIS suicide...

Australian teen among group ISIS suicide bombing in Iraq

Australia’s government was trying to confirm reports that an Australian teenager was among a group of suicide bombers from the Islamic State movement that struck Iraq’s embattled Anbar province. The Islamic State group claimed in an online statement that it used foreign fighters from Australia,... read more »

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Lok Sabha polls 2014 : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to contest elections in as many states as possible

Lok Sabha polls 2014 : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to contest elections...

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced on Saturday that it will contest most seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said the decision was taken at the start of a two-day... read more »

Minor shake up in DMK's ranks, DMK chief M Karunanidhi,

Minor shake up in DMK’s ranks, DMK chief M K...

Chennai –  In a minor shake up, DMK dissolved the party’s Madurai Urban division following “indiscipline” and appointed a... read more »

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh extends $25 mn credit to ...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh extends $25 mn credit to Maldives

PM on Thursday asked newly elected Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen to address the problems faced by some Indian investors and “amicably” settle... read more »

Andhra Assembly adjourns again over Telangana Bill

Hyderabad – The Andhra Pradesh State Assembly had to be adjourned again on Saturday, following an uproar over the Telangana Bill by pro and... read more »

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Kejriwal fit to be PM: Yogendr...

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Kejriwal fit to be PM: Yogendra Yadav

New Delhi – Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Yogendra Yadav on Saturday said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is fit to be prime minister, and added that... read more »

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Bangladesh detains former president Ershad

Dhaka – Bangladesh’s former military dictator and Jatiya Party chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad was detained in Dhaka Thursday night. Ershad was picked up from his Baridhara residence and... read more »

Execution in North Korea worries South Korea

Execution in North Korea worries South Korea

Seoul – South Korea expressed deep concern about a series of occurrences in North Korea, including the execution of Jang Song-Thaek, who was... read more »

War not an option, rival military officials should meet...

Shahbaz visit must revive India-Pakistan peace: daily

New Delhi – Pa! kistan Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the younger brother of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has said Islamabad would be... read more »

‘Sheriff of Wall Street’ Preet Bharara stri...

'Sheriff of Wall Street' Preet Bharara strikes again

By Arun Kumar New York – Manhattan’s US Attorney Preetinder Singh “Preet” Bharara, dubbed “Sheriff of Wall Street” by Time... read more »

Deposed senior North Korean leader executed

Kim's executed uncle's wife likely involved in husband's execution

Seoul – Jang Song-Thaek, deposed senior official of North Korea, has been executed after the Special Military Tribunal found him guilty of treason, the... read more »

Charlie Hebdo’s UK distribution partners play-down security risk

The UK distribution partners for the special commemorative edition of Charlie Hebdo have denied they will become targets for fanatics by carrying the controversial title. As many as 1,000... read more »

7 reasons why Kejriwal-led AAP is still a threat to Modi-led BJP in Delhi

With the declaration of the poll schedule in Delhi on Monday, the political scenario in the national capital is surely going to heat up. The election will take place on February 7 while the... read more »

Pope Francis lands in Sri Lanka for ‘mission of mercy’

Pope Francis has called for respect for human rights, inclusivity, and the “pursuit of truth” as he started a six-day Asian tour in Sri Lanka. The pontiff, who will later travel... read more »

US wants Pakistan to ‘do more’ to eliminate all militant groups

SLAMABAD: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday said on Monday that the US wants Pakistan to “do more” to eliminate all militant groups.   He said the “US would continue to... read more »

Coal India slips on divestment buzz

Coal India fell 4.17% to Rs 360.10 at 11:09 IST on BSE on report the government is planning to sell a 10% stake in the state-run coal miner. Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was down 25.07 points, or 0.09%,... read more »