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Maoist rebels kill 7 police in central India 11 Apr 2015 - 03:22 pm

Raipur, India--Maoist rebels on Saturday killed seven policemen and wounded at least 10 others in an ambush in a remote part of central...

Pakistan approves $1.2 billion HBL divestment 11 Apr 2015 - 03:20 pm

Karachi--Pakistan on Saturday approved divesting all of its state-owned shares in top private bank HBL for $1.2 billion, in what officials said is...

Turkish army, Kurdish militants clash in southeast 11 Apr 2015 - 03:16 pm

Ankara--Four Turkish troops were wounded Saturday in clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in a blow to the peace process seeking...

Indian Kashmir shuts down against planned Hindu townships 11 Apr 2015 - 03:12 pm

Srinagar, India--Indian Kashmir's main city of Srinagar shut down Saturday in protest against a government plan to resettle Kashmiri Hindus in separate townships...

Somalis badly burned in S. Africa anti-foreigner violence 11 Apr 2015 - 02:23 pm

Johannesburg--Two Somali nationals suffered serious burns when their shop in a South African township was set alight by a mob, police said Saturday,...

Istanbul's Hagia Sophia sees first Koran reading in 85 years 11 Apr 2015 - 02:20 pm

Istanbul--A Muslim cleric has for the first time in 85 years recited the Koran in the Hagia Sophia, the world famous landmark of...

Somali refugees flee Yemen fighting to return to war-torn home 11 Apr 2015 - 02:17 pm

Mogadishu--Somali refugees in Yemen are now coming back to their war-torn home as fighting rages in the Middle East country, officials said Saturday....

NA-246 ballot papers will be delivered to ROs under Army supervision: ECP 11 Apr 2015 - 02:12 pm

ISLAMABAD: Ballot papers for the bye-election in NA-246 constituency of Karachi will be delivered to returning officers (RO) under the supervision of the...

Ayyan Ali’s judicial remand extended for 14 days 11 Apr 2015 - 02:09 pm

RAWALPINDI: A customs court on Saturday extended the judicial remand of model Ayyan Ali in the money laundering case. The model who is...

PTI leaders have no legal standing in Parliament 11 Apr 2015 - 02:05 pm

ISLAMABAD: Former Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice (retd) Ifthikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has written a letter to National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadif informing...

Five terrorists killed in North Waziristan 11 Apr 2015 - 02:03 pm

PESHAWAR: At least five terrorists were killed by security forces in the Datta Khel Tehsil of North Waziristan Agency. Terrorists attacked a security...

MQM faces ‘more conniving B team’ after failure of A team 11 Apr 2015 - 02:00 pm

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui early on Saturday said that opponents have fielded their more ‘conniving B team’ after...

MQM decides to postpone Karachi rally 11 Apr 2015 - 01:57 pm

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has postponed its rally that was to be taken out in Karachi as part of party’s election campaign...

Zain murder case: Mustafa Kanju’s remand extended 11 Apr 2015 - 01:54 pm

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday extended the physical remand of Mustafa Kanju by six days in the murder case of teenager...

DJ Butt battered in Lahore 11 Apr 2015 - 01:52 pm

LAHORE: DJ Butt the man behind the music and sound system at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rallies was attacked by unknown men outside his...

India’s RAW involved in Balochistan attack 11 Apr 2015 - 01:49 pm

Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti QUETTA: Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said on Saturday that an order had been passed to...

Mamata Banerjee flexes sturdy political muscles 11 Apr 2015 - 01:46 pm

Kolkata--Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a “political fight” and said he may use CBI to send “500...

Bihar scholarship for poor upper caste students soon 11 Apr 2015 - 01:37 pm

Patna--Bihar government is set to introduce a scholarship for “economically backward” students from upper castes of both Hindus and Muslim communities. The Nitish...