At least 15 militants were killed Saturday when Iraqi security forces hit militants’ positions in restive province of Anbar Saturday, security sources said. Iraqi helicopter, gunships and artillery bombarded the positions in an industrial area of the province’s Fallujah city, some 50 km from capital Baghdad, killing 15 gunmen, Xinhua quoted Iraqi defence ministry saying […]
A total of 12 Indian sailors have been missing since their cargo ship sank off the coast of Yemen’s Hadramout province, authorities said Saturday. The cargo ship, registered in Hadramout, sank off the coastal City of Shehr, leaving 12 Indian sailors missing, Xinhua quoted Yemen’s centre of security media as stating on its website. According […]
pakDistancing himself from the the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said the militant group should select its own representatives for the peace talks, a media report said. In a statement issued Saturday, Imran Khan said the militant group should select its own representatives for the talks, adding that the he had […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed anguish over the impasse in setting up an AIIMS-like hospital in West Bengal, union minister Deepa Dasmunshi said Sunday. Dasmunshi, who is on a fast in support of the institution, said the union cabinet gave its consent to set up the hospital in 2009 in Raiganj in North Dinajpur […]
A Dhaka tribunal Sunday indicted former agriculture minister Syed Mohammad Qaisar on 16 charges, including genocide, torture, murder and rape during the Bangladesh War Liberation in 1971. According to the prosecution, the 73-year-old Qaisar from Jatiya Party formed a group named “Qaisar Bahini” with help of 500 to 700 men who committed crimes against humanity […]
A two-month campaign started Sunday for the upcoming presidential election slated for April 5 in Afghanistan, where security remains a major challenge. “The presidential candidates’ political campaign officially started Sunday and will close April 2 or 48 hours before the election day,” an official of the Afghan Election Commission told Xinhua. Afghanistan’s third presidential and […]
aapThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fast-tracked preparations for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh. While more than 1,300 applications have come for the state’s 80 seats, party insiders say the leadership is keen on finalizing “known, clean and formidable” names against heavyweights of other political parties. Sources say former TV journalist Ashutosh, now […]
Voting in Thailand’s general elections ended at 3 p.m. Sunday and ballot counting has begun. The results will not be announced Sunday. The vote count will be sent to the Election Commission and rsults will be released after the by-elections for advance voting and blocked polling stations. The elections were boycotted by the opposition and […]
A Pakistani newspaper Sunday questioned the government’s policy towards militancy after Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar addressed a rally in Muzaffarabad. After a long gap, Masood Azhar addressed any rally, reaching out to the audience over telephone in the capital of “Azad Kashmir”, the Dawn reported. Masood Azhar is said to be the brain […]
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Friday said there was no hurdle in formation of separate Telangana state. A day after the Andhra Pradesh assembly passed a resolution rejecting the state reorganization bill, he told reporters in the national capital that the bill will be passed during the parliament session, beginning Feb 5. “The bill will […]