‘Pakistan claims diplomatic immunity for arrested driver’

‘Pakistan claims diplomatic immunity for arrested driver’

Pakistan has claimed diplomatic immunity for a truck driver who was arrested last week after his vehicle was found to be carrying over 100 kg of narcotics, an official said. Kashmir Divisional Commissioner Shailender Kumar told reporters here that the authorities at Salamabad trade facilitation centre on the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s […]

Indian jailed for molesting maid in Dubai

Indian jailed for molesting maid in Dubai

A 26-year-old Indian been jailed for three months for molesting a maid in the lift of an apartment building here. The Dubai Criminal Court was told that the juice bar worker, identified by his initials, MR, followed the maid into the lift and molested her while on his way to make a delivery at the […]

Three Pakistani Taliban militants held in Bangladesh

Three Pakistani Taliban militants held in Bangladesh

At least three Pakistani Taliban militants have been arrested in Bangladesh. According to the law enforcers, they came to reinvigorate the Islamist militant movement here. Two of them, aged between 25 and 50, had a laptop containing manuals on bomb making and operating firearms. They were detained Sunday night in front of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy […]

Killed in accident, Indian boy buried in Bahrain

Killed in accident, Indian boy buried in Bahrain

The body of a three-year-old Indian boy, who died after being hit by a car, has been buried in Bahrain. Safvaan Umar Dauadbhai who was run over by a car while crossing a narrow lane in Muharraq, Bahrain’s third largest city, Saturday was buried Sunday, the Gulf Daily News reported. The driver of the car […]

Kejriwal turns protester in Delhi, Shinde cautions him

Calling himself an anarchist, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday staged a dramatic sit-in with his cabinet ministers and around 1,000 vocal supporters in the heart of the city seeking action against five police officers his government holds guilty. “Yes, I am an anarchist,” thundered the 45-year-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader over a loud […]

Nitish attacks Modi, rules out tie-up with Congress

Nitish attacks Modi, rules out tie-up with Congress

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday directly attacked BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi by saying that neither can the 2002 Gujarat riots be forgotten nor people behind it be forgiven. He also ruled out his JD-U’s alliance with the Congress for the Lok Sabha polls. “One thing is certain. Neither 2002 Gujarat riots can […]

Boy,8, dies in Kerala after guzzling alcohol

Boy,8, dies in Kerala after guzzling alcohol

An eight-year-old boy died in Kerala after consuming large amount of liquor, said police. According to police, the boy was alone in his home in Kunnikode village and seeing a bottle in his parent’s cupboard, he drank it. “There was no one at home and when the parents returned in the evening yesterday (Sunday), the […]

Nepal’s apex court tells doctors to end strike

Nepal’s apex court tells doctors to end strike

The Supreme Court of Nepal Monday issued an interim order telling agitating doctors to immediately resume medical services across the country. A single-judge bench of Justice Prakash Wosti ordered the agitating doctors not to halt the medical services in line with the Essential Services Act. The apex court order comes at a time when the […]