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  • 13 killed in attack on Shia Muslims in Pak

    In yet another attack targeting Shia Muslims in Pakistan, militants belonging to outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group on Tuesday stormed a bus carrying members from the minority community, gunning down at least 13 of them and injuring seven more in the restive Balochistan province. Three gunmen travelling in a pick-up truck stopped the bus with about 30 […]

    PML-Q decides to withdraw support to PPP govt in Pakistan

    PML-Q, a key partner in Pakistan’s ruling coalition on Tuesday withdrew 17 of its ministers from the federal cabinet, saying the PPP-led government had failed to honour its commitments and to resolve the problems of the people. The PML-Q party decided to withdraw its ministers from the cabinet as they were dissatisfied with the government’s […]

    NC worker death: JK Assembly adjourns sine die amid PDP uproar

    The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was on Tuesday adjourned sine die amidst strong protests by Opposition PDP demanding a discussion on the death of a National Conference worker allegedly in police custody last week. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLAs had moved a fresh adjournment motion notice demanding that the House should debate the death […]

    Court reserves order on remand revision of Bhatt for 7th Oct

    A local court in Ahmedabad has reserved the order on Gujarat government’s remand revision application of arrested IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, for 7th October. The state government had on Monday challenged in the sessions court in Ahmedabad, a magisterial court order denying remand of Bhatt, arrested for allegedly threatening and forcing a constable to sign […]

    Congress to project Rahul Gandhi as future leader: Pranab

    The Congress would project Rahul Gandhi as the future leader of the party, senior leader and Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. “We are always in favour of new leadership. Rahul Gandhi is our future leader,” Mukherjee said when asked whether Congress would follow BJP in their attempt to focus on new faces […]

    Truck bomb in Somalia kills 70: Rescue official

    Militants detonated a truck bomb on Tuesday in front of the Ministry of Education in Mogadishu, killing at least 70 people, wounding dozens and shattering a relative calm that had prevailed in the Somali capital for weeks. The bomb blew up after coming to a halt at a security checkpoint. It left blackened corpses on […]

    Life term for Somali pirates for killing four Americans

    A US court has sentenced two Somali pirates to life term in prison for hijacking a yacht in February, leading to the murder of four Americans. Muhidin Salad Omar and Mahdi Jama Mohamed both pleaded guilty to piracy charges in May but denied shooting anyone. US Attorney Neil MacBride called Somali piracy a scourge that […]

    US Senate to debate Bill to punish China for undervaluing Yuan

    The US Senate has voted to formally consider a bill that would punish China for allegedly undervaluing its currency. A motion to move forward with the bill easily won enough votes yesterday. Lawmakers now will likely spend days debating the measure before a final vote is taken. The bill has bipartisan support, but it still […]

    Indian workers dead in Kuwait refinery explosion

    Four workers who died in an explosion in Kuwait’s largest refinery have been identified as Indian nationals from Tamil Nadu. The Indian Embassy said the victims have been identified as Rajaram Lakshmaiah Reddy, Lognathan Ponnaiah Senthivel, Janakiraman Arjunan and Sivachandran Shanmugam. The Embassy said, its officials are in contact with the employer of the deceased […]

    Afghan President Karzai in Delhi

    Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in New Delhi today on a two-day visit to India. He will hold comprehensive talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the fragile security situation in Afghanistan later this evening and take stock of the situation in the region. The two countries are expected to ink a strategic pact to […]