Islamabad: A rickshaw driver in Pakistan’s Karachi city and his aide have been arrested for killing four women and a six-year-old child and then slicing their bodies into pieces, police said Tuesday, unravelling details of the macabre crimes. The crimes unfolded over several months, police officials said, announcing the arrest of Muhammad [...]
New Delhi: India Tuesday made it clear that the Rs.1 crore compensation offered to the families of two fishermen killed by Italian marines on board a merchant vessel had no link with their detention and that the case against them would continue, until the judiciary decided otherwise. Asked if the compensation offer from the [...]
Islamabad: The Pakistan Supreme Court will announce April 26 the verdict in the contempt of court case against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for not writing to the Swiss authorities to reopen a graft case against President Asif Ali Zardari. A seven-member special bench led by Justice Nasir-ul Mulk will announce the verdict, Geo [...]
United Nations/New Delhi: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will undertake a four-day visit to India, his third since 2008, from Thursday when he will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other government leaders to discuss the geopolitical situation, troubled zones and other development issues. Ban, accompanied by his wife and a large delegation, will be [...]
New Delhi: The sports ministry said Tuesday that it has spent Rs. 55.22 crore so far on the 46 medal prospects for this year’s London Olympics. The amount also includes money spent on four coaches and support staff under Operation Excellence 2012. The biggest beneficiaries were the gymnasts, who received Rs.89.91 lakh from the [...]
Islamabad: Pakistan Monday appreciated India’s offer for assistance in the operation to rescue over a hundred soldiers trapped in an avalanche in Siachen. The Pakistani Foreign Office termed New Delhi’s assistance offer as a “good gesture”, Online news agency reported. The avalanche Saturday morning hit a camp of the Pakistan Army in the Gayari [...]
Beijing: India is an example of countries which take an aggressive line vis-a-vis China thanks to encouragement from the West, a Chinese commentary said Tuesday. “The so-called ‘China Threat’ theory chanted by the West has blinded some neighbouring countries into taking a hardline approach against China,” the commentary in the Global Times [...]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to Kerala Police and the state’s mercantile marine department on a petition by the owners of Italian ship MT Enrica Lexie seeking a direction for its release so that it could continue with its voyage, having been detained after two of its crew killed two Indian [...]
New Delhi: Pakistan Commerce Minister Mohammad Amin Fahim, accompanied by a trade delegation, will visit India this week to give a push to liberalisation of trade and visa norms. Fahim will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Anand Sharma Thursday and will hold a joint press briefing, sources said. The two ministers are [...]
Islamabad: Pakistan Monday welcomed the Indian Supreme Court decision to grant bail to Pakistani doctor Mohammad Khalil Chisty, who is undergoing life imprisonment in a jail in Ajmer. Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said this was a positive step and Pakistan saw it as a goodwill gesture, Online news agency reported. Chisty’s [...]
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