Chennai: An Indian’s heart is now beating for 40-year-old Moulana Mohammed Zubair Ashmi, a Pakistani national, who has undergone a successful heart transplant surgery at the Fortis Malar Hospital here. Ashmi was suffering from a condition called dilated cardiomyopathy in which functioning of both the ventricles of the heart is severely depressed, said a statement [...]
Kolkata: A bookie, who had produced a Bengali film, and nine of his associates were arrested in Kolkata, police said Thursday, adding that they were investigating if the culprits had links with the ongoing IPL spot fixing controversy. Bookie Ajit Surekha and others were nabbed Wednesday night from their hideout in the Ultadanga area of [...]
Islamabad: Twelve people were killed in Pakistan’s Quetta city Thursday when a car packed with 100 kg explosives blew up just as a vehicle carrying security personnel was passing by. The deafening explosion took place in Bhosa Mandi area of Quetta Thursday morning, DawnNews reported. Fayyaz Sumbal, a senior police official, said militants targeted the [...]
London: Two men attacked a man near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich in Southeast London Wednesday afternoon, leaving one dead, two injured, Britain’s Metropolitan Police said. The two attackers were carrying weapons and were shot by police arriving on the scene, Xinhua reported quoting a police spokesperson who did not give more details. Local [...]
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was early Wednesday quietly shifted from Arthur Road jail to Pune’s high-security Yerwada Central Jail, officials said. The shift came as a surprise as state Additional Director General of Police (Prisons), Meeran Borwankar had Tuesday said the actor would not be shifted from the Mumbai jail in the near future. [...]
By Ravi M. Khanna The fledgling democratic process in Pakistan has churned out a leader, who now has the rare opportunity to chart a new positive and peaceful course, not only for his own country but for the whole South Asia region, and leave a legacy that, so far, no other Pakistani leader has. Nawaz [...]
New Delhi: The Mumbai underworld is involved in spot-fixing in Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in which Indian fast bowler S. Sreesanth and two of his Rajasthan Royals teammates were arrested, Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar Thursday said. “We had information that Mumbai underworld is indulging in match-fixing or spot-fixing and have contacted a number [...]
Lucknow: Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma Tuesday accused Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav of conniving with BJP leader L.K. Advani to bring down the Babri mosque in Ayodhya. Congress leader Verma said here that after detaining BJP leaders like Advani and Vinay Katiyar at a guest house in Faizabad, Mulayam Singh Yadav, the [...]
Islamabad: Nawaz Sharif, who is set to be Pakistan’s prime minister for a third time, said Monday he would invite Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to his oath-taking ceremony here. An upbeat Sharif – whose victory in the elections saw the Karachi Stock Exchange-100 index zoom and breach a record – told foreign correspondents [...]
Islamabad: Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s son Ali Haider Gilani was abducted Thursday in a town in Pakistan’s Punjab province by rmed men who attacked his street corner meeting with guns blazing, killing one person and injuring four others. Armed men kidnapped Ali Haider from the street corner meeting of the Pakistan People’s Party [...]
