Lahore: The Afghanistan government has requested Pakistan to give an extension of four years to the 1.5 million registered refugees, to legalise their stay till 2020. Quoting sources, the Dawn reports that the legal stay of the registered Afghans will expire by the end of June. A high level delegationRead More

Melbourne: An Indian businessman and his wife on Monday launched the largest legal action in the state of Victoria, seeking more than $1 billion in compensation from an Australian bank. Pankaj and Radhika Oswal accused the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) of underselling shares in their West AustralianRead More

Ankara: Six persons, including two police officers, were killed and 20 others were injured in two bomb attacks in Turkey’s Sirnak province on Monday, local media reported. In the first attack, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants placed explosives under manhole cover and detonated it with remote control whileRead More

London: North suffered a setback this morning, after a missile launch from the country’s east coast appeared to have failed. According to the Guardian, South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said in a statement that the North had launched what appeared to be an intermediate-range Musudan ballistic missile, but addedRead More

New Delhi: The BJP on Monday released another list of six candidates for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha from five states, including Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. Others shortlisted by the BJP central election committee are party spokesperson M.J. Akbar, vice president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Vikas Mahatme, Shiv Pratap ShuklaRead More

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to stay the attachment proceeding being carried out by the Enforcement Directorate against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh in a money laundering case. However, the High Court said that any order of adjudicating authority willRead More

New Delhi: Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Monday met a group of African students and assured them of the safety and security of the community after a string of attacks on African nationals in India. “Continuing outreach to African community. Foreign secretary meets a group of African students,” external affairsRead More

Patna: In wake of the repeated attacks on African nationals, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday trained guns at the BJP-led Centre and said Delhi is testament to ‘jungle raj’ not the grand alliance ruled Bihar. Lalu said that the Centre must take cognisance of allRead More

New Delhi: The Indian Railways on Monday signed an MoU with PEC University of Technology to set up ‘Kalpana Chawla Chair’ on geospatial technology at the Chandigarh-based institution for her contribution to aerospace engineering. The Indian Railways have decided to set up the academic chair in geospatial technology at KalpanaRead More

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court will on June 6 hear the petition filed by Manish Bhangale, a Vadodara hacker, against Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse over his alleged links with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Bhangale, who filed the PIL on Sunday, has reportedly alleged that the call records from Dawood’sRead More