Pakistani air force jets pounded terrorist hideouts in the restive northwest tribal region, killing at least 13 militants as part of a major offensive against the Taliban, officials said on Monday. The jets and army helicopters bombed the rebels’ hideouts in Spin Qabar, Gud Malang and Dro Adda areas ofRead More

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan will provide complete security to the over 2,000 Sikh pilgrims from India arriving on Tuesday for the three-day birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak, an official has said, in the wake of the Wagah border suicide attack. “I will ensure this (Wagah border like bombing) does not happenRead More

BEIJING, Nine people have been killed in landslides that struck southwest China’s Yunnan province last week. Nine people were buried as the disaster hit Xiaoxin Village in Dongchuan District of the provincial capital Kunming City last Tuesday, the district’s publicity department said. Two bodies were recovered earlier, while seven wereRead More

Donetsk: Russia on Sunday endorsed a crushing victory for Ukraine’s pro-Moscow rebel leadership at controversial polls that the EU slammed as a “new obstacle” for peace in the country’s strife-torn east. Despite warnings from Kiev and the West not to recognise the polls, Moscow moved quickly to throw its weightRead More

New Delhi, The assembly of Sikhs, Kashmiris, Tamils and Naga representatives of other communities who gathered at Jantar Mantar to pay homage to those killed in November 1984, repeatedly sought the right to self-determination as the only solution to ensure that carnages like November 1984 do not recur again inRead More

New Delhi, The Delhi high court today extended till December 2 the stay on the trial court order summoning Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and three others in the National Herald case. Justice V P Vaish extended the interim order after lawyers appearing for the Gandhis and others saidRead More

New Delhi: Former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi, DMK supremo M Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal and 16 others will face trial in a 2G scam case related to money laundering from November 17 when a Delhi court will start recording evidence. Special CBI Judge O P Saini,who hadRead More

Mumbai, Shiv Sena today said talks with BJP over joining the new Maharashtra government are proceeding in the “right direction” and a final decision will be taken before the inaugural session of the state Assembly starts on November 10. A three-day session of the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will commence onRead More

New Delhi, Delhi tonight appeared headed for Assembly elections with BJP, AAP and Congress expressing themselves against formation of a new government and seeking a fresh mandate to end the eight-month-long political uncertainty. Indications are that Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, who met leaders of the three political parties, may sendRead More

New Delhi, The judicial custody of businessman Gautam Khaitan was on Monday extended till November 14 after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told a Delhi court that the probe in a money laundering case related to the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal was at a crucial stage. Special Judge VKRead More