Islamabad,The toll in Pakistan floods has risen to 257 on Thursday even as troops with helicopters and boats have evacuated 4,000 more people marooned in the raging monsoon floods. On Thursday, the Pakistan military expanded its relief operations in eastern Punjab province where the overflowing Chenab river is causing extensiveRead More

New York, Politicians, dignitaries and victims` relatives were gathering in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania on Thursday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed in al Qaeda`s attack on the United States 13 years ago on Sept. 11. In what has become an annual ritual, the names of the victimsRead More

Islamabad: Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan today alleged that Minister Nawaz Sharif owned a property in a posh area of London and invested millions of dollars in Europe and demanded an explanation from him. Khan, the chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), claimed that Sharif had made nearly USD 320 millionRead More

Sydney, A 25-year-old Australian man feared to have contracted Ebola disease has tested negative for the deadly virus. Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said tests taken from the man, who sparked an Ebola scare on the Gold Coast, has returned a negative result, the Brisbane Times reported. “IRead More

London, The eyes of the world are on Scotland`s referendum, pro-independence leader Alex Salmond said Thursday as a top bank warned it would re-register in England if the separatists win. Salmond said the run-up to the September 18 vote was “a process of national empowerment” and promised an independent ScotlandRead More

Washington, House Republican leaders signaled a willingness to accept President Obama’s call for an escalation in the military action against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, putting them in rare agreement with top Senate Democrats just eight weeks before midterm elections in which a modest shift of votes inRead More

Pretoria, South Africa, The trial in the case of the Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius abruptly adjourned Thursday with one charge of unlawful homicide against him still pending. The judge, Thokozile Matilda Masipa, had earlier cleared Mr. Pistorius of the gravest murder charges against him. Then, after a lunch break, JudgeRead More

Lucknow, In a major embarrassment for the Samajwadi Party government led by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, a local court on Thursday returned the chargesheet filed yesterday by the Uttar Pradesh Police against BJP national president Amit Shah for an alleged hate speech he made in April ahead of the nationalRead More

New Delhi, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday threw indications that the Narendra Modi government is willing to engaging Pakistan in a meaningful dialogue if it responds positively. Speaking to reporters, the Home Minister said, “If Pakistan wants then talks can be held again.” “We want better relations withRead More

New Delhi, Former CAG Vinod Rai has come out with a stinging criticism of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying integrity is not just financial but intellectual and professional too and claimed that Congress leaders had sought to apply pressure on him to keen the PM’s name out of auditRead More