Peshawar, At least 45 persons were killed and 200 others injured as a heavy rainstorm with strong winds tore through Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan, uprooting trees and collapsing buildings. The storm hit yesterday, plunging over half the province into darkness for the whole night as power was only restored atRead More

Canberra, Over 300 Australians are still missing following the tremors that devastated Nepal, authorities said on Monday. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has been in contact with more than 200 of the 549 registered Australians as travelling in Nepal, but “challenging conditions” have made it difficult to contactRead More

London,  The UK has given 5 million pounds to help people affected by the devastating Nepal earthquake which has killed more than 3,200 people, the government said today. Three million pounds were released to address immediate needs and another 2 million pounds would be given to the Red Cross, theRead More

Sydney/Jakarta,  Australia made a last-minute plea on Monday for a stay in the imminent execution of two Australian drug traffickers in Indonesia, saying that reports their trial had been tainted by corruption needed to be investigated. The call from Foreign Minister Julie Bishop almost immediately deepened a diplomatic row withRead More

Aden/Cairo,  Air raids, naval shelling and ground fighting shook Yemen on Sunday in some of the most widespread combat since a Saudi-led alliance intervened last month against Iranian-allied Houthi militia who have seized wide areas of the country. There were at least five air strikes on military positions and anRead More

New Delhi,  The Supreme Court today held that Tamil Nadu government has no right to appoint advocate Bhawani Singh as special public prosecutor (SPP) to appear in Karnataka High Court for J. Jayalalithaa’s disproportionate assets case.A three-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra, however said, though the appointment of theRead More

New Delhi,  Two days after a severe 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal and parts of India, the death toll in India has risen to 72, with over 300 people seriously wounded.Among those dead, 56 are in Bihar, 12 in UP, three in West Bengal and one in Rajasthan. As many asRead More

New Delhi,  An inter-ministerial team comprising senior officials from ministries of Home, Defence, External Affairs and NDMA on Monday left for Nepal to coordinate rescue and relief operations in the quake-hit country. Headed by Additional Secretary in the Home Ministry B K Prasad, the team will also monitor the evacuationRead More

New Delhi,  In a major blow to fight against black money, a special authority established to try money laundering cases bearing revenue value of crores of rupees has been rendered vacant as the lone member of the three-member body resigned on Monday.The Adjudicating Authority (AA) under the Prevention of MoneyRead More

New Delhi, At a time when Nepal and parts of India have been convulsed by a devastating earthquake, modern web technology is turning out to be a boon as distressed family members are able to locate their loved ones. Social networking website Facebook, and Google’s Person Finder have helped locate theRead More