Indefinite curfew in parts of Hyderabad
Hyderabad: An indefinite curfew was imposed today in the sensitive Madannapet and Saidabad areas of the walled city following incidents of stabbing and heavy stone-pelting. Additional forces have been deployed there, a senior police official said. The Director General of Police also toured the affected areas. Curfew has been clamped till further orders More...
Bilawal’s Facebook fans discuss India trip
Islamabad: Bilawal Bhutto, the 24-year-old son of President Asif Ali Zardari and chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, has a fan following on Facebook, with some wishing him a good visit and welcoming him to More...
Serious about Hafiz Saeed but need more evidence, says Pakistan PM Gilani
Lahore: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has acknowledged that the case of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed was an “issue” between Pakistan and India but said Islamabad needs “substantial” More...
Odisha hostage crisis: Maoists toughen stand, place fresh demands
Bhubaneshwar: After hopes emerged of a breakthrough in the Odisha hostage crisis late last week, it now seems that the problem is far from over. The Maoists holding an Italian national hostage for nearly a month More...
US Navy jet crashes into apartment building in Virginia
Virginia Beach: A US Navy jet crashed Friday into an apartment building in Virginia and both pilots ejected, the Navy and media reports said. There were no immediate reports of injuries on the ground. TV footage More...
Syrian villagers clash with government loyalists, opposition says
Fierce fighting erupted Friday between armed men loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebels from opposing villages, opposition activists said, raising questions about the potency of a U.N.-brokered peace More...
Austerity drives up suicide rate in debt-ridden Greece
When Apostolos Polyzonis’s bank refused to see him last September, the 55-year-old Greek businessman had just 10 euros ($13) in his pocket. Out of work and bankrupt, he thought all he could do with his remaining More...
Italy says arrest of marines sets ‘very dangerous precedent’
Thiruvananthapuram: Italian Junior Foreign Minister Staffan De Mistura said on Thursday that the detention of two Italian marines in connection with the fatal shooting of two Indian fishermen would set a “very More...
Pakistan wants to see ‘concrete evidence’ on suspect sought by U.S.
Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan has suggested that the United States needs to provide convincing evidence against a man accused of masterminding the 2008 terrorist assault on Mumbai before it will take any More...
Pawar takes a dig at Chavan’s lunch with farmers, says it won’t solve their drought problems
Satara: Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday took a dig at Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, saying his act of having lunch with farmers under More...
