MUMBAI: India ranks 37th among 102 countries on the Open Government Index 2015, which ranks countries on how transparent their governments are and the ease with which citizens can hold their government accountable.
The report, released on Thursday by the Washington-based World Justice Project...
Companies target militant hotbeds in Kashmir to hunt young talent
Wednesday, 18 February 2015 - 6:30am IST | Place: New Delhi
Success of the first phase of Udaan (special industry initiative) scheme has prompted the Union home ministry to target the militant hotbeds of Handwara, Baramulla and...
IT has already been termed a ‘paradigm shift’. Pakistan’s reported decision last week to ban a number of violent extremist organisations, including the Haqqani Network and Lashkar-e-Taiba front Jamaatud Dawa (JuD), has been welcomed by the international community. The new additions to the list...
PARIS: The first edition of Charlie Hebdo published after the deadly attacks by Islamist gunmen sold out within minutes at newspaper kiosks around France on Wednesday, with people queuing up to buy copies to support the satirical weekly.
"I've never bought it before, it's not quite my...
Madressah leaders condemn Peshawar carnage with a ‘but’
A Reporter
Updated about 5 hours ago
Members of the civil society hold placards as they chant slogans condemning the attack on the Army Public School by Pakistan Taliban gunmen, during a rally in Lahore December 18, 2014. - Reuters...
Mutual antipathy hampers Pakistan control of militants
By Owen Bennett-JonesBBC News
The vast majority of Pakistanis may be united in grief for the school children murdered in Peshawar - but many say they still don't know who carried out the attacks.
For the media - both in Pakistan and...
China targets 'wild imams' in mass public sentencing
Reuters
Published 2 days ago
A Chinese paramilitary policeman watches two Uighurs pass the Grand Bazaar in China’s Xinjiang province. — Photo by AFP A Chinese paramilitary policeman watches two Uighurs pass the Grand Bazaar in China’s Xinjiang...
How do you stay optimistic about the prospects of your country when the naked truth paints a dark picture? Is living in a make-believe world the true mark of love and loyalty or acknowledging your failures and faults with the object of stimulating change? An argument vociferously made by our...
NEW DELHI: Army on Friday admitted that its personnel made a mistake in Budgam firing incident in which two persons were killed.
DS Hooda, GOC Northern Command, said, "We accept full responsibility. We sincerely wish the incident would not have happened. We ensure this kind of incident will not...
HUNZA, PAKISTAN: A group of young Pakistani girls sit on a carpeted floor listening as their teacher writes on a whiteboard, preparing his students for the rigours of climbing some of the world's highest peaks.
This is Shimshal Mountaineering School, tucked away in a remote village in the...
After mid-day’s report on rescued Bangladeshi sex workers awaiting repatriation to their country, the High Commission has agreed to take 49 of the women back. But with a bizarre condition they cannot bring their children along, as they are fathered by Indian clients
Imagine getting the news...
KARACHI: A rally organised by the Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) on Friday condemned what it described as unprovoked Indian firing along the working boundary and the Line of Control and called upon the Pakistan government to declare jihad against India.
A large number of JuD workers and sympathisers...
Arif Fayyaz Majeed, one of four Kalyan youths who allegedly enlisted with insurgent group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, left a letter for his family expressing his desire to join jihad. This is the text of the letter his father handed over to the police.
Oh my family members, please forgive...
Dear Friends,
What was the first handset you used and the current one you are using.
Kindly post with images if possible.
Mine as under:
FIRST PHONE:
CURRENT PHONE:
London: Rising from the heart of Islamabad, the Red Mosque has long been a barometer of militant Islam in Pakistan. In the '80s it funneled fighters into the anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan. In the '90s its leaders made an awe-struck pilgrimage to visit their hero, Osama bin Laden, at his farm...
Dear Friends,
Members using Android, Please share which launcher you are using or used and which is the best.
I have used following, but always comes back to Stock Launcher....
1. Nova
2.Buzz - Best for me
3. Go Launcher
4. Launcher 8
5. Apex
6.Smart
and many more.
Thanks in advance.
Meerut: A group of Kashmiri students of a private university in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, have been booked for sedition after they cheered Pakistan during a cricket match.
67 students of the Swami Vivekanand Subharti University were suspended on Tuesday for celebrating Pakistan's victory over...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's capital has been declared as "extremely dangerous" by the interior ministry due to the presence of sleeper cells of banned terror groups like the al-Qaida, a report said on Wednesday.
According to the report, Islamabad is at high risk because of the presence of sleeper...