Allahabad: Mohammad Shami, a Bahujan Samaj Party leader was shot dead last night in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district. The incident, which happened in a remote area, led to heightened tension. This morning, Mr Shami's supporters sat in protest on the Allahabad-Pratapgarh highway demanding the...
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$6.4 billion wiped out
According to a report by Mint, Infosys stocks fell 4.5%,Tata Consultancy Services fell 5.5%, Tech Mahindra fell 9.7%, HCL Technologies saw a 6.3% drop, and Wipro 4.1%. Mphasis, NIIT, Geometric...
Under the Trump administration, nearly half a million unauthorised Indians are considered “priorities” for deportation.
New York: An Indian couple working in a 24-hour grocery store in North Shore in the New York City borough of Staten Island cowered in the back of the store room, petrified...
After beating India in equity markets, Pakistan beat India in another metric recently: Geopolitics.
The country's leaders have skillfully leveraged Pakistan's strategic geographic location to extract a series of benefits from America and China.
In fact, the performance of Pakistan's equity...
Rohingya refugees have been describing the horrific violence that forced them to flee their homes in Burma and escape across the border to informal camps in Bangladesh.
One man, a teacher named Osman Gani, passed a video to international media which he says shows the charred bodies of some 300...
Kolkata: An Uber driver was arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a woman passenger in the city, police said on Wednesday.
According to a senior officer in Kolkata Police, Pintu Yadav, driver of Uber cab service, was arrested late Monday night based on a 25-year-old woman passenger's...
Kolkata: An Uber driver was arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a woman passenger in the city, police said on Wednesday.
According to a senior officer in Kolkata Police, Pintu Yadav, driver of Uber cab service, was arrested late Monday night based on a 25-year-old woman passenger's...
By Sheree Sardar and Katharine Houreld
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Pakistani prime minister lifted a moratorium on the death penalty on Wednesday, a day after Taliban gunmen attacked a school, killing 132 students and nine teachers, a government spokesman said.
Pakistan began three days of...
Opposition leader in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah on Wednesday asked New Delhi to explain how Taliban terrorists got Indian weapons which were used in Karachi airport attack.
Speaking to reporters, the PPP leader said that the banned terrorist outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)...
This week started with President Obama Monday demanding lawmakers raise the U.S.’s $16.4 trillion debt ceiling, warning Republicans not to insist on spending cuts in return. The same day, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke advocated getting rid of the debt limit altogether. The...
Indian riot police have fired water cannon at demonstrators in New Delhi after protests against a gang rape in the capital turned violent.
During the protest screened live on television, police could be seen hosing down demonstrators after a group of them tried to tear down steel barricades...
AID groups have warned of an impending humanitarian catastrophe in western Myanmar as authorities attempt to isolate tens of thousands of the displaced ethnic Rohingya minority in camps described by one aid worker as “open air prisons”.
Aid has struggled to reach those affected by...
Lawmakers were outraged Thursday after an ABC World News report revealed that the U.S. Olympic team's opening ceremony outfits are made in China. Some suggested making a bonfire with the outfits, which include berets and blazers.
"I think they should take all the uniforms, put them in a big...
President-elect Vladimir Putin tried to distance himself from the fraud-tainted ruling United Russia party today, announcing he was stepping down as its chairman.
Keen to protect his own ratings which are higher than those of a party discredited by claims its victory in a parliamentary...
ISLAMABAD: Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Lt-Gen Shuja Pashas visit to Qatar, home to US Centcoms regional headquarters, has led to speculations about an intelligence back channel between Pakistan and the US to reset troubled security cooperation.
Gen Pasha, whose overseas trips...
WASHINGTON: Diplomatic circles in Washington are expecting a low level participation from Pakistan in the conference on Afghanistan kicking off today in the German city of Bonn, DawnNews reported.
Sources claimed that Pakistan might attend the talks on a diplomatic level.
The breakthrough...