Indian stock market regains $1 trillion mark
MUMBAI: Indian stock market on Wednesday regained the trillion-dollar level after remaining out of this elite league for about a month.
At the end of Wednesday's trade, the total valuation of all listed companies in the country rose to USD 1.017...
Chinese troops enter Chumar again, vandalise Indian posts
LEH: In another incursion, Chinese troops intruded into the Chumar sector in Ladakh — the same area which had sparked off tensions in April — and smashed some bunkers besides cutting wires of cameras installed at the border...
BSF to get fast attack craft to patrol Sir Creek
RANN OF KUTCH (Gujarat): The Border Security Force (BSF) is set to beef up patrolling in the treacherous creeks in Gujarat's Rann of Kutch on the India-Pakistan border with the help of fast attack craft (FAC).
Currently, speed boats and...
Afghan, Pak envoys clash at UN security council meet
UNITED NATIONS: Top diplomats from Afghanistan and Pakistan engaged in verbal sparring during a discussion on cross-border terrorism and presence of terrorist safe havens, at the UN security council.
"The fact remains: so long as...
Rural India selling cows, buffaloes on OLX, Quikr
Black 'Murrah' buffalo with short and tightly curled horns for Rs 80,000 and herd of 10 'Holstein Friesians' cows at Rs 6 lakh on the click of the mouse the Indian online classifieds are moving beyond usual items such as mobiles, cars and real...
Perform or perish: Antony tells DRDO
NEW DELHI: Reflecting frustration over long delays of strategic projects like Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), defence minister A K Antony came down hard on DRDO, saying there is a "limit to time slippages" and that it should "perform or perish".
Antony told...
Suspected Chinese spy arrested from Dharamsala
DHARAMSALA: Police claim to have arrested a suspected Chinese spy from Mcleodganj here.
Pema Tsering of Tibetan origin was arrested last evening on the complaint of Tibetan government's security agencies in Dharamsala, SP, Kangra, Balbir Thakur...
Musharraf will be arrested as soon as he returns: Prosecutor
Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali says the anti-terrorism court has issued perpetual warrants for Musharraf and he cannot evade arrest
Islamabad: A top Pakistani prosecutor has said that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf will be...
Gwadar port handover to China is against constitution
The provincial governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi said the benefits of Gwadar Port should first be given to the people of Balochistan
Islamabad: Livid over Islamabad's decision to hand over the financially struggling Gwadar port to a...
Al-Qaida chief killed in Mali: Chad's president
N'DJAMENA, Chad: Chadian President Idriss Deby announced Friday that Chadian troops fighting to dislodge an al-Qaida affiliate in northern Mali killed one of the group's leading commanders, Abou Zeid.
The death of the Algerian warlord, a...
80% killed in US drone strikes in Pak were terrorists: Jilani
Hours after Jilani addressed the parliamentary panel, seven suspected militants were killed when a drone targeted a compound in the restive Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan
Islamabad: Eighty per cent of about 3,000...
Bomb kills 10 people in northwest Pakistan
PARACHINAR, PAKISTAN: A bomb planted near a market in northwestern Pakistan killed 10 people and wounded 23 others on Friday, the latest in an uptick in attacks in recent months, government officials said.
The blast occurred in Kalaya, the main...
India to name and shame rapists on official websites, govt says
NEW DELHI: The government said on Thursday that it will post the photos, names and addresses of convicted rapists on official websites to publicly shame them, in a new measure to combat growing crime against women.
Minister of...
Two Pak-American brothers arrested on terrorism charges in US
WASHINGTON: Two American brothers of Pakistani descent have been arrested in Florida for plotting to provide material support to terrorists and to use a weapon of mass destruction within the US.
Arrested in Fort Lauderdale in...
Pakistan 'global leader' in visa, passport forgery: British envoy
ISLAMABAD: Dubbing Pakistan as a "global leader" in visa and passport forgery, Britain's envoy here has said that visa fraud is a deep-rooted industry in this country.
About 4,000 people were caught last year while trying to...
India Not To Accept Any UN Resolution
Defence News - India Not To Accept Any UN Resolution
Indian Defence Minister Krishna Menon yesterday threatened that the ceasefire agreement in Kashmir would exist no longer if Pakistan bartered away "India's legal rights over Azad Kashmir" to China...
Over 100 youths return to J&K after *** arms training
More than 100 youths, who had gone to ***************** Kashmir for arms training during the last two decades, have quietly returned home following the announcement of rehabilitation policy for them by the Jammu and Kashmir [ Images ]...
Top Pakistani police officer shot dead
QUETTA: A senior Pakistani police officer was killed in a drive-by shooting in the troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan on Tuesday, police said.
Shah Nawaz Khan was a senior member of Baluchistan's Criminal Investigation Department (CID)...