At least five persons were killed when a light plane crashed into a Melbourne retail outlet on Tuesday Morning, Australian authorities said. “It looks like no one survived the crash,” Xinhua news agency quoted police as saying. The plane went down enroute to King Island of the south coast of Australia.
» Read moreAt least 11 Afghan terrorists were killed today in Pakistan’s restive northwest tribal region during a gun battle with the security forces, officials said. The incident occurred in Sapperkot and Para Chamkani in Kurram Agency. At least two soldiers were also wounded in the gun battle between the law enforcers and the terrorists. The terrorists were trying to enter Kurram […]
» Read moreThe much-awaited landmark bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus in Pakistan is set to become a law with the Senate unanimously passing it. The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017, which is the first elaborate Hindu community’s personal law, was adopted by the Senate on Friday. The bill had already been approved by the lower house or the National Assembly on September […]
» Read moreAn Islamic State suicide bomber struck inside a famed shrine in southern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 75 people in the deadliest attack in the country in more than two years. The bomber entered the main hall of the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan and detonated his payload amid dozens of worshippers, according to three security officials, […]
» Read moreSamsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee wasarrested early on Friday over his alleged role in a corruption scandal rocking the highest levels of power in South Korea, dealing a fresh blow to the world’s biggest maker of smartphones and memory chips. The 48-year-old Lee, scion of the country’s richest family, was taken into custody at the Seoul Detention Centre after […]
» Read moreSecurity agencies and border guarding forces on Wednesday made first seizure of a “large consignment” of fake notes of Rs. 2000 denomination along the India-Bangladesh border. As many as 100 notes of Rs. 2000 denomination were seized at Churiantpur in Kaliachak block, Malda district. The notes were thrown over the border fence from Bangladesh for an Indian courier to carry […]
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