At least 235 worshippers were killed and 109 others injured when heavily-armed terrorists bombed a mosque and opened fire on people attending Friday prayers in Egypt’s restive North Sinai region, in the deadliest terror attack in the country. The terrorists launched a targeted bomb and gun attack on the al-Rowda mosque in Al-Arish city during the Friday prayers, the state-run […]
» Read moreA serving Colonel at the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) here was arrested on Wednesday evening on charges of raping the 21-year old daughter of a Lieutenant Colonel. He will be produced in the court on Thursday, police said. In the complaint filed on Tuesday, the victim stated the 56-year old Colonel drugged and molested her on Monday night at a […]
» Read moreThe Election Commission on Thursday alloted the AIADMK’s “two leaves” symbol to the Panneerselvam-Palaniswami combine, holding that it enjoyed majority in the party’s legislative and organisational wings. Putting an end to almost an year-long dispute between warring factions, the Commission said it was of the view that “the petitioners group led by E. Madhusudhanan, O. Panneerselvam and S. Semmalai, and […]
» Read moreBharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal on Thursday said the Bharti family has pledged 10 per cent of their wealth totalling Rs. 7,000 crore to support activities of the group’s philanthropic arm Bharti Foundation. The amount committed includes three per cent of the family’s stake in Bharti Airtel, Sunil Mittal, founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, said at a conference. The […]
» Read moreThe Judicial Review Board of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed from house arrest. It overruled the government’s request that his release may trigger international sanctions against Pakistan. Saeed will be freed in the midnight of November 24 after the expiry of the house arrest order. He had been under house […]
» Read moreIndia scored a major diplomatic victory on Monday as its nominee to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Dalveer Bhandari, was re-elected after the United Kingdom withdrew its candidate, Christopher Greenwood. The U.K. chose to withdraw after it became clear that it would not win the contest in the General Assembly (GA) and it did not have adequate support in […]
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