Maulana Fazlullah, the dreaded chief of Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a United States drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province, an Afghan Defence Ministry official confirmed on Friday. Fazlullah, who has been designated as a global terrorist by the US and carried a bounty of $5 million, had been on the run since his loyalists were routed in […]
» Read moreThree suspected members of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) were gunned down on Friday by security forces in Sukma district of south Chhattisgarh. The encounter took place in Chintagufa area at 10 a.m., when a joint team of the Sukma District Reserve Gaurd and the Chhattisgarh Special Task Force were carrying out an anti-Maoist operation. The team recovered […]
» Read moreThe candidature of Noor Jehan, a cousin of Shahrukh Khan, has been approved by the Election Commission of Khyber Pakthunkhwa Province. Having been denied a ticket by the Awami National Party, she will be contesting the July 25 elections as an independent candidate Ms. Jehan, Mr. Khan’s paternal cousin, is contesting from the PK-77 constituency. She expressed disappointment over trolling […]
» Read moreTamil writer Soundarapandian alias Souba, who was recently arrested for murdering his son, died at the Government Rajaji Hospital on Monday. The 55-year-old writer was lodged in Madurai Central Prison for murdering his son 27-year-old Vipin, an alleged drug addict, on May 9. Twelve days later, the author’s health deteriorated and was shifted to the GRH’s prison ward. On June […]
» Read moreTelangana’s Vuppala Prraneeth is now World No. 1 in chess in the under-11 category, his coach N.V.S. Ramaraju, who is also credited with training chess Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika, has revealed. Prraneeth, whose parents hail from Nalgonda, has a creditable ELO2281 and was felicitated by the Sports Authority of Telangana State chairman A. Venkateshwar Reddy last week. Mr. Reddy assured complete […]
» Read moreThe brother of doctor Kafeel Khan, who is out on bail in connection with the BRD Medical College incident, was shot at by unknown assailants in his hometown Gorakhpur late on Sunday. Two men on a scooty allegedly fired at Kashif Jameel at around 11 p.m. and fled from the scene leaving him grievously wounded, his family said. Kashif was […]
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