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After Sharif, who could be Pakistan’s ne...

After Sharif, who could be Pakistan’s next PM? Brother, ally among probable...

Nawaz Sharif was ousted from the prime minister’s office by the Supreme Court, but as the head of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party he will be able to nominate his successor. Sharif’s chosen candidate will be put to a vote in the National Assembly: a rubber stamp affair as... read more »

Vodafone Rs 244 prepaid plan with 70GB 4...

Vodafone Rs 244 prepaid plan with 70GB 4G data: All you need to know

The new plan from Vodafone is applicable for new prepaid customers who have a new 4G prepaid SIM card. The plan gives users 1GB 4G data per day for 70 days. Old Vodafone customers get similar benefits with 56 days of validity for Rs 346. The Rs 346 plan offers unlimited voice calling to any... read more »

Saudi coalition downs Yemen rebel missil...

Saudi coalition downs Yemen rebel missile near Mecca

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia was shot down late on Thursday, said the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen. Air defence forces downed the missile over the Wasaliyah area of Taif province, 69 km from Mecca,... read more »

Panama Papers Verdict updates: It is a h...

Panama Papers Verdict updates: It is a historic day which marks the end of ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned after his family was named in Panama papers case. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned today after Supreme Court judgment. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was disqualified by the Supreme Court today. Following is the chronology of the... read more »

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Law school trashes apex court ruling on 377

SC rejects plea to modify ruling on disqualification of convicted...

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea seeking that its order on disqualification of convicted MPs and MLAs be effective even in case of lawmakers who were held guilty of serious offences... read more »

Candles lit at Munirka bus stand in memory of Dec 16 victim

Candles lit at Munirka bus stand in memory of Dec ...

New Delhi – People lit candles and held solidarity marches in remembrance of the horrific Dec 16 Delhi gang-rape that shook the nation, as the... read more »

Can’t forget this day: B’town on Dec 16 gan...

Can't forget this day: B'town on Dec 16 gang rape

Mumbai – A year since the brutal gang rape of a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist in the capital city, Bollywood celebrities like Gauri Shinde and... read more »

Rape cases doubled in Delhi post Dec 16

Rape cases doubled in Delhi post Dec 16

New Delhi – The number of reported rape cases has doubled! and sexual assault cases increased fourfold in the national capital after the Dec 16, 2012,... read more »

Telangana bill tabled, lawmakers clash

Telangana bill tabled, lawmakers clash

Hyderabad – The bill for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh was Monday tabled in the assembly amid unprecedented acrimony, as legislators of Seemandhra and... read more »

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Texas woman admits to sending ricin to Obama

Texas woman admits to sending ricin to Obama

Dallas – A former actress from Texas has pleaded guilty to sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, under a deal that her attorney has said... read more »

Thai "red shirts" prepare rally to back PM against protesters

Thai “red shirts” prepare rally to bac...

Bangkok – The red-shirted supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Wednesday they could take to the streets to protect the... read more »

Mandela’s body taken to presidential inauguration...

Mandela's body taken to presidential inauguration site

Pretoria – The body of former South African president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was Wednesday brought back to the Union Buildings here after... read more »

Nelson Mandela ceremony interpreter was ‘fakeR...

Nelson Mandela ceremony interpreter was 'fake'

The national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa says a man who provided sign language interpretation on stage for Nelson Mandela’s memorial... read more »

Tears and tributes as Nelson Mandela lies in state

Tears and tributes as Nelson Mandela lies in state

Pretoria – Nelson Mandela’s tearful widow was among scores of family and dignitaries who stopped to pay their last respects before his open casket... read more »

4 Indians, 2 each from Hyderabad and Karnataka, kidnapped in Libya: MEA

NEW DELHI: Four Indians have been kidnapped by militants in Libya, the ministry of external affairs spokesman, Vikas Swarup, said on Friday. Of the four Indians kidnapped in Libya, three... read more »

Two Turkish police killed in gun attack blamed on PKK: reports

ISTANBUL: Two Turkish police were killed Friday in a gun attack on police headquarters in the southern region of Adana blamed on Kurdish militants, the official Anatolia news agency... read more »

Mexico: Death toll 27 after truck hits religious procession

MEXICO CITY: The death toll rose to 27 on Thursday and authorities listed 149 others as injured after a truck lost control and slammed into a religious procession in a central Mexico... read more »

Taliban confirm Mullah Omar’s death, name new leader

confirmed the death of longtime leader Mullah Mohammad Omar and appointed his successor Thursday, as a new round of peace talks was indefinitely postponed amid concerns over how committed... read more »

Narendra Modi speaks at a Vijay Shankhnad rally in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Bihar polls: Modi takes charge in bid to crush Nitish in his own ...

After declaring a war on his principal rival, Nitish Kumar, at his earlier rally held last week in Muzaffarpur, a northern town known as the ‘political capital’ of Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra... read more »