‘Sameer’ not based on Best Bakery case: Director
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) “Sameer”, a political thriller, is a fiction film and has nothing to do with the 2002 Best Bakery case, says its director Dakxin Chhara. The film’s trailer shows some scenes in…
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US gave us ‘peanuts’ in aid: Pakistan’s ex-Interior Minister
Islamabad, Aug 30 (IANS) The US has given Pakistan “peanuts” and not “billions of dollars” in aid, said the country’s former Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday as he lambasted US President Donald Trump’s…
4 killed in attack on Afghan lawmaker’s house
Kabul, Aug 30 (IANS) At least four persons were killed in an explosion and firing at the house of an Afghan politician in Jalalabad city on Wednesday, officials said. The attack occurred in the morning…
Asean parliamentarians urge Myanmar to protect civilians in Rakhine
Jakarta, Aug 30 (IANS) Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) on Wednesday called on the government of Myanmar to take immediate action to protect civilians from violent clashes in the country’s western state of Rakhine….
Divert part of UN peacekeeping budget to peace-building: India
By Arul Louis United Nations, Aug 30 (IANS) India has suggested diverting a portion of the peacekeeping budget to the under-funded peace-building activities because there can be lasting peace only with development and political solutions….
Declining trend in violence on in Maoist-affected areas: Rajnath
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday told the parliamentary consultative committee of his ministry that a declining trend in violent incidents in Maoist-affected states continued in the last three…
Delhi court frames charges against Yasin Bhatkal, others
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday framed charges against Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant Yasin Bhatkal and others in two cases related to the 2010 terror attack near Jama Masjid here. Additional…
Court frames charges against Bhatkal in terror case
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday put Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant Yasin Bhatkal on trial in two cases related to the 2010 terror attack near Jama Masjid here after formally framing…
Six killed in suicide attack near Kabul bank
Kabul, Aug 29 (IANS) At least six persons were killed and nine injured on Tuesday in a suicide attack near a bank in Kabul, Afghan police said. The attack took place at around 10 a.m….
Macron gathers EU leaders in Paris for counter-terror talks
Paris, Aug 29 (IANS) France’s President on Monday welcomed the German chancellor and the Prime Ministers of Italy and Spain to Paris, where the leaders held a summit to examine further security measures that can…
IS start evacuating final position in Syria’s Qalamoun
Damascus, Aug 29 (IANS) Around 700 Islamic State militants and their families started evacuating their last stronghold in western Qalamoun region toward the eastern city of Bukamal on Monday, according to Xinhua reporters at the…
Maoists pull off youth from bus, kill him in Chhattisgarh
Raipur/Sukma (Chhattisgarh), Aug 28 (IANS) Maoists pulled a youth off a bus in Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar on Monday and killed him for his failure to return money he owed to a rebel leader, police said….
Pakistan PM to visit US in September
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will visit the US in the third week of September, a media report said on Monday. Abbasi, along with Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, will visit…
NIA grills Geelani’s sons, JKLF chief’s aide in terror funding case
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday questioned Naeem and Naseem Geelani, the sons of hardline Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, for nine hours in connection with the ongoing…
SC to hear challenge to provision invoked for banning SIMI
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear challenge to the constitutional validity of the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act used to keep the Students Islamic…
13 killed in Baghdad car bombing
Baghdad, Aug 28 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed and 25 others were wounded on Monday in a car bomb that went off near a building belonging to Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity in eastern…
13 killed in Baghdad explosion
Baghdad, Aug 28 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed and 25 others injured after a car bomb was detonated at a busy market in Baghdad on Monday, Iraqi police said. The blast took place…
Injured police officer dies in Srinagar
Srinagar, Aug 28 (IANS) An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the state police, shot by militants on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag town, succumbed to his injuries, police said here. “The ASI was immediately shifted…
Pakistan fumes over US general’s Taliban remarks
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Pakistan’s leadership has slammed the top US commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John W. Nicholson, a day after he claimed that Washington “knows the Afghan Taliban leadership is in Quetta and Peshawar”….
NIA grills Geelani’s sons in terror funding case
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday questioned Naeem and Naseem Geelani, sons of hardline Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, in connection with its ongoing probe into terror funding…