Islamabad, Jan 21 (IANS) The Council of Islamic Ideology in Pakistan decreed Wednesday that a husband who uttered “divorce” thrice consecutively would liable to punishment as it was un-Islamic. The chairman of the council, Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani said at a press conference that a man could pronounce one divorce at a time as per […]
Moscow, Jan 17 (IANS/TASS) Over 20,000 people staged a rally in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, Saturday, to protest against the unfavourable portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad in the media. The participants at the gathering, called “Islam against Terrorism and Extremism”, in Ingushetia’s capital Magas, said Islam was a religion of peace and kindness and […]
Islamabad, Jan 15 (IANS) A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi Thursday declared Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah as a proclaimed offender in the Karachi airport attack case. ATC declared Fazlullah and TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid as proclaimed offenders in last year’s attack, The News International reported Three detainees — Sarmad Siddiqui, Nadeem alias […]
Bangkok, Jan 14 (IANS/EFE) Indonesian search teams Wednesday located the main section of the fuselage of the AirAsia plane that crashed in the Java Sea Dec 28 with 162 people aboard, authorities said. An unmanned submarine operated from Singaporean frigate MV Swift took photographs of the main part of the aircraft’s body and one of […]
Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Pakistan must fight militant groups that threaten Indian, US and Afghan interests, US Secretary of State John Kerry said, and offered $250 million aid for militancy affected people Tuesday. Visiting Pakistan after going to India over the weekend, Kerry said all terrorist groups should be targeted for the security of the […]
Shillong, Jan 13 (IANS) Bangladesh officials Tuesday assured India that they would convince their mobile service providers to prevent the spillover of Bangladesh mobile phone services in the border areas of Meghalaya. “We have expressed our concern with Bangladesh counterparts on the spillover of mobile signals from Bangladesh and use of Bangladesh SIM cards by […]
Islamabad, Jan 9 (IANS) A man strangled his five children to death Friday in Pakistan’s Sindh province. The incident took place in Matiari district, Geo News reported. The children were between the ages of one and 12 and were sleeping when their father strangled them one by one. The accused was apprehended by neighbours and […]
Paris, Jan 9 (IANS) French police Friday surrounded a building in a town northeast of Paris where two men who killed 12 people at the office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, are said to be holding a hostage, BBC reported. Shots were fired and several people are said to have been wounded as the […]
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) An international team of researchers has developed a simple new fabrication technique mimicking the action of a children’s pop-up book to transform two-dimensional micro- and nano-structures into more complex 3D shapes. Using a variety of advanced materials, including silicon, the researchers said they produced more than 40 different geometric designs, including […]
Mexico City, Jan 9 (IANS/EFE) Thirteen police officers in the Mexican state of Veracruz have been arrested for their suspected involvement in the disappearance of journalist Jose Moises Sanchez, the state’s prosecutor Luis Angel Bravo has announced. At the same time, the National Commission of Human Rights (NCHR) called on the country’s federal attorney to […]