Voters in large numbers on Wednesday morning started flocking outside polling stations across the country to cast their votes in Pakistan’s 11th general election. The first vote was cast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda, according to Dawn news website. While polling stations officially opened for voting at 8 a.m., enthusiastic citizens queued up outside their respective […]
US President Donald Trump has he is “very concerned” about potential Russian interference in the mid-term legislative elections to be held in November. “I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election,” Trump said on Twitter on Tuesday, referring to the mid-term election, in which all […]
A British man detained in Bangladesh following a deadly cafe siege two years ago has been freed without charge, the BBC reported. Hasnat Karim was celebrating his daughter’s 13th birthday at the Holey Artisan cafe with his family here in July 2016 when it was targeted by Islamist militants. An Indian girl was among the […]
Forest fires raging across Greece have killed at least 20 people, the government said on Tuesday, as the authorities sought international assistance. Government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos confirmed the death toll and said most of the victims were trapped in the seaside resort of Mati, 40km from here, and died either in their homes or their […]
At least four persons have been killed and 12 injured after an LPG cylinder exploded at a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra district, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Daadhki village in Iradatnagar around midnight apparently due to leakage in the gas cylinder. The deceased have been identified as Kamal Singh, 45, […]
Expectations of positive quarterly results along with lower goods and services tax rate on items of mass consumption pushed the key indices of the Indian equity market higher during the pre-noon trade session on Monday. According to market observers, a slight appreciation in the Indian rupee and healthy buying in FMCG, consumer durables and capital […]
Jailed Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who has fallen ill and was suffering from heart and kidney ailments, has been asked to be shifted to a hospital by a medical team, a jail official said. The medical team, led by retired General Azhar Kiani, visited Adiala jail in Rawalpindi on Sunday after Sharif complained, the […]
A gunman, who opened fire at a busy Toronto restaurant strip injuring at least 14 people including a young girl, has been shot dead, Canadian police said. The young girl, who had received critical injuries in the attack in the Danforth and Logan avenues area, on Sunday night has succumbed, the BBC reported. The motive […]
An armed militant was arrested by the security forces on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district during a cordon and search operation. Police identified the militant as Waqar Malik, who was carrying an AK-47 rifle and ammunition. The joint search operation was launched by the Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force and state police […]
The Rajya Sabha was on Monday adjourned till 12 noon after a few opposition members disrupted the House as their notices were not being accepted by the Chair. Around a dozen opposition members from the Congress, Telugu Desam Party and others had given notices under suspension of business rules but Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu rejected […]