Rana Sana appears before anti-graft watchdog in assets case
Islamabad: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore, on Thursday again summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) firebrand leader Rana Sanaullah Khan on February 3 in a case of assets beyond means. The PML-N leader and president of the party in Punjab has been directed to bring along documents of his land and farmhouse. Sanaullah was earlier […]
Nirbhaya’s rapist-killers to hang at 7am on January 22: Court
NEW DELHI: An Indian court Tuesday ordered the execution on January 22 of four men convicted of the infamous 2012 gang rape and murder of a Delhi university student who later came to be known as Nirbhaya — the fearless. Six people were originally charged with taking part in the brutal attack aboard a city bus but […]
Death toll in Soleimani’s funeral rises to more than 50
ERMAN: More than 50 people were crushed to death Tuesday at the funeral of a top Iranian military commander, Qassem Soleimani, in the southeastern city of Kerman, Iranian media reported, citing a morgue count. The tragedy left 212 people injured, a small number of whom were in a serious condition, semi-official news agency ISNA added, citing Kerman’s […]
Jennifer Dulos’ estranged husband charged with murder in her disappearance
The estranged husband of Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five who went missing from her home in an affluent area of Connecticut last year, was arrested Tuesday and charged with her murder, his lawyer said. The husband, Fotis Dulos, 52, was arrested at his home in Farmington, Connecticut, around 11am, said the lawyer, Norm Pattis. […]
When Bollywood Joined Hands to Protest JNU Attack
Donald Trump tweets Iran will ‘never have a nuclear weapon’
WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump on Monday repeated his insistence that Iran will not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. Writing in all-caps, the US leader tweeted: “IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!” The tweet came a day after Tehran announced it was further winding down observance of parts of an international […]
Street dancers Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor reach Delhi for ‘Illegal Weapon 2.0’ song launch
After dropping chartbusters ‘Muqabla’ and ‘Garmi’, makers of dance-drama ‘Street Dancer 3D’ released the ultimate battle song of the movie – ‘Illegal Weapon 2.0’. Above: Shraddha Kapoor and Varun Dhawan at the launch of the song in New Delhi.
Had to escape from JNU campus
New Delhi: Shashi Bhushan Samar, a visually challenged student and the face of fee hike protest, on Monday, said that he escaped the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on Sunday evening during the violence after jumping off the hostel room from the second floor with the help of other students as the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi […]
Indonesian jailed for life as UK’s most prolific rapist
London: An Indonesian student described as Britain’s most prolific rapist was jailed for life on Monday for a catalogue of sex offences on unsuspecting men he drugged and assaulted. Manchester Crown Court in northwest England was told Reynhard Sinaga may have attacked as many as 195 men, luring them into his flat with the offer of […]
At least two rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad: Report
BAGHDAD: Two rockets hit near the US embassy in Iraq’s capital Sunday, witnesses told AFP, shortly after the deadline from a hardline pro-Iran faction for local troops to get away from US forces. The vehemently anti-American group, Kataeb Hezbollah, had warned Iraqi security forces to “get away” from US troops at joint bases across Iraq […]
