Karachi, 17/3: Five people, including three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel, were killed and 30 injured after a paramilitary convoy was attacked by suspected Baloch militants on a highway in Noshki district of restive Balochistan of Pakistan on Sunday. The attack, in which three terrorists died, was claimed by the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), which…
Islamabad, 16/3: Celebrity lookalikes have always garnered the attention of social media, and the latest entry in the list who has gone viral is a doppelganger of billionaire Elon Musk. A Pakistani man is being talked about on social media for his uncanny resemblance to Musk. A video titled ‘Elon Musk in Pakistan’ has gone…
Bareilly, 16/3: A cleric who had claimed cricketer Mohd Shami committed a sin by not fasting during Ramzan has described the Holi celebrations of the pacer’s daughter as “illegal” and “against Shariat”. In a video released late on Saturday, All India Muslim Jamaat president Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi said, “She is a small girl … If…
Washington,16/3: A SpaceX capsule delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station early on Sunday in a NASA crew-swap mission that will allow a pair of stuck astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams, to return home after nine months on the orbiting lab. About 29 hours since launching at 7:03 pm ET on Friday from…
Chennai, 16/3: Top music director A R Rahman, who had been admitted to Apollo Hospitals in Chennai for treatment on Saturday, was discharged on Sunday morning. The Oscar-winning music director had returned from London and complained of dehydration before being taken to the hospital in Chennai. Rahman had complained of discomfort in the neck, a…
Patna, 16/1: Police constable Deepak Kumar, who was commanded by RJD MLA and former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav to perform a ‘thumka’ (pelvic thrust) or face suspension, has been removed, ANI reported on Sunday. Kumar, who had been serving as a bodyguard, did not seem too offended at the minister’s order as although he…
Bengaluru, 15/3: Champion batter Virat Kohli on Saturday emphatically said he is not mulling retirement at the moment as he has been enjoying the game, and the “competitive streak” inside him is very much intact. Kohli displayed the old spark while playing an important hand in India’s recent Champions Trophy victory in Dubai, after which…
Bengaluru, 15/4: The Karnataka Cabinet has given its nod for amending the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement (KTPP) Act aimed at providing 4 per cent reservation in tenders to Muslim contractors, official sources said. The Cabinet also approved the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide ‘B’ khatas to all…
Patna, 15/3: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav instructed a policeman to dance during Holi celebration on Friday, news agency PTI reports. The incident took place at the Yadav’s residence in Patna. Tej is the elder son of Lalu and Rabri Devi.
Washington, 15/3: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday declared Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to the US, persona non grata, calling the envoy a “race-baiting politician” who hates America and President Donald Trump. South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country,” Rubio said in a post…
