Cairo: Little in Libya ever gets done in a timely manner. In commerce and government, bureaucratic inertia and a lack of accountability delay even the most mundane of administrative tasks. Which is why it was so telling these last few weeks that Libyans defied the pessimists, shrugged off security worries and quickly registered the populace ahead of a historic June 19 parliamentary vote. And why it is so alarming that...
12:59 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: A head constable has been crushed to death in Dholpur in Rajasthan. The police suspect the involvement of the local sand mafia. The victim has been identified as 46-year-old Mahendra Singh. A sand-laden truck was found abandoned near the crime scene. It is suspected that it was carrying illegally mined sand. The police has cordoned off the crime scene and were carrying out investigations. No arrests have been...
09:14 AM, May 30, 2012
Cairo: A group of unruly protesters ransacked and set ablaze the campaign headquarters of Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq in Cairo, after the Election Commission announced that Hosni Mubarak's the last prime minister made it into a run off vote with an Islamist rival. Around 400 people arrived from the direction of Tahrir Square shouting slogans against remnants of the former regime on May 28 night. They broke into the...
11:49 AM, May 29, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan is a sovereign state and the Defa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) will not allow the country to become an "Indian market", Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed said. Saeed, described by India as the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, made the remarks while addressing a news conference with other leaders of the DPC in the southern port city of Karachi. He alleged that both the US and India were...
07:37 AM, May 27, 2012
Cairo: Egyptians must choose between a Muslim Brother or an ex-military man in a presidential run-off that highlights the stark rifts in a nation united in euphoria when Hosni Mubarak fell 15 months ago, first-round results indicated on Friday. With most votes counted, the Muslim Brotherhood said its candidate Mohamed Mursi had topped this week's polls and would compete in next month's second round with former air force chief Ahmed...
02:01 AM, May 26, 2012
Islamabad: India on Thursday said it has provided additional evidence against LeT founder Hafiz Saeed and other perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks to be used by Pakistani authorities to prosecute them, while expressing concern at the tardy pace of proceedings in the case. Home Secretary R K Singh said that Indian authorities had provided their Pakistani counterparts additional proof against Saeed while the Pakistani judicial commission that visited Mumbai...
07:52 PM, May 24, 2012
After working together for 24 long years, one of the biggest brand of directors of Mollywood Rafi-Mecartin is heading for a separation. As per the latest details, their last movie together will be Prithviraj's 'Mumbai Dhosth' all set to start the shoot by the month of June. Howly Pottur will produce these humorous films that will have plenty of slapsticks, as usual by the director duo. Rai-Mecartin has plenty of...
03:13 PM, May 24, 2012
Lahore: LeT founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed has served legal notices on two Pakistani journalists for allegedly concocting a report about his secret meeting with US Ambassador Cameron Munter, seeking Rs 10 crore as damages. The notices were served on columnist Nazir Naji and reporter Amir Mir by Saeed's lawyer AK Dogar. The notices contended that Naji's column in the Urdu daily Jang on May 9 and Mir's report in the...
01:14 PM, May 16, 2012
Ahmedabad: Firing a fresh salvo at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, his predecessor and veteran BJP leader, Keshubhai Patel, on Saturday alleged the entire state is "living in fear" under the present government. A known detractor of Modi, Patel, who had been in political wilderness for four years, has become active and is of late attending different public gatherings in the run-up to state assembly elections due in December. Patel...
05:12 AM, May 13, 2012
Suspected members of the mining mafia tried to mow down a police officer who was trying to inspect a tractor-trolley. ...
08:57 AM, May 10, 2012
Morena: In an incident reminiscent of the murder of IPS officer Narendra Kumar, two members of mining mafia on Wednesday allegedly tried to kill a police officer who was trying to stop a tractor-trolley carrying illegally mined sand. The incident occurred about 40 km from Morena, under the jurisdiction of Chinnoni Police Station. Hitendra Rathore, Station in-charge, found during the checking of vehicles that a tractor-trolley was carrying illegally mined...
07:29 PM, May 09, 2012
Lahore: As Indian and Pakistani businessmen discussed ways to boost bilateral trade at a hotel in Lahore on Tuesday, Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed led a rally and warned traders against doing business with India. Businessmen from the two countries gathered in the cool environs of Pearl Continental Hotel while Saeed led the rally opposing peace with India at a venue hardly a kilometre away. He warned Pakistani businessmen not to...
01:56 AM, May 09, 2012
Large parts of Maharashtra are in the midst of a severe drinking water crisis. Hillary Clinton ends the American flip-flops on Hafiz Saeed. ...
11:58 PM, May 08, 2012
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said Hafiz Saeed was one of the principal architects of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. ...
11:51 PM, May 08, 2012
Hillary Clinton ends the American flip-flops on Hafiz Saeed, saying he masterminded the 26/11 attacks. ...
10:33 PM, May 08, 2012
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