Islamabad: A member of the provincial assembly of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was among 29 people killed in a suicide bombing on Tuesday, media reports said. Over 50 people were injured. Independent member Imran Mohmand was killed in the blast at a funeral procession in Mardan, Geo News reported.
Police said the blast took place during the funeral procession of Haji Abdullah, a well-known figure in the area who was killed by unidentified gunmen on Monday.
Provincial Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai said the blast was a suicide attack.
Yousafzai told Geo News there were threats against Mohmand and two policemen had been deployed for his security....
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05:15 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Mumbai: A police officer has termed as "media speculation" that late actress Jiah Khan's six-page letter does not match her handwriting, saying that no such statement had been released and the letter would be sent for forensic examination. "There is no new development as such. All these reports in the media which say that the handwriting does not match are media speculation. We have not released any such statement. The...
04:50 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Moscow: Russian judo champion Elena Ivashchenko committed suicide last Saturday because of her failure during the London Olympics, a judo official said on Monday. Ivashchenko, 28, a four-time European champion (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012), jumped from the 15th floor in the Siberian city of Tyumen, reports Xinhua. "Her depression started after her defeat at the Olympics. She really punished herself for it. She had beaten several times before those athletes...
06:23 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Jammu: Three BSF jawans were injured when a grenade accidentally exploded at Ballad post along the international border in Ramgarh sector of Samba district on Sunday. "It was an accidental grenade blast," a BSF official said, adding three jawans were injured in the incident. While Head Constable Sant Kumar received injury on his ribs, constable KG Sharma was hit in the right hip, the official said. The third jawan, Khalil...
12:45 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Mumbai: A Mumbai court deferred the hearing of Suraj Pancholi's bail plea till June 21. He was held on the charge of abetting suicide of actress Jiah Khan and his actor father Aditya Pancholi says his son is not guilty and that the jail experience will make him stronger. "Let my son stay in jail a little longer. It will make him tougher and wiser. He has done no wrong....
01:39 PM, Jun 16, 2013
CJ Mohd. Arif Ashraf, father of an acid attack survivor wants strict laws against acid attacks. This after his 15 year old daughter suffered loss of vision in one eye and damage to the face and ears in the acid attack in Bihar's Siwan district. ...
01:12 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Pragya, an acid attack victim from Bangalore, creates awareness about acid attacks on women. She appeals for stricter laws to deter the criminals from committing such heinous crime. CJ Pragya is now running an anti-acid attack campaign called stopacidattacks.org. ...
01:03 PM, Jun 16, 2013
After the death of acid attack victim, Preeti Rathi, her parents Roshni Rathi and Amar Singh turn Cj's to narrate the ordeal of losing their ambitious daughter to the crime. Here, they make an emotional appeal for the justice of their late daughter. ...
12:48 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Sangeeta Das believes that the regulation of acid sales would go a long way to help curb the crime of acid attacks. Here, she turns a CJ to reveal how easily the acid sells in the market. Many other citizens across the nation second her view on the regulation of sale of acid in our country. Watch her report to find more. ...
12:38 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Acid attack victim, Sonali Mukherjee turns CJ to narrates her sorrowful tale after acid was thrown at her. She has been fighting to bring the criminals to justice ever since the day of attack. ...
12:27 PM, Jun 16, 2013
This week's CJ show is dedicated to the fighting spirit of acid attack victims. Also, featuring their resilience and determined courage to live life. Watch them as they CJ's to fight the crime that had once tried to disfigure their lives. ...
12:10 PM, Jun 16, 2013
New Delhi: A 16-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging in a police station in Delhi on Saturday evening, police said. "The girl, a native of Bangladesh, who works as a domestic help in south Delhi, had gone missing from her home in Vasant Kunj on Friday. A passerby spotted her near Rithala Metro station on Saturday in north Delhi and took her to Vijay Vihar police station," said a police...
05:51 AM, Jun 16, 2013
Hyderabad: Apparently frustrated by the delay in the formation of a separate Telangana state, a student of Osmania University in Andhra Pradesh committed suicide early Saturday, police said. The body of Bandaru Srinivas, an engineering student, was found hanging from a tree opposite the library on the Osmania University campus. He hailed from Mahabubnagar district of Telangana region. Srinivas' friends said he was depressed over the delay in granting statehood...
06:28 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Mumbai: Jiah Khan was a fighter and it is difficult to believe she took her own life, says her mother even as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her daughter. The 25-year-old US-born actress was found hanging at her residence here on June 3. It is speculated that a failed relationship with boyfriend Suraj, son of actors Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, led her to commit...
01:46 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Jaipur: A distant relative of a slain IRS officer allegedly committed suicide on Friday, leaving behind a note in which he said he was tortured by police during interrogation in connection with the murder. Kamal Meena was questioned on Thursday evening in connection with the killing of Sriram Meena, Deputy Director at Directorate of Central Excise Intelligence, who was found murdered in his house in Jagannathpuri locality in Sanganer on...
10:39 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Mumbai: Maharashtra government has prepared a comprehensive support and rehabilitation scheme for the survivors of rape, sexual assault and acid attacks. The compensation for the survivors will range from Rs 50,000 to Rs 2 lakh in normal cases and maximum of Rs 3 lakh in severe attacks. The scheme involves paying compensation to the survivor and also counselling, medical and legal help and education as well as vocational education for...
09:25 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Actor Suraj Pancholi's mother Zarina Wahab spoke to our Entertainment Editor Rajeev Masand about her son who was arrested for allegedly abetting actress Jiah Khan's suicide. She denied that her son was in a live-in relationship with the late actress and she also said if he is guilty then he will be punished. ...
04:59 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Mumbai: Zarina Wahab says she agrees with Jiah Khan's mother that her son Sooraj was not the right person for the 'Nishbad' actress, who committed suicide last week. Jiah committed suicide at her residence in Mumbai's Juhu area June 3. She was 25. On June 13, a Mumbai court sent Sooraj, son of actor couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina, to judicial custody till June 27 on charges of abetting the...
01:26 PM, Jun 14, 2013
This week, our Citizen Journalist Show Special highlights the trauma of acid attack victims in our country. Also featuring is their fight for justice. Watch the show on Saturday at 9:30 PM. ...
12:50 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Mumbai: The bail hearing of actor Suraj Pancholi, the prime accused in Jiah Khan suicide case, is adjourned till June 24. The plea will come up in a Sessions court as the aspiring actor is in judicial custody till June 27 on charges of abetting her suicide. The investigating officer had informed the court that Suraj had deleted messages from his mobile phone and the police needs more time to...
12:14 PM, Jun 14, 2013
