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LDA seals school with students inside 19 Feb 2015 - 02:05 pm

LAHORE: A private school located in the Iqbal Town area of the city was sealed by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) over the...

Shikarpur tragedy case will be sent to military court 19 Feb 2015 - 01:59 pm

KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon on Thursday presented a charter of demands from the Shikarpur Shuda Action Committee according to which it...

No force can defeat a nation full of such brave soldiers: PM 19 Feb 2015 - 01:55 pm

QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that no force can defeat a nation full of such brave soldiers. While addressing the...

Afghan Taliban say peace talks with US to be held today in Qatar 19 Feb 2015 - 01:50 pm

DOHA: Sources within the Afghan Taliban said on Thursday their negotiators would hold the first round of peace talks with US officials in...

Musharraf says he brought real democracy to Pakistan 19 Feb 2015 - 01:45 pm

NEW DELHI: Former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in an interview with an Indian news channel said only he had brought real democracy...

Return of 16 SAF guns 'good first step' 19 Feb 2015 - 01:41 pm

MANILA, Philippines - A total of 16 Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) firearms were turned over to the Philippine National Police at...

Binay daughter: Bataan, Laguna properties declared in my father's SALN 19 Feb 2015 - 01:35 pm

MANILA, Philippines - Makati City Rep. Abigail Binay on Thursday belied allegations that some properties of her father Vice President Jejomar Binay were...

Cayetano to Binay: Show your bank accounts 19 Feb 2015 - 01:27 pm

MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday reiterated his challenge to Vice President Jejomar Binay to sign the waiver that would...

Putin, Poroshenko, Hollande, Merkel denounce Ukraine ceasefire breach: France 19 Feb 2015 - 01:23 pm

Paris---The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have denounced the breach of the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine following a four-way phone call,...

AFP, PNP officials display unity amid coup rumors 19 Feb 2015 - 01:20 pm

MANILA, Philippines - Security officials tried to display unity on Thursday amid coup rumors and the finger-pointing on who should be blamed for...

2 gunmen nabbed over QC store helper's murder 19 Feb 2015 - 01:14 pm

MANILA, Philippines - Police arrested two suspected gun for hire responsible for the shooting dead a store helper in Quezon City Wednesday afternoon. ...

It’s not wrong to trust; Manjhi’s is an unprecedented betrayal 19 Feb 2015 - 01:07 pm

PATNA--Two days before the trust vote in Bihar, Nitish Kumar, former chief minister, recounts the events of the day that became, for him,...

Four persons arrested for Kalyani University rampage 19 Feb 2015 - 01:03 pm

KALYANI--Four persons have been arrested in connection with the rampage at Kalyani University in which two senior officials were assaulted, police said on...

2 police inspectors arrested for stealing petrol-diesel 19 Feb 2015 - 12:56 pm

VADODARA--Two police inspectors were arrested for allegedly stealing petrol and diesel worth over Rs 21 lakh from a government petrol pump managed by...

Kerala CPI-M meet: Focus on Pinarayi’s successor 19 Feb 2015 - 12:52 pm

ALAPPHUZA--As the three-day state conference of the CPI(M) begins here tomorrow, the focus is on who is going to be the next Kerala...

State knew of threat to Govind Pansare 19 Feb 2015 - 12:47 pm

MUMBAI--The state was aware of the threat to veteran Communist leader and anti-toll tax campaigner Govind Pandharinath Pansare (84), who was shot at...

Australia PM denies threatening Indonesia 19 Feb 2015 - 12:44 pm

Prime Minister Tony Abbott Sydney---Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday denied threatening Indonesia over the fate of two Australians on death row by linking...

More than 400,000 rally over prosecutor death: Buenos Aires police 19 Feb 2015 - 12:36 pm

Buenos Aires---More than 400,000 people marched Wednesday in Buenos Aires as a tribute to Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, a month after his death...