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Pakistan hopes India would explain its position on Mumbai‚ Parliament attacks

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday that it hoped the Indian government would explain its position and bring forth facts about the revelations...

Bangladesh court awards death sentence to Jamaat leader to death for 1971 war crimes

DHAKA: A senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islaami (JI), Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid, was sentenced to death on Wednesday for his role in the kidnapping...

20 school children die from food poisoning in India

PATNA: As many as 20 school children in India have died after allegedly succumbing to food poisoning from a mid-day meal served by their...

Two killed as Bangladesh police fire on JI’s Azam protesters

DHAKA: At least two persons were killed when police in southwest Bangladesh opened fire on protesters, who were demonstrating against a prison term given...

Bangladeshi top JI leader sentenced to 90 years in jail over war crimes charges

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court on Monday awarded 90-year imprisonment to top Bangladeshi Islamist Ghulam Azam on war crimes charges. “Ghulam Azam in effect took part in the...

Indian Air Force’s MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashes in Rajasthan, pilot killed

JAIPUR: An Indian Air Force's MiG-21 fighter aircraft crashed in Rajasthan's Uttarlai area on Monday, Indian media reported. The pilot was killed in the...

10 killed‚ 15 injured as building collapses in India

SECUNDERABAD: At least 10 persons were killed and 15 others injured when a two-storey hotel collapsed in the southern Indian city of Secunderabad on...

Pakistan PM’s special envoy meets Singh

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister’s special envoy Shaharyar M. Khan met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Indian capital on Friday and conveyed Pakistan’s...

Sharif, Singh likely to meet in September: Sartaj Aziz

BRUNEI: The Special Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Tuesday that Prime Ministers of Pakistan and India are likely to meet in...

Pakistan, India exchange lists of prisoners

ISLAMABAD: The governments of Pakistan and India on Monday exchanged lists of prisoners lodged in each other’s respective prisons. According to the list, there are...

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