June 5, 2015
BAGHDAD, IRAQ – Tariq Aziz, who was foreign minister of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, has died in prison, Iraqi officials said on Friday. He was 79.
June 5, 2015
ISLAMABAD: Eight of the 10 men reportedly jailed for the attempted assassination of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai were acquitted, it has emerged.
Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban, atthe Ballykisteen Hotel for the 2012 Tipperary International Peace Award.
June 4, 2015
DUBAI – Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne on Wednesday met ICC Chief Executive Dave Richardson at the global body's headquarters to discuss their ambitious Legends T20 cricket League, proposed to be held in the USA in August-September.
June 4, 2015
Beijing: China prefers a pact with India on a Code of Conduct to maintain peace along the border rather than clarification of Line of Actual Control proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Beijing last month.
June 3, 2015
NEW DELHI – No-frills carrier IndiGo on Tuesday rolled out a new pre-paid virtual coupon scheme for regular flyers, which allows a customer to use them at any time of travel without worrying about price fluctuations.
June 3, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – India and the US signed a new strategically important 10-year defence framework pact today, envisaging joint development and manufacture of defence equipment and technology including jet engines, aircraft carrier design and construction.
June 3, 2015
Paris: Novak Djokovic crushed nine-time champion Rafael Nadal 7-5, 6-3, 6-1 to move into the French Open semi-finals on Wednesday, condemning the great Spaniard to just his second defeat in 72 matches at Roland Garros.
June 3, 2015
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Singing the jaded 'K tune' once again, Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday described Kashmir as an "unfinished agenda of partition."
June 2, 2015
Uttra Pradesh: VK Pandey, the official in Uttar Pradesh responsible for the tests that detected “dangerously high” levels of lead in Maggi noodles, had previously taken on food products giant Britannia for the “wrong” labelling of its non-vegetarian cake.
June 2, 2015
NEW DELHI – Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was responsible for killing "hundreds of civilians" in Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat, chief of Pakistani hardline party Jamaat-e-Islami Siraj-ul-Haq announced a award of Rs 1 billion to anyone who arrested the PM.
Indian Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
