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Jammat-ud-Dawah chief and Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed. (Photo: AFP)

House arrest of Saeed a policy decision in Pak's interest: Army

Saeed and four other JuD leaders were put under house arrest after order of detention was issued by Punjab Province's...

31 Jan 2017 6:24 PM IST

Gayathiri Bose is a manager at a transport company who has a three-year-old child and a seven-month-old baby. (Photo: Twitter)

Woman humiliated' at Frankfurt airport, made to prove she was...

Gayathiri Bose alleged that she was told by police to squeeze her breast at airport security to prove she was lactating.

31 Jan 2017 6:13 PM IST

Jammat-ud-Dawah chief and Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed. (Photo: AFP)

Defiant Hafiz Saeed says detention will give fresh impetus' to...

Saeed was detained on Monday at JuD's Lahore headquarters at Masjid Al-Qudsia Chauburji.

31 Jan 2017 4:56 PM IST

Critics argue the new textbooks exaggerate Park Chung-Hees role in industrialising the country, while glossing over his human rights abuses. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

S Korea unveils controversial state history textbooks

Legislators say the textbooks glorify the dictatorship of Park Chung-Hee, late father of impeached President Park...

31 Jan 2017 1:51 PM IST

President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in the Oal Office. (Photo: AP)

Trump to name Supreme Court pick on Tuesday

Trump has said he wants a candidate who opposes abortion and firmly backs the right to own guns.

31 Jan 2017 1:46 PM IST

US President Donald Trump

Trump taking steps to defeat ISIS: White House

Trump has signed an executive order asking his national security team to prepare an action plan within 30 days to defeat...

31 Jan 2017 1:09 PM IST

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

H-1B reform bill introduced in US House of Representatives

The bill calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to USD 130,000.

31 Jan 2017 12:47 PM IST

Patel, who was born in the UK to an Indian family from Navsari in Gujarat, got embroiled in a dispute with her next door neighbour over some roof stones that got damaged during renovation work on the two-bedroom house, which has a market value of 250,000 pounds. (Photo: Pixabay)

Indian-origin woman in UK sells home built in 18th century for 2...

A court order had directed that the home be sold to recover legal fees and costs of around 76,000 pounds.

31 Jan 2017 12:35 PM IST

US President Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump drafts order to restrict H1B visa

The executive order increases inspector raj and ends employment authorisation cards to spouses on such work visas.

31 Jan 2017 11:07 AM IST

The acting attorney general, Sally Yates, has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States, the White House said in a statement. (Photo: AP)

Trump fires acting AG for defying immigration ban

White House called Sally Yates 'weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration'.

31 Jan 2017 8:30 AM IST

Hafiz Saeed, Chief of Pakistans religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa addresses a seminar in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan puts Hafiz Saeed under house arrest

Before his detention, Saeed said he doesn't care if his organisation faces any 'curbs' for raising voice for 'oppressed...

31 Jan 2017 8:14 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during a White House senior staff swearing in ceremony in the East Room of the White House. (Photo: AP)

Pak says Trump ban to affect unity against terrorism

Trump put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travellers from Syria.

31 Jan 2017 6:54 AM IST