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Manmeet Alisher, a well-known singer in the Punjabi community was burned to death in Brisbane. (Photo: Facebook)

Popular Punjabi singer-cum-bus driver burnt alive by passenger in...

Bystanders kicked down the back doors of the municipal bus to rescue traumatised passengers.

28 Oct 2016 12:56 PM IST

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Citizen journalists covering Islamic State win courage prize

Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently says its members have been abducted, tortured and killed in retaliation for their...

28 Oct 2016 11:25 AM IST

Aid groups are bracing for an exodus of Mosul residents as the battle enters the city proper. (Representational image)

ISIS trickling out of Mosul as losses mount: US General

The United Nations says more than 10,000 people have already been displaced.

28 Oct 2016 10:56 AM IST

Top al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan killed in US drone attack

In February this year, the US Department of the Treasury labelled Qahtani a specially designated global terrorist.

28 Oct 2016 10:56 AM IST

Superstar ally Michelle Obama hits trail with Clinton for the first...

Taking the podium, Obama hailed Clinton 'for her leadership, for her courage and for what she is going to do for this...

28 Oct 2016 10:49 AM IST

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. (Photo: PTI)

JeM chief Masood Azhar is a 'terrorist', says Pervez Musharraf

Musharraf also said that the Nawaz Sharif government lacks aggression.

28 Oct 2016 10:48 AM IST

US vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence's plane skids off runway, no...

The plane was coming to New York from Fort Dodge, Iowa, where it had made a hard landing but stayed on runway earlier...

28 Oct 2016 9:41 AM IST

Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry has conveyed Surjeets expulsion to Indian embassy in Pakistan. (Photo: MEA)

Pak rubbishes spying claims, expels Indian Embassy official in...

The ministry has asked Indian High Commission to make arrangements for Surjeet Singh's deportation on an urgent basis.

28 Oct 2016 9:35 AM IST

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US Justice Dept charges 32 Indians in Ahmedabad-based call centre scam

The department will seek the extradition of the Indians charged in the case.

28 Oct 2016 9:34 AM IST

Shehbaz Sharif to file defamation suit against PTI chairman

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s younger brother has said he will file a defamation suit worth Rs 26 billion...

28 Oct 2016 7:10 AM IST

Hillary Clinton (Photo: AFP)

Celebrities rally behind Hillary Clinton with big cash

Glance at the list of Hillary Clinton’s biggest donors and you could be forgiven for thinking she was funding a...

28 Oct 2016 7:08 AM IST

RAF Typhoons set for ‘Cold War II’

In the largest build-up of troops in eastern Europe since the Cold War, the United Kingdom has confirmed that it will...

28 Oct 2016 7:05 AM IST