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Washington, Sept 20: Almost 59% of all terrorist attacks in 2017 took place in five Asian countries, including Pakistan and India, a US report said Thursday. The other three countries include Afghanistan, Iraq and the Philippines. Like every year, Muslim dominant countries were the biggest victims of the terror attacks in 2017 too. The total number of terrorist attacks worldwide last year

United Nations, Sept 20: In the strongest disciplinary measure available within staff rules in the United Nations, an Indian national employed in the UN agency for gender equality and women empowerment has been dismissed after an investigation determined he engaged in sexual misconduct. The UN Women had said last month that the Office of Audit and Investigation of the United Nations Development

Lahore, Sept 20: Ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law were released from prison on Wednesday, hours after a top court suspended their sentences in a major corruption case that wrecked their political career. In a relief to the Sharif family which is still grieving from the death of Nawaz's wife Begum Kulsoom, a two-judge bench of the Islamabad High Court

Srinagar, Sept 19: Security forces burst teargas shells and arrested dozens of Shia mourners on Wednesday to foil the Muharram procession in the summer capital, Srinagar on the eighth day of Muharram. A large number of mourners who had come from different parts of the city had assembled at Batamaloo. However, when they tried to march towards civil lines, security forces and state police personnel

Srinagar, Sept 19: Security forces burst teargas shells and arrested dozens of Shia mourners on Wednesday to foil the Muharram procession in the summer capital, Srinagar on the eighth day of Muharram. A large number of mourners who had come from different parts of the city had assembled at Batamaloo. However, when they tried to march towards civil lines, security forces and state police personnel

United Nations, Sept 19: India has said it was ironic that Pakistan, a country founded on religious fundamentalism, spoke of communal disharmony and religious intolerance. India was exercising its right of reply on Tuesday after Pakistan raised the UN report on Kashmir in the Human Rights Council. “The world does not need lessons on democracy and human rights from Pakistan which has not enjoyed

New Delhi, Sept 19: The Union cabinet has cleared an ordinance to make the practice of instant triple talaq a penal offence, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Wednesday, citing compelling necessity for the move as the practice annulled by the Supreme Court continues unabated. Addressing a press conference, he accused the Congress party of not cooperating in the passage of the 'Muslim Women

Mumbai, Sept 19: A victim of the 2008 Malegaon blast filed an intervention in the case before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday. The intervention will be heard before special judge Vinod Padalkar while Advocate Shrikant Shivade makes arguments on the government’s sanction to prosecute accused Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit. Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal, who is now bedridden

Bengaluru, Sept 19: A quarrel between two siblings has culminated in the accidental murder of younger brother at Anjananagar, off Magadi Road, on the outskirts Bengaluru. Muniraju C, 35, an electrical contractor and resident of Anjananagar, and Jagadish C, 28, resident of Honnaganahatti village, fought over family and finance issues. Around Monday midnight, Jagadish damaged his brother’s car and

Mumbai, Sept 18: Senior Congress legislator Naseem Khan on Tuesday courted controversy as a video clip showing him being showered with currency notes at a religious event went viral. During a visit to a 'bhajan' event organised by the Bhanushali community, Mr Khan was welcomed by several people by showering currency notes on him. The Congress leader is seen smiling as he entered the venue in