Pakistan's Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, an outspoken leader of the ruling Pakistan People's Party, was on Tuesday assassinated by one of his security guards in a gun attack at a market in the heart of Islamabad. Taseer was getting into his car at Kohsar Market in Islamabad's posh Sector F6/3 area when the guard from the elite force of Punjab police shot him with an automatic weapon at a close range. He was rushed to the Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
It is high time old boys' clubs inside many large corporations come under serious scrutiny for protecting one of their own.
Up to 95 per cent of units in the Noida-Greater Noida mega industrial zone are currently shut.
"The event is invitation-only for friends and supporters of the Trump-Pence campaign," the Trump campaign said.
Pakistani law enforcement agencies arrested six men, including three foreigners and as many activists of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed, in the eastern city of Sargodha for their alleged links to terror activities on Wednesday.
The Shoaib-Ayesha controversy turned murkier on Sunday with the Pakistani cricketer claiming he was emotionally forced into the 'nikahnama' with the Hyderabad girl but said the marriage was invalid as her family had cheated him and ruled out divorce.
Indian intelligence agencies said Bangladeshi security agencies have recently raided some hideouts of the United Liberation Front of Asom, prompting it's cadres to flee Bangladesh. The banned ULFA claimed on Wednesday that Chitraban Hazarika and Shashadhar Chowdhury were taken away by unidentified persons, from a house at Sector 3 of posh Uttara locality in Dhaka, where one of them was living with his family.
An analysis of the factors that led to Pakistan earning the sobriquet of 'the most dangerous country in the world' and the ominous implications it has for India.
In the brief telephonic conversation, Obama condoled the loss of lives, the Prime Minister's Office said, adding, "The two leaders took the opportunity to review developments in Indo-US relations."
Ojas Rajani talks about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's looks in Robot.
Nayantara Patel lists four hotels to visit for the fabulous food they serve.
Football legend David Beckham has revealed that he has been a fashion victim since he was seven.
Faesal's wife told the high court that she recently met him in custody and has received instructions to withdraw the habeas corpus plea.
Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on Monday said he had been tricked into marriage with local girl Ayesha Siddiqui when he was questioned by police in the wake of a complaint of cheating by her father against him.
The pop icon was reportedly arrested after his car crashed into a shop on the night of London's Gay Pride Parade.
It pays to be a teenage sensation. Sania Mirza's irresistible glamour and popularity seems to have become a problem as another stalker tried to barge into her posh Hyderabad residence, seeking marital bliss with her.
In Delhi, onions are being sold at Rs 50-60 per kg, but there were reports that in some posh colonies, vendors are even charging Rs 65-70/kg.
An Italian women and an Iranian student were among the nine persons killed in the blast in the German Bakery in Pune. All the nine persons killed have been identified, City Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh said, adding 60 people were injured in the blast at the bakery located at the posh Koregaon park area.
The Moulin Rouge director turns painter in this video.
Khushbu, who turned 29 on the 29th, did not live to see the day.
The auction of the flat at the posh Goriaghat locality, acquired by the department for illegal undervaluation in 1992, was sold for Rs 1.43 crore (Rs 14.3 million), sources said.
Amid the crisis has risen an outpouring of empathy from ordinary people across India led by the civil society, who have stepped up to help migrant labourers, domestic helps, construction workers, and small scale workers who were left jobless because of the nationwide lockdown.
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'A poorly conceived reboot that's overlong, overdramatic and overdone, Love Aaj Kal simply cannot differentiate between pyaar and parody,' says Sukanya Verma.
Bollywood singer Adnan Sami, who has been facing trial in a matrimonial dispute, has been asked by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to furnish documents regarding eight luxurious flats owned by him in suburban Andheri.
While austerity is the current fad, the United Progressive Alliance government has splurged over Rs 93 crore in the last five years on renovation and maintenance of the sprawling bungalows of ministers and Members of Parliament, in the posh Lutyen's zone. In reply to a Right To Information query filed by a resident of Mumbai, Chetan Kothari, it was revealed by the government that in the last five years, an expenditure of Rs 93.53 crore has been incurred.
Britain's Got Talent's unique finding is about to feature on the cover of a prestigious magazine in the US after a sensational makeover.
Two policemen were injured in two separate instances of grenade explosions in Srinagar on Wednesday. According to the police, unidentified militants tossed a grenade at the vehicle of a police official at Chanpora, and two policemen were injured in the blast.Militants also hurled a grenade at the police station in posh Rajbagh locality in the state capital.
India's Team director Ravi Shastri hosted the entire Test squad for 'Team Dinner'.
After resorting to quirky measures like debarring party spokespersons from news channel debates, the opposition parties are now overhauling their organisational set-ups and purging respective executives, committees and wings to weed out non-performers and deadwood. Virendra Singh Rawat reports.
Sania Mirza has lent her support to the cause of animal welfare, calling for adoption of homeless dogs and cats.
'According to legal advice provided to me then, I was told we had very limited options.' 'Now in hindsight and after taking stock of things myself, I can quite see how I was ill-advised.'
A seven-year-old boy was kidnapped from the high security Gandhi Maidan area in Patna on Monday.
In a ruling in May, a UK high court judge had refused to overturn a worldwide order freezing Mallya's assets and upheld an Indian court's ruling that the consortium of 13 Indian banks were entitled to recover funds amounting to nearly 1.145 billion pounds.
Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said the blast seemed to be aimed at sabotaging the Pakistan Super League final in Lahore.
Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi will take one more step forward towards realization of his political dream when he will formally open the newly built office building of his proposed political party in the posh Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad on next Sunday.
Indian Mujahideen terrorist Atif Ameen and an absconder were on Thursday charged by the police with planting bombs at posh Greater Kailash market in New Delhi on September 13 following a conspiracy hatched by Pakistan-based mastermind and IM founder Amir Raza Khan. In a charge sheet filed before chief metropolitan magistrate Kaveri Baweja, the police alleged that Ameen, who was killed in an encounter in south Delhi's Batla House area, had planted bombs.
All it requires is to begin early and a bit of discipline. Here's a to-do list for those in who want to buy their own home without going for a home loan.
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A live bomb was found on Saturday evening in a private nursing home in Dhantoli, police said.The sniffer dog of the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad identified the bomb which was wrapped in a plastic bag, police said.
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