Over 1.5 lakh Indians along with tens of thousands of Muslims from across the world began moving from the holy city of Mecca to nearby tent-city of Mina, marking the beginning of the annual Haj pilgrimage.
According to agencies, supporters of a Shi'ite leader, who was shot earlier in the day, were protesting outside a hospital in Dera Ismail Khan town when the blast went off.
ETA Star Property Developers, a joint venture between the Dubai-based Al-Ghuriair and Hong Kong-based Amana Investments, is planning to develop an integrated township in Sriperumandur, 50 km from Chennai, at an investment of around Rs 7,500 crore (Rs 75 billion).
A police officer, who was injured in the terror attack, is struggling hard to cope with the constant media scrutiny.
Shaan talks about his role as host for the reality music show, Amul Star Voice Of India.
Fifteen-year-old Aitezaz Shah, who was arrested from Dera Ismail Khan town of the North West Frontier Province, identified the bomber as a man named Bilal who belonged to the South Waziristan tribal region, Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah said.A team of investigators has gone to South Waziristan to meet Bilal's family to get more information about him. Reports said that the investigators had shown a photograph of the suspected bomber to Aitezaz Shah, who identified him.
Aitzaz, who was arrested on Friday from Dera Ismail Khan, revealed that he had been asked to attack Benazir in Karachi in the event of her escaping the attack in Rawalpindi, the newspaper Dawn quoted sources as saying. After Bhutto's assassination, Aitzaz was directed to move to Karachi to target the US Consulate, the sources said.
A missile strike on a Taliban commander's compound in Pakistan's restive Bajaur Agency that killed at least a dozen people was the third such attack by suspected American pilotless drones in the region.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
'I am grateful to God that I am alive and he has made me differently-abled for a greater cause,' says Wing Commander Shantanu.
More than 50 persons have been killed, including two policemen, and nearly 6,000 others injured in the ongoing street protests in Kashmir.
The recoveries made from the gunned-down terrorist included two assault rifles along with two magazines and 234 rounds of bullets, five pistols with 10 magazines and 60 rounds, 15 hand grenades and 12 fuses for IEDs.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
A recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.
Travelling abroad will be tougher for civil servants, with the Narendra Modi government further tightening the rules for foreign travel.
Syria's Olympic Committee is sending seven athletes to compete in Rio this month, in athletics, swimming, judo, table tennis and weightlifting.
A suicide bomber on Tuesday blew himself up in a north-west Pakistani town bordering the restive tribal area, killing at least 10 people and injuring several others.
Irked over some matter, the head constable picked up his rifle and opened indiscriminate firing at his colleagues leaving two jawans dead on the spot and six injured.
Airports and hotels are among the smartest buildings.
Pervez Shaikh, Mushtaq Tarani and Abdul Gani Turq were sentenced to death.
The country's volatile tribal areas were turned into virtual killing fields in three different suicide attacks.
Islamic militants have launched a spate of attacks in the province since the mosque operation that has left at least 30 people dead though security has been tightened across the country due to fears of extremist backlash.
'The new generation of teenagers which has taken the forefront is largely an amorphous, leaderless mass.' 'It is extremely difficult to find a representative with whom to negotiate now, unless one turns to a militant leader.'
Achebe is probably best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart, written in 1958.
The authorities had sought explanation from these 18 lakh entities through SMS and emails
Abbas Alizada not only looks like kung Fu legend Bruce Lee, but has the skills to prove it too. And he has become an instant internet sensation.
Schools in the Valley will reopen next week, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam said.
Modi spent 32 days out of the country in 2017.
Professor Mohammad Ismail Bhat warns of a strong quake waiting to happen in Jammu and Kashmir.
England has won both of the Women's World Cups held on home soil and will have the chance to make it a hat-trick on Sunday at Lord's after claiming a dramatic two-wicket win over South Africa in the final over of the semi-final in Bristol, on Tuesday.
He will take over the doubles responsibilities for the Thomas Cup.
The Maharashtra ATS on Monday arrested two alleged associates of top IM operative Yasin Bhatkal in connection with the 2011 serial blasts in the metropolis.
Prime Minister Ismail Haniya's Hamas-led government stepped down to start the constitutional process of forming a 'national union' with rival Fatah movement and President Mahmud Abbas charged him with forming the new cabinet.
Bhutto was killed in a gun-and-bomb attack during an election campaign rally on December 27, 2007 outside the Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi.
Highly critical of Karnataka government's decision to celebrate Tipu Jayanti to "appease" minorities, an article in 'Panchjanya' described him as 'Aurangzeb' of South who "forcibly" converted lakhs of people.
The Ministry of Law and Justice, in its affidavit, referred to constitutional principles like gender equality, secularism, international covenants, religious practices and marital law prevalent in various Islamic countries to drive home the point that the practice of triple talaq and polygamy needed to be adjudicated upon afresh by the apex court.
The crowd gathered in front of Apsara hotel on Tuesday night, where the Maulana was discussing the matter with his corporators.
The officer said Haseena has accepted to have been in contact over phone with only two of the Kaskar siblings -- Mushtaqim and Humayun -- the only ones not wanted by the Mumbai police.
Amid escalating violence, at least 22 Palestinians and an Israeli soldier have been killed as Israel intensified military operations in the Gaza Strip.
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