The Pakistani military on Saturday dismissed as "absurd and baseless" a British newspaper's report that the Inter-Services Intelligence agency was behind a defamation campaign against Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and Pakistan People's Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
A first before the last for many telegram senders
'I've had multiple skin cancers cut off, burnt off and every other way you can get rid of them. You get to 70 and you start to think, 'Christ, it's getting near the end now.' But I saw my mother, Jeanne near the end and she'd come to grips with death, and that's probably when I thought, 'shit, this is something you need to deal with'.'
Kasab's execution is part of the government's effort to demonstrate how it will deal with issues of national security strongly, political journalist Rasheed Kidwai tells Priyanka.
Has Modi -- after announcing the life-crushing demonetisation, the abrogation of Article 370 and the CAA/NPR/NRC without any consultation -- suddenly realised the value of taking everyone on board, asks Krishna Prasad.
Australia opener David Warner is likely to miss a few matches in the upcoming limited overs series against India as his wife is due with the couple's second child. Warner and wife Candice have a daughter named Ivy. According to Australian newspaper Daily Telegraph: "Warner is flying to Perth this morning ahead of Australia's series-opening clash against India at the WACA on January 12.
'Ghost-like stands repel rather than attract audiences,' observes Ashis Ray.
The judicial commission assigned to investigate the American raid in Abbottabad, which killed Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden in May 2011, states that no one else in the garrison town knew that the world's most wanted man had taken up residence there, according to a senior government official
The Dalai Lama has revealed he fears that Chinese agents have trained Tibetan women for a mission to kill him.
The couple had announced thier engagement seven months ago.
Loris Karius told fans he was 'infinitely sorry' for his two catastrophic errors in the side's 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League final and said he had struggled to sleep after Saturday's game.
'The Indian government wakes up after the fact when it can do nothing, or rather lacks the will to prosecute military actions to reverse these adverse PLA-driven developments.'
The antique four-poster with its ornate carved headboard was built for the residents of the Berkeley Castle estate in Gloucestershire in 1608 and has been used for more than 400 years.
Arsenal said on Sunday there had been no approach from potential bidders for the Premier League football club and that majority shareholder Stan Kroenke had no plans to sell up.
Legendary Greg Chappell has heaped praise on Michael Clarke, saying the responsibility of leading Australia has only got the best out of him and tipped the current skipper to emulate his predecessor Ricky Ponting by scoring 13,000 Test runs.
A lone attacker, believed to be a Libyan refugee, went on a stabbing spree in a busy park in the southern English city of Reading, killing three people and injuring three others, the deadliest terrorist incident to strike Britain since 2017 London Bridge attack.
A Japanese mathematician may have finally cracked 'the abc conjecture' -- one of the world's most complex mathematical theories.
Australian broadcaster ABC Radio has been forced to rule out their plans to cover the four-Test Australia-India series in India because of the rising costs imposed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Bairstow will be a key player for the England in the World Cup starting May 30 in the United Kingdom.
Lehmann quit his role with more than a year remaining on his contract despite being cleared of wrongdoing in the Cape Town scandal in March. Justin Langer succeeded him in May.
England -- fourth with eight points and two games left -- must now keep one eye on other results with Bangladesh and Sri Lanka breathing down their necks.
The Spanish government has been accused of curbing proof linking footballers and tennis stars to a disreputable doctor who will go on trial in Madrid next week and has been described as a 'one-man Wal-Mart' of doping, according to a report in an English daily.
The award to the star was announced on 13 October "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
Over 4,500 phones were intercepted during the month of August in addition to more than 5,000 phones which were already being tapped.
According to The Telegraph, JLR intends to invest around 200 million pounds on expanding the facility by 50 per cent.
A Middle Eastern consortium is poised to bid 1.5 billion pounds for full ownership of Britain's Arsenal Football Club in the biggest-ever takeover of a soccer team, The Telegraph newspaper reported.
The Red Cross had previously designated Idlib, Homs and Hama as war zones, but the change in status means international humanitarian law applies wherever fighting occurs throughout the country.
Death threats have been made against the staff of an Australian radio station, whose DJs made a prank call to a United Kingdom hospital which was treating pregnant Princes Kate, prompting some of the employees to move to safe-houses.
Controversial batsman Kevin Pietersen rejected a four-month contract offer from the England and Wales Cricket Board, hours before his ouster from the 16-member squad for the Test tour of India.
Rediff.com tracks the adventures of the French Spiderman since his early stints in 1997.
Australian media, on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Virat Kohli, labelling the India captain as 'classless' and 'egomaniac'.
The United States threatened to take military action against China during a secret 'star wars' arms race within the past few years, according to documents leaked by whistle-blowing web site WikiLeaks.
Australia's cricket captain Michael Clarke has insisted that he has not compromised himself physically by opting to sign a lucrative contract with the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Pune Warriors.
England captain Alastair Cook has confirmed that fast bowler Steven Finn has been ruled out of the first Test match against India at Ahmedabad, which gets under way on Thursday, by a thigh strain.
Israeli officials have turned down the President's request citing security concerns.
Former captain Michael Clarke has offered to help the embattled Australian cricket team 'in any way' he can as they deal with the fallout of ball-tampering bans to captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner.
'It was a combination of all sorts of things, craft, skill, versatility and most of all, an 'over my dead body' attitude without which you are not a great player'
The mother of the Delhi gang rape victim has spoken for the first time about the attack that shocked the country and has asked to hang the culprits for the heinous crime that they committed.
The Muslim Brotherhood is moving towards a surprise victory in the first round of presidential elections in Egypt.
A video of police mock drill showing dummy militants shouting pro-Islamic slogan emerged on Thursday in Gujarat, a day after controversy erupted over men, playing the part of terrorists, being made to wear skullcaps in a similar exercise in Surat.
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