Salman Taseer's assassin gets death sentence
Islamabad, Oct 1: The bodyguard who gunned down Punjab governor Salman Taseer in January this year was found guilty and sentenced to death Saturday by a Pakistani court, a media report said. The sentence was handed down by the Anti-Terrorism Court sitting in Rawalpindi. Taseer was More
Karzai says talks with Taliban useless
Kabul, Oct 1: Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who for years pushed for reconciliation with the Taliban, now says attempts to negotiate with the insurgent movement are futile and efforts at dialogue should focus instead on neighbouring Pakistan. The Afghan leader explained in a videotaped speech More
Pak Army to probe 3 tainted ex-generals

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, Oct 1: Pakistani military authorities have constituted a court of inquiry to take action against three retired army generals found involved in mismanaging the funds of an army-run transport firm and causing losses of Rs 1.8 billion. The Defence Ministry set up the court of inquiry More
  • Kashmir

SKIMS to get geriatric centre: Azad

GK MONITORING DESK

Srinagar, Oct 1: The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Saturday announced setting up of Regional Geriatric Centre at Sher-e- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura More


  • Srinagar City

INT’L SCHOOL KASHMIR FORAYS INTO CITY

SCHOOLING BEYOND BLACKBOARD

ARIF SHAFI WANI

WHEN Satria Farah Amina Candoa, an educationist from Philippines visited Kashmir in 2004, she was “shocked to see children huddled in classrooms of pre-schools and given lectures like high school students More



  • Jammu

Highway jam disrupts traffic Commuters Blame Traffic Police

Batote, Oct 1: Commuters on Srinagar-Jammu highway had a harrowing time on Saturday after thousands of vehicles got caught in chronic traffic jam between Patnitop and Batote stretch. Though the main More


  • South Asia

Salman Taseer's assassin gets death sentence

Islamabad, Oct 1: The bodyguard who gunned down Punjab governor Salman Taseer in January this year was found guilty and sentenced to death Saturday by a Pakistani court, a media report said. The sentence More


  • World

Awlaki's death major blow to al-Qaeda: Obama

Washington, Oct 1: Describing the death of al-Qaeda's top spiritual leader Anwar al-Awlaki as a "major blow" to the group, US President Barack Obama has said that it marks another significant milestone More


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