Sarabjit Singh dies in Lahore hospital, family demands martyr status
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh died of cardiac arrest in a Lahore hospital in the wee hours on Thursday after being comatose for nearly a week following a brutal assault by fellow inmates in a high-security Pakistani jail, officials said. “I received a call from the doctor on duty (at Jinnah Hospital) at 1am (1:30 More...
Sarabjit Singh still in coma, on ventilator in Lahore hospital
Lahore: Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man who is on death row in Pakistan, continues to be in coma in a hospital in Lahore after he was attacked by two fellow prisoners with bricks and a knife at the Kot Lakhpat Jail More...
Barack Obama eulogizes victims of tragic Texas blast
Waco, Texas: President Barack Obama on Thursday eulogized 12 firefighters who were among 14 people killed in a massive blast at a fertilizer plant in a small Texas town, during a week of tragedy in America. Obama More...
Boston blasts: We will find out who did this, says Barack Obama
Washington: A stony-faced President Barack Obama declared that those responsible for the explosions at the Boston Marathon “will feel the full weight of justice,” but he urged a nervous nation not to More...
Indian-American hotelier Vikram Chatwal, arrested for possession of drugs, released on bond
New York: Indian-American hotelier Vikram Chatwal, arrested earlier this week at a Florida airport for allegedly carrying drugs, has been released on bond. According to the TMZ website, the city-based millionaire More...
US agents tracked bin Laden son-in-law for years before arrest
Washington: US investigators tracked Suleiman Abu Ghaith, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, for about 10 years before he was detained in Jordan and brought by the FBI to New York City in the past few days, U.S. More...
Dubai adds tallest hotel to superlative list
Dubai: Superlative-hungry Dubai is adding another to its list: A 72-story hotel billed as the world’s tallest. The JW Marriott’s Marquis Dubai formally opened on Tuesday after gaining the title of More...
No force against supporters of Tahir-ul-Qadri, says Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari
Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has ruled out the possibility of using force to disperse cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri’s followers who are staging a sit-in near Parliament. Mr Zardari told a Geo News More...
Brooklyn native Mallory Hagan wins Miss America crown
Las Vegas: A 23-year-old contestant from Brooklyn, New York, has won the title of Miss America. Mallory Hagan won the Las Vegas beauty pageant Saturday night after tap dancing to James Brown’s “Get More...
US accelerates Afghan withdrawal, endorses Taliban talks
Washington: American President Barack Obama has announced a faster than planned withdrawal of the 66,000 U.S troops from Afghanistan. President Obama made it clear that American troops would not be part of ‘most’ More...
