Russia’s air force has destroyed a large column of Islamic State fighters on their way to the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, killing over 200 militants, Russian news agencies cited Russia’s Defence Ministry as saying on Monday. Islamic State is concentrating its forces around Deir al-Zor after being

Riyadh: A fire broke out in a hotel in the Saudi city Makkah on Monday, sparking alarm among Haj pilgrims, an official said on Monday. The hotel in Makkah, where some two million Muslims will perform the 2017 Haj pilgrimage, was evacuated after the fire, Xinhua news agency reported. Civil Defe

Bengaluru: About 1,000 people from all walks of life took part in a cultural festival titled ‘Namma Bengaluru Habba’ (Our Bengaluru Festival) at the Sankey Tank here on Sunday to create awareness on preserving the environment. Organised by the Karnataka Tourism Department, the fest had about 20 a

New Delhi: The government has decided to proffer 40 per cent reservation for girls at 100 Navodaya-type schools and five higher education institutes it plans to set up for minority community students, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said. The Minister of State for Minority Affairs said the

JEDDAH: Security forces turned back more than 120,000 people who were headed to Makkah without a Hajj permit, and seized 61,600 vehicles, as of Aug. 17. Hajj security forces said they will step up operations with new security and traffic checkpoints on the roads leading to Makkah. They stresse

ٹوکیو: جاپانی انجینیئروں نے لکڑی سے حاصل ہونے والے اجزا سے کار بنانے کا اعلان کیا ہے جو موجودہ گاڑیوں کے وزن کے پانچویں حصے کے برابر اور فولاد سے بھی پانچ گنا مضبوط ہوگی۔ ماہرین کے مطابق درختوں سے حاصل شدہ سیلولوز نینوفائبر سے اگلے چند عشروں میں گاڑیاں بنانے کا خواب شرمندہ تعبیر ہوگا۔ کیوٹو یونیورس

Former Chief Minister and state BJP president B.S. Yeddyurappa has sought 10 days’ time to appear before the Anti Corruption Bureau in connection with the case probing the illegal denotification of land acquired for the Dr. K. Shivaram Karanth Layout in north Bengaluru. Mr. Yeddyurappa has been a

Ten militants sentenced to death and nine others jailed for 20 years each by a court in Bangladesh on Sunday for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2000. The convicts had hatched the plot to kill Hasina in 2000 by planting a high-powered explosive device at an open ground a

There would be a bank strike on August 22. Over 10 lakh bankers will go on strike on August 22 as talks between the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) on one side and Indian Banks' Association, chief labour commissioner and the Department of Financial Services (DFS) failed on Friday. A notice of

Baghdad: A total of 17,000 Iraqi displaced people have returned to their homes in the eastern part of Mosul in the past two months, government officials said. Iraq’s Minister of Displacement and Migration Jassim al-Jaaf said on Saturday that some 17,000 people returned to their homes in the distr

از: ابوالحسن علی بھٹکلی ۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔ ۳ مارچ ۱۹۳۳ء کو عید کے دن پشین میں پیدا ہونے والے سعید احمد اختر کا نام بھی اسی مناسبت سے رکھا گیا تھا کہ سعید مبارک کو کہتے ہیں اور اختر پشتو میں عید کو ۔ ان کے والد محکمہ تعلیم میں ملازم تھے اور بنیادی ط

لکھنؤ۔ مرکزی وزیر داخلہ راج ناتھ سنگھ نے دعوی کیا ہے کہ سال 2022 تک ملک دہشت گردی اور نکسل واد سے آزاد ہو جائے گا۔ مسٹر سنگھ نے یہاں منعقد ایک پروگرام میں کہا "2022 تک ہم جس 'نئےہندوستان' کا خواب دیکھ رہے ہیں اس میں دہشت گردی اور نکسل واد کا خاتمہ بھی ہے۔ سال 2022 تک ملک دہشت گردی، علیحدگی پسندی اور

A 29-year-old Pakistani salesman has been charged in the Court of First Instance for stealing Dh550,000 from his workplace. The case dates back to July 15 when a Chinese businessman, owner of a digital products trading firm, reported to Naif police station that he was robbed of Dh 550,000. "I

Raipur: A local BJP leader was arrested on Friday after 300 cows died allegedly of starvation and lack of medicines in the government-aided gaushala in Durg district of Chhattisgarh. The Chhattisgarh Rajya Gau Sewa Aayog, which lodged an FIR with the police after its team visited the cow shelter

ممبئی : ریزرو بینک آف انڈیا جلد ہی 50 روپے کا نیا نوٹ جاری کرے گا۔ اس نوٹ پر چھپی تصویر ملک کے ثقافتی ورثہ کے پیش کرنے والی ہوگی ۔ اسے مہاتما گاندھی نیو سیریز کے تحت جاری کیا جا رہا ہے۔ نوٹ کا بیسک رنگ فلورسینٹ بلیو ہے۔ آر بی آئی نے واضح کیا ہے کہ پہلے سے رائج 50 روپے کے دیگر نوٹ بھی چلتے رہیں گے

بنگلور: ملک کی انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی فیلڈ کی دوسری بڑی کمپنی انفوسس ٹیکنالوجی کے آج پھر اعلی سطح پر کئے گئے ردوبدل میں منیجنگ ڈائریکٹر (ایم ڈی) اور چیف ایگزیکٹو آفیسر (سی ای او) وشال سکہ نےفوری طور پر استعفی دے دیا۔ انہیں اب کمپنی کا ایگزیکٹو وائس چیئرمین مقرر کیا گیا ہے۔ کمپنی نے ایک بیان جاری کرتے

Baghdad, [Iraq]: Three days after the United States-led coalition pounded their locations in Salahuddin province, Islamic State (IS) militants attacked three military bases on Wednesday and eliminated ten soldiers. According to Xinhua News, six suicide bombers wearing explosive vests carried out

RIYADH: So far 54 Muslim pilgrims died before the annual Hajj pilgrimage begins in Saudi Arabia, Anadolu Agency reported. And in one day i.e; on late Sunday of August, 13, at least thirty one (31) people have lost their lives, the country’s official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. No furthe