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Islamabad, Nov 26: Pakistan's government called on the powerful military to deploy in the capital Islamabad Saturday after deadly unrest broke out when police moved to dislodge an Islamist protest that has paralysed the city for weeks. At least six people were killed and some 190 injured -- around 137 of whom were security personnel -- in fierce clashes as police tried to disperse the

New Delhi, Nov 25: Popular Front of India has filed complaints against the TV channels India Today, Aajtak and Times Now for telecasting defamatory news about the organisation, before the National Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) which is a self-regulatory body headed by Justice R.V. Raveendran. In a release issued here PFI claimed that India Today, Aajtak and Times Now have been

Chitradurga, Nov 25: Six persons, including five of a family, were killed in a head-on collision between two SUVs on National Highway-4 close to Athithya Hotel near Metikurke in Hiriyur taluk of Chitradurga on Saturday. Four persons have suffered grievous injuries in the accident. The deceased have been identified as Praveen Devashetty (35), his wife Soumya (30), their children Sharath (6) and

Cairo, Nov 25: Egypt’s chief prosecutor on November 25 said the attack on a Sinai mosque has killed 305 people, including 27 children. In a statement, Nabil Sadeq said the attack that occurred a day earlier also left 126 people wounded. Mr. Sadeq said the attack was carried out by 25-30 militants, who arrived at the mosque in the small town of Bir al-Abd in five all-terrain vehicles. They

Chennai, Nov 25: The Madras High Court on Friday directed the police to register an FIR against actor Kamal Haasan if a cognisable offence is made out against him over his alleged comments on "Hindu terrorism" in a Tamil magazine. Justice M S Ramesh passed the order on a petition by G Devarajan, a registered advocate clerk in the high court, seeking a direction to the police to register the FIR

New Delhi, Nov 25: The Congress on Friday held Prime Minister Narendra Modi "solely responsible" for creating a "mess" of the economy, after Standard & Poor's kept its sovereign rating for the country unchanged. Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said the government was taking shelter under these "dubious" certificates from rating agencies. Rating agency Moody's had on last Friday raised India's

Riyadh, Nov 25: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, who is soon likely to take over as King, has denounced Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as the "new Hitler of the Middle East", as tensions simmer between the regional rivals. Saudi Arabia and its neighbor Iran have traded a bitter war of words after a missile fired from Yemen was intercepted near Riyadh airport on Nov. 4

Hong Kong, Nov 25: After a massive crackdown on the Islam-following Uyghur community in its Xinjiang province, China is now targeting the ethnic Kazakhs living on its side of the border with Kazakhstan - again on grounds of religion with the objective of forcing them to stop following their Islamic customs, including prayers five times a day. According to reports, which are usually difficult to

Cairo, Nov 24: Around 240 worshippers were killed and 109 others injured when heavily-armed militants bombed a mosque and opened fire on people attending Friday prayers in Egypt's restive North Sinai region, in the deadliest terror attack in the country. The militants launched a targeted bomb and gun attack on the al-Rowda mosque in Al-Arish city during the Friday prayers, the state-run MENA news

Udupi, Nov 24: The three-day Dharma Sansad organized by Vishwa Hindu Parishad was inaugurated on Friday morning in the presence of hundreds of seers and sages from across India. Pejavar mutt seer Sri Vishwesha Thirtha Swami formally inaugurated the event by lighting a lamp. A Shobha Yatra of sants and sadhus from Rajangana in Sri Krishna Mutt to the convention venue at the Royal Garden near