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9th Dec 2013

Singapore: 27 suspects arrested over riots in Singapore’s Little India

SINGAPORE, (Xinhua): Singapore’s authorities arrested 27 suspects from South Asia over a rare riot happened on Sunday evening in an ethnic neighbourhood, Little India, the police said in a press conference before dawn on Monday morning. The riot, which was … Continued

8th Dec 2013

India’s extreme nationalist BJP party makes gains in state elections

India’s ruling Congress party has found itself sidelined in key regional elections seen as a test ahead of next year’s general election. The Hindu nationalist opposition has made big gains. Preliminary results showed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had … Continued

5th Dec 2013

India: UP turns its back on Muzaffarnagar’s gang-rape victims

By Furqan Ameen Siddiqui Muzaffarnagar, (Hindustan Times): Sixteen killed, six gang-raped, 24 accused – but not a single arrest has taken place even two months after the horror of riots visited Fugana village in Muzaffarnagar. The women of the … Continued

3rd Dec 2013

India: Hounded out of home, death stalks UP riots victims

[Shehnaaz, 34, and husband Mohd Shehzad, 38, show a local newspaper’s cutting which carried the photograph of their son who died because of dengue at a relief camp. (Raj k Raj/ HT Photo)] By Furquan Ameen Siddiqui Muzaffarnagar, (Hindustan Times): … Continued

3rd Dec 2013

Pakistan: Karachi violence claims six more lives

KARACHI, (The News): At least six people including political and religious workers were killed in different areas of Karachi as the incidents of target killing are emerging again, Geo News reported. According to reports, a worker of a … Continued

3rd Dec 2013

Paksitan: Ulema of different schools of thought devise code for harmony

Pakistan Ulema Council Chairman Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Asharfi. — File photo By Khalid Hussain LAHORE, Dec 2: Ulema of different schools of thought have unanimously agreed on a nine-point code of conduct (COC) to maintain sectarian harmony. They signed … Continued

2nd Dec 2013

Paksitan: Bus plunges into ravine, 10 killed, 5 hurt in Azad Jammu and Kashmir district

MUZAFFARABAD, (The News): Ten passengers were killed and five injured as a bus plunged into a ravine in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) district on Monday early morning here, Geo News reported. Police said that the ill-fated passenger bus … Continued

29th Nov 2013

Pakistan: Gen Raheel Sharif assumes Pak Army’s command

RAWALPINDI, (The News): Outgoing Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani handed over the command of Pakistan Army to the new army chief General Raheel Sharif on Friday. In this connection, a change of command ceremony was … Continued

29th Nov 2013

Pakistan: US drone attack kills one in North Waziristan

PESHAWAR, (The News): A US drone fired two missiles in Miranshah area of North Waziristan, tribal region near Afghan border, targeting a residential compound that killed one person and injured another, Geo News reported Friday. Sources said that the … Continued

28th Nov 2013

Pakistan: Kayani spends last day as army chief

KARACHI, (The News): General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani will spend last day today as Chief of the Army Staff before his successor General Raheel Shareef assumes charge on Friday. Taciturn general General Kayani, who led the army for six years, … Continued

28th Nov 2013

Pakistan: Firing, violence claim three lives in Karachi

KARACHI, (The News): Three persons lost their lives in firing and other violent incidents across the metropolis since midnight, Geo News reported Thursday. According to police, a body bearing bullets wounds was found from Gadap Town near a bridge. … Continued

27th Nov 2013

India: Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh, four security forces killed

New Delhi, (Express News Service) : At least four CRPF jawans were killed in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. According to reports, the jawans, who were part of the 168 Battalian, were carrying out a civic … Continued

27th Nov 2013

Iraq: 14 killed, 30 wounded in attacks against security forces in central Iraq

BAGHDAD, (Xinhua): At least 14 people were killed and 30 others wounded in attacks against Iraqi security forces in central Iraq on Tuesday, police said. At least eight people were killed and 20 others wounded on Tuesday evening when two … Continued

27th Nov 2013

India: Six killed in blasts near Kudankulam nuclear plant

Six persons including three children were feared killed after country bombs exploded at Idinthakarai, the epicentre of protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district on Tuesday evening. The fishing village is barely 3 km from … Continued

27th Nov 2013

Pakistan: Nato oil tanker torched in Khuzdar

KHUZDAR, (The News): Some unknown persons have torched the Nato oil tanker on way from Karachi to Quetta near Baghbana on Wednesday morning here, Geo News reported. Levies sources said that no loss of life occurred as the driver … Continued

27th Nov 2013

Pakistan: Six killed in land dispute clash in North Waziristan Agency

MIRANSHAH, (The News): Six persons were killed in a clash between the two groups over a land dispute at Spinwam in the North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Wednesday here, Geo News reported. The two groups claiming the ownership of … Continued

26th Nov 2013

India: Bangalore: Infant, 2 workers killed in building collapse

Bangalore, (PTI): Three persons, including an infant, died and two others were injured when a dilapidated residential building collapsed in Bangalore on Tuesday, police said. Two construction workers from Uttar Pradesh and a two-year-old baby playing near the one-storey building … Continued

26th Nov 2013

Pakistan: Rickshaw, train collision leaves nine dead in Dadu

DADU, (The News): In a horrible accident that occurred in Dadu when a rickshaw and train collided left nine dead and several others injured on Tuesday morning, Geo News reported. According to details, a rickshaw carrying school children … Continued

26th Nov 2013

Pakistan army gunship helicopters pound militant hideouts in NWA

PESHAWAR, (The News): The Pakistan Army launched an offensive against militants in different areas of North Waziristan tribal region that borders war-stricken Afghanistan, sources said Tuesday. The sources said that gunship helicopters pounded militant hideouts in Mir Ali area … Continued

25th Nov 2013

Pakistan: K-P lawmakers march to US consulate in Peshawar to protest drone strikes

PESHAWAR, (Express Tribune): A group of lawmakers from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) assembly have arrived in front of the US consulate in Peshawar to submit a memorandum against drone strikes, Express News reported on Monday. K-P Minister for Finance Sirajul Haq is … Continued