Patna: A 113-year-old madrassa library in India’s eastern state of Bihar that once housed more than 4,500 books, including ancient manuscripts and sacred Islamic texts written in beautiful calligraphy has been reduced to ashes by rioters on March 31. Charred pages, mixed with ash of completely
Assam: Amritpal Singh, a Sikh separatist who was arrested on April 22, has been transferred to a jail in Assam under high security, according to Indian media reports. Singh was taken into custody from the Rode village in Moga district, Punjab “on the basis of specific
Wagah: The border forces of Pakistan and India exchanged sweets and expressed good wishes for each other on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. At the Wagah-Attari border, sweets were exchanged between the local commanders of Pakistan Rangers Punjab and Border Security Force (BSF) India. Similarly, the border
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari will lead the Pakistan delegation to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) being held on May 4-5 in Goa, India, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch confirmed on Thursday. The foreign minister is attending the SCO CFM
New Delhi: India on Thursday recorded 12,591 new cases of coronavirus, marking the highest single-day rise in eight months, PTI reported. The number of active cases stood at 65,286, while the daily positivity rate was 5.46%, the data shared by the Ministry of Health and Welfare
New Delhi: India is on its way to become the world’s most populous country, overtaking China with almost three million more people in the middle of this year, data released on Wednesday by the United Nations showed. The demographic data from the United Nations Population Fund’s
New Delhi: Delhi on Wednesday recorded 1,537 new coronavirus cases with a positivity rate of 26.54%, the data shared by the city’s health department showed, reported PTI. Five deaths were also reported. But, in a statement, the health department said that Covid-19 was the primary cause
Mumbai: At least eleven people died fter suffering from sunstroke at an event attended by India's home minister on the outskirts of Mumbai, the chief minister of Maharashtra state said. Hundreds of thousands of people attended an award function on Sunday afternoon where federal home minister
New Delhi: Authorities have said that former Indian politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother were killed by gunmen who appeared to be journalists, live on TV, reported AFP. Atiq, 61, was convicted of kidnapping but was incarcerated in 2019. As per the television images, he was
Islamabad: Pakistan demanded answers from the Indian government after the revelations made by former governor of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) Satya Pal Malik about Pulwama attack. According to a statement issued by Foreign Office, Malik's — who was governor during the Pulwama terrorist