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Seven suspected terrorists from banned Shia militant group arrested in Pak

11:28 pm January 7, 2021

Lahore: Pakistan’s counter-terrorism police raided hideouts of an outlawed Shia militant group in the eastern Punjab province and arrested seven suspected terrorists who were allegedly planning to attack leaders of rival Sunni Muslims’ groups. The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab Police in a statement on Thursday said the suspects from the proscribed organisation SMP (Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan) were arrested in separate raids over […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

India detects total 71 cases of the new UK mutant strain

4:19 pm January 6, 2021

New Delhi: The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has climbed to 71, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. These 71 cases include the 58 which were announced by the ministry till Tuesday. “The total number of cases infected with the new strain […]

Pakistan’s Supreme Court orders reconstruction of vandalised Hindu temple

9:21 pm January 5, 2021

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered authorities to start the reconstruction of a century-old Hindu temple that was vandalised by a mob in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last week and instructed them to recover the money for the restoration work from the attackers whose act has caused ”international embarrassment” to the country. The apex court, which took notice of the attack […]

2 Chinese airports requiring virus test results

3:22 pm January 1, 2021

Beijing : Two major airports in northeastern China are requiring departing passengers show a negative coronavirus test taken over the previous 72 hours before they can board their planes. The requirements by the Shenyang and Dalian airports come amid a small but persistent growth in cases in the two cities located in Liaoning province just […]

30 arrested over attack on Hindu temple in northwest Pakistan

6:29 pm December 31, 2020

Peshawar : Pakistani police have arrested over 30 people, most of them belonging to a radical Islamist party, after a Hindu temple was vandalised and set on fire by a mob protesting its renovation in northwest Pakistan. A central leader of radical Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, Rehmat Salam Khattak, is among those arrested in police raids following the attack on Terri temple and […]