Gunmen fatally shoot cleric in Pak

Posted on   1:53 pm

Prominent cleric and Member of the Provincial Council of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl Group), Maulana Abdus Salam, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday in northwest Pakistan, police said.

India, Israel ink major defence pact

Posted on   1:48 pm

India and Israel on Tuesday signed a defence pact that will facilitate sharing of advanced technologies and promote co-development and co-production of key weapon systems and military hardware, in a major move to further bolster their already robust strategic ties.

Mamata tears into BJP, EC over SIR

Posted on   1:46 pm

Mounting a blistering attack on the BJP and the EC, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused them of turning the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists into a political tool for a “silent, invisible rigging” ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls.

FIR filed against JD(U)’s Lalan

Posted on   1:42 pm

An FIR was registered against Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’ on Tuesday for making a controversial statement against opposition leaders during campaigning for arrested JD(U) candidate Anant Singh in Bihar’s Mokama.