London, Aug 7 : The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has abducted several people, mostly Christian, from Homs province in Syria in pro-regime forces.According to the BBC, monitoring groups said that these people were captured when the militants swept through al-Qaryatain in Homs province.Many of the Christians had fled to al-Qaryatain to escape […]
Karachi, Aug 7: Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has denied that Taliban leader Mullah Omar died in Pakistan or buried there.According to the Dawn, he said that Omar was neither in Quetta nor Karachi, adding that Pakistan does not want to be involved in controversy pertaining to Taliban leadership.His comments came while he was […]
London, Aug 7 : North Korea will soon switch to a new time zone in order to mark the country’s liberation from the Japanese at the end of World War Two.According to the BBC, North Korea is in the same time zone as South Korea and Japan as of now.South Korea and Japan are nine […]
Pune, Aug 7 : The Director of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Prashant Pathrabe, on Friday said action would be taken against students ‘overstaying’ in the hostel.The decision comes in the wake of Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore’s written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. “On August […]
New Delhi, Aug 7 : Reacting on the ISIS flags being waved in Srinagar, JD(U) leader KC Tyagi on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ‘put his arrogance aside’ and call an all party meet immediately.”Ever since the BJP-PDP party has formed in Kashmir, the situation has gotten worse. We have been unsuccessful to […]