Tag: Indian

Two Indian pilots grounded after ‘mid-air row’

  MUMBAI: An Indian airline said Thursday it had grounded two pilots over allegations they had a fight and both briefly stormed out of the...

Indian Muslim women seek ban on polygamy, after triple talaq

NEW DELHI:  A day after the Lok Sabha passed the contentious bill on instant triple talaq, the development was hailed by several Muslim women involved...

Pakistan releases 145 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan authorities on Thursday released 145 prisoners from Karachi’s Malir jail as a gesture of goodwill towards India. The freed fishermen were taken to...

A German’s love affair with Indian cinema

Munich-born German, Josef Wirsching has worked on more than 17 Hindi and Urdu films as the cinematographer of Bombay Talkies, a studio set up by the...

Indian diplomat who called Pakistan ‘Terroristan’, robbed of phone in Delhi

NEW DELHI: Bike-borne men snatched the mobile of Eenam Gambhir, the first Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, reports NDTV. The...

Indian police arrest Christian priest on accusations by Hindu group

NEW DELHI: Indian police arrested a Christian priest and were questioning members of a seminary after a hardline Hindu group accused them of trying to...

Senators call for investigation into Indian national’s tweet about terror attack

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior on Monday has been asked to direct a thorough investigation into the prediction by an Indian national named Anirudh Kumar...

Six Britons from anti-piracy ship freed from Indian jail

CHENNAI: Six Britons who were among 35 crew on a US-operated anti-piracy ship serving jail terms for illegal possession of weapons were released from an...

Indian judge re-elected to ICJ

NEW YORK: India’s nominee to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Dalveer Bhandari was on Tuesday re-elected to the last seat of the world court...

‘We’re praying’ : Indian officials say will not act on smog...

NEW DELHI: As pollution level climbed to 12 times above the recommended limit this week in India’s capital, government officials said they knew what was...

Indian man in heavy debt sets family on fire

  Indian police arrested a loan shark on Tuesday after an impoverished labourer burdened with debt doused himself and his family in kerosene and set...

Kashmiri denied medical assistance in India

Mumbai: An Indian doctor reportedly denied medical assistance to a woman for being Kashmiri. According to a report, Dr Manoj Tiwari of Postgraduate Institute of Medical...

Indian army chief accuses predecessor of victimisation

For the first time, a serving Indian Army chief has accused a predecessor of stalling his promotion on baseless grounds. Chief of Army Staff (COAS)...

Indian finance minister not to attend SAARC ministers meeting in Pakistan

India will not send its Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to attend a meeting of SAARC ministers in Islamabad next week, Indian media reported on...

PIA denies Kuala Lumpur-bound flight was barred from using Indian air...

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has denied that its flight from Peshawar to Kuala Lumpur had been barred from entering into India’s air space on...

Indian couple hacked to death over 22-cent debt

An axe-wielding shopkeeper hacked a couple to death in northern India on Thursday after they failed to pay a debt of 22 US cents,...

Indian woman accused of desecrating Guru Granth Sahib killed in Ludhiana

A 47-year-old woman, who was accused of desecrating the Guru Granth Sahib, was shot dead outside a gurudwara in Ludhiana district's Alamgir village on...