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  • Top pro-Khalistan leader shot dead in Pak: Sources

    Published On: Jan, 28, 202010:53 PM

    A top leader of a pro-Khalistan outfit, wanted in India, has been shot dead by two unidentified attackers outside a gurdwara near the Wagah Border, a police source said on Tuesday.
    Top pro-Khalistan leader shot dead in Pak: Sources
    Harmeet Singh alias 'Happy PhD', a leader of the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), was killed on Monday near Dera Chahal Gurdwara on the outskirts of Lahore, the source said.Singh, who hailed from Amritsar and was allegedly involved in the murder of RSS leaders in Punjab in 2016-2017, was among eight Khalistan-linked terrorists against whom the Interpol had issued “red notices” last year.No FIR has been registered over Singh's murder. We have been asked not to pursue this case. Therefore, no FIR has been registered in the murder of Harmeet Singh, the source told PTI.The law enforcement agencies have cordoned off the area near the gurdwara in Burki since Monday and no one including journalists are allowed to visit there.The source said the body has not been shifted to any of the Lahore's morgue for autopsy.Asked about the murder, a...
  • Israel's Netanyahu formally indicted on corruption charges Israel's Netanyahu formally indicted on corruption charges
    Published On: Jan, 28, 202009:50 PM

    Netanyahu has been charged with bribery and fraud and breach of trust in three corruption cases, CNN reported.

  • WHO chief assures China all necessary help to contain coronavirus outbreak WHO chief assures China all necessary help to contain coronavirus outbreak
    Published On: Jan, 28, 202008:41 PM

    The World Health Organisation chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Tuesday assured Beijing all necessary help to contain the coronavirus outbreak as he asked the global community to remain calm and...

  • France set to evacuate citizens from virus-hit Chinese city France set to evacuate citizens from virus-hit Chinese city
    Published On: Jan, 28, 202007:30 PM

    France on Thursday will send a plane to start evacuating its citizens from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of a coronavirus scare, in the first repatriations by a European country.

  • Taliban, Afghan forces clash near US jet crash site Taliban, Afghan forces clash near US jet crash site
    Published On: Jan, 28, 202006:43 PM

    Coalition forces flew sorties over the site of a crashed US military jet in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, hours after Afghan security forces trying to reach the charred wreckage clashed with Taliban...

  • Hamas to join Palestinian leadership meeting against Trump plan: officials Hamas to join Palestinian leadership meeting against Trump plan: officials
    Published On: Jan, 28, 202005:32 PM

    Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah will join forces Tuesday in a rare meeting in West Bank city Ramallah against US President Donald Trump's long-awaited peace plan, officials said.

  • Indian environmental economist Pavan Sukhdev wins Tyler Prize for 'green economy' work Indian environmental economist Pavan Sukhdev wins Tyler Prize for 'green economy' work
    Published On: Jan, 28, 202005:27 PM

    Renowned Indian environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador Pavan Sukhdev has won the 2020 Tyler Prize, regarded as the Nobel Prize for the Environment for his...

  • Erdogan, Trump hold phone conversation over regional issues Erdogan, Trump hold phone conversation over regional issues
    Published On: Jan, 28, 202004:39 PM

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to his US counterpart President Donald Trump on the phone and discussed regional issues, particularly the situations in Syria and Libya , authorities here...

  • Pakistan arrests 4 boys for temple vandalism, Hindu minister seeks blasphemy charges Pakistan arrests 4 boys for temple vandalism, Hindu minister seeks blasphemy charges
    Published On: Jan, 28, 202004:30 PM

    Four boys have been arrested in Pakistan for their alleged involvement in vandalising a temple in Sindh province with a Hindu minister seeking blasphemy charges against the minors, a media report said...

  • Netanyahu says drops request for immunity from graft charges Netanyahu says drops request for immunity from graft charges
    Published On: Jan, 28, 202003:11 PM

    The announcement came hours before he was to meet in the White House with President Donald Trump for the unveiling of a long-awaited US peace plan.