“The school was targeted because it was a symbol of everything the Taliban are opposed to: enlightenment and freedom.” By Reem Wasay – The pestilence of extremism must be purged,we must say this freely now, […]
Bipartisan security policy is of paramount importance The Indian government’s seasoned response to the horrific killing of students in Pakistan has been commendable; it’s not the time to score points or point fingers. Expressing deeply-felt […]
It was a massacre of the innocents. Every report must admit this – because it’s true. But it is not the whole truth. The historical and all-too-real connections between the Pakistan army, the Inter-Services Intelligence […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The division and denial in Pakistan’s political class on terror was evident once again when former PPP minister Sherry Rehman said those engaged in the apologist narrative on terrorist attacks would be […]
KARACHI (TIP): Army chief Gen Raheel Sharif, arguably the most powerful man in Pakistan, tweeted on Wednesday, “Asked PM Nawaz Sharif to hang all terrorists. More than 3,000 terrorists should be hanged in next 48 […]
KABUL (TIP): An Afghan man and his girlfriend were each given 100 lashes in public for having sex outside of marriage, officials in the eastern Afghan province of Kapisa told media persons. Dozens of people […]
COLOMBO (TIP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa demanded that the Norwegian government must probe the funding of the LTTE during the island’s three-decade civil war, alleging that Norway financed the ethnic Tamil militant group. “They […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The division and denial in Pakistan’s political class on terror was evident once again when former PPP minister Sherry Rehman said those engaged in the apologist narrative on terrorist attacks would be […]
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (TIP): The US government on December 18 said it was weighing the proportional response to the sophisticated perpetrator of a cyberattack that crippled Sony Pictures, exposed its executives and led to the cancellation […]
BAGHDAD (TIP): The Islamic State (IS) group on Monday, December 15, released pictures of the execution of 13 men described as anti-jihadist Sunni tribal fighters near the northern city of Tikrit. Three pictures published on […]
BOSTON (TIP): Shaggy-haired, bearded and attentive, accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev made his first public appearance in 17 months on December 18, at a brief court hearing before his trial next month. Tension was […]
NEW YORK (TIP): US authorities said on Thursday they had sued a former chief compliance officer of money-transfer firm MoneyGram International, seeking to collect a $1 million civil penalty from him for failing to stop […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): The Central Governmenton December 18 notified the outbreak of AvianInfluenza in captive ducks and geese at SukhnaLake in Chandigarh, putting into operation the birdflu prevention and surveillance plan to sanitise theaffected area and […]
New Delhi (TIP): The deadlock in the Rajya Sabha seems to have no end in sight with both the government and opposition on December 18 unrelenting from their stand on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’sreply on […]
New Delhi (TIP): In the wake of terror attack in Peshawar, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on December 18said the government is taking allpossible steps for security during theensuing visit of US President BarackObama.”Whatever high preparation […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a show of mercy, aDelhi court on December 18 said the menconvicted of murdering railway minister LNMishra in 1975 should not be condemned todeath and sentenced the four to lifeimprisonment instead.The […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The SupremeCourt on December 18 sked theChief Justice of Madhya PradeshHigh Court to divest one of hiscolleagues, accused of sexuallyharassing a woman AdditionalDistrict and Sessions Judge(ADSJ), from undertaking alladministrative and supervisoryfunctions. The […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on December 18declined to interfere with a Bombay High Court orderwhich stayed the Maharashtra government’s decisionproviding 16 per cent reservation to Marathas in jobs andeducational institutions.A bench presided over […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on December 18extended by four months the bail of former Tamil Naduchief minister J Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assetscase and asked the chief justice of Karnataka high courtto constitute […]
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA (TIP): Boko Haram militants killed 32 people and kidnapped 185 of others, including women and children, in a brutal attack on a village in the northeast area of Nigeria, officials and a witness […]
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