By Zaheerul Hassan Pakistan openers Hafeez and Jamshed post 141 to give them a flying start Pakistan produced a superb all-round team effort to beat India by 85 runs in the second one-day international at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The tourists defending a total of 250 were home with two overs to spare as India were bowled out for 165 with ...

Posted by P Mukherjee Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - Nothing new or unusual happened on the night 16th December 2012 at a busy road of Delhi as it is a routine affair. But, another daughter of India namely Nirbhaya, a 23 years physiotherapy student belonging to lower caste “Dalit”, was tortured along with her colleague for complete 35 minutes after which she was raped by six persons. Her internal organs were ...

Essam al-Erian says all those who occupied Palestine ‘will have to return to their homelands,’ including Egypt By Times of Israel staff January 01, 2013 "Times of Israel" -- A senior Egyptian official who also serves as an adviser to President Mohammed Morsi on Tuesday expressed the opinion that Israel would not be around in 10 years. The remark by Essam al-Erian, the deputy head of the Muslim Brotherhood’s ...

By Zaheerul Hassan Junaid Khan's spell of 4-7 reduced India to 29-5 in the 10th over, before Mahendra Dhoni hit three sixes in an undefeated 113 in his team's 227-6. Debutant Bhuvneshwar Kumar struck with the first ball of the Pakistan reply but Younis Khan and Jamshed put on 112. Left-hander Jamshed made his second ODI ton as Pakistan won with 11 balls left. After missing the Twenty20 series that was share ...

By  Zameer Khan Banned outfit TTP Chief Hakimullah Mehsud said they were ready to come to the table with the government but not to be disarmed. He said this in a video of 40 minutes duration released on Thursday where he himself, his deputy Wali-ur-Rehman and on one occasion TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan could be seen. TTP has launched many suicidal attacks against innocent Pakistani civilians and against ...

Posted By Rida Zaheer China has launched commercial and public services across the Asia-Pacific region on its domestic satellite navigation network built to rival the US global positioning system. The Beidou, or compass, system started providing services to civilians in the region on Thursday and is expected to provide global coverage by 2020, state media reported. Ran Chengqi, spokesman for the China Satel ...

Posted By Rida Zaheer Electrophysiological abnormalities have been identified that are of some prognostic value in determining deteriorating clinical status over the long term for patients with mild-to-moderate lumbar spinal stenosis, according to research published in the December issue of the European Spine Journal. (HealthDay)—Electrophysiological abnormalities have been identified that are of some progn ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan Turkey has confirmed that Syria's embattled president Bashar al-Assad has asked Venezuela for asylum for his family as opposition forces continue to make military gains on the ground. While speculations emerge in international media that Assad asked Venezuela for asylum, Turkey's Caracas Embassy asked Venezuelan authorities to validate the claims. Venezuela's Foreign Ministry infor ...