By Zaheerul Hassan Chief of extremist Hindu Shiva Sena  and founder of Hindu Bomber Brigade, Bal Thackeray died on Saturday in Mumbai after prolonged illness. The 86-year-old Thackeray, who founded the Shiv Sena in 1966 to fight for the rights of Maharashtrians, was suffering from lungs and pancreatic ailments and had been put on life-support system for the last few days. As per reports outside of Thackeray ...

By Zaheerul Hassan A police constable was killed and another was other injured during an exchange of gunfire between police and car-lifters in the federal capital this morning. According to sources, police received a tip-off that some unidentified miscreants are making away with a stolen car in a renowned commercial center of the city—Karachi Company. Police were chasing car-thieves when they opened fire at ...

By Elizabeth Joseph , CNN The Tamil National Alliance, Sri Lanka's largest Tamil political party, on Thursday called for an international inquiry into a U.N. failure to protect civilians during the final stages of the country's bloody 26-year civil war. The request comes a day after the United Nations admitted that it didn't protect hundreds of thousands of civilians, mostly ethnic Tamils, trapped in areas ...

  Bollywood sex bomb Veena Malik is a new Bollywood lady “Serial Kisser”. She is going to beat the Bollywood most wanted Serial Kisser Emraan Hashmi. Veena is ready to set Guinness book of world record through maximum kiss in her upcoming movie “The City That Never Sleeps” which is produced by Satish Reddy and Directed Haroon Rashid. Her liplock scene will spark a fire and gamey within us. Veena said, ...

Israeli war planes pounded Gaza with around 150 air strikes overnight, causing massive explosions in the main cities and sending plumes of black smoke into the sky. The Israeli Defence Forces said it had targeted rocket-launching sites and arms depots, "causing severe damage to terror infrastructures". In a sign that Israel is preparing to further escalate Operation Pillar of Defence, the military said it w ...

By T. Rees Shapiro Rana Hussain’s sequined turquoise sari cascaded to the tile floor in the first grade classroom at Eagle View Elementary as she knelt next to a blonde boy reading next to her. He whispered to her and followed the words on the page with his index finger. “Good job,” Hussain told the child as he read aloud, his voice barely audible among the hushed murmurs of his other classmates. Hussain, a ...

The United States and Afghanistan faced potentially divisive issues such as immunity for U.S. troops as the two sides began talks Thursday on a security agreement that will shape America’s military presence in the country after the withdrawal of most foreign combat troops in two years. Earlier this week, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the Obama administration expected a decision in the next few we ...

 By Zaheerul Hassan Forbes Nine Italian cardiologists have been arrested as part of a broad investigation into serious medical misconduct at Modena Hospital, according to multiple reports in the Italian media. The investigation encompasses at least 67 other individuals and a dozen medical equipment companies, including 6 foreign companies. The charges include conspiracy, fraud, embezzlement, bribery, forger ...