TEHRAN: Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Iran´s first vice president under former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been sentenced to five years in prison and fined, state media said Wednesday. Appointed by Ahmadinejad after a controversial election win in 2009, Rahimi is the … read more
AZIZPUR: A Hindu woman who saved lives of 10 Muslims in this village in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district during the recent clashes in which five people died is being hailed as a hero, officials said. Shail Devi, a frail widow in … read more
ISLAMABAD: As petrol crisis continued on the ninth consecutive day in Punjab, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Tuesday declared PML-N government ‘worse’ than the previous five-year rule of PPP. Nawaz Sharif’s government turned out to be more incompetent than … read more
NELSON: Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first on a friendly wicket in the fourth one-day international against New Zealand in Nelson on Tuesday. The series is tied 1-1 after the third match in Auckland on Saturday … read more
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded a convicted Pakistani heroin smuggler, the third person from his country executed for the crime this year. Yassir Arafat Munir Ahmed was executed in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, the interior ministry said … read more