In a letter sent to the interior and law ministries, Burney sought details on the detention of Chaudhry, who was placed under house arrest shortly after President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency on November 3 last year. Burney said if Chaudhry

Khan was provided medical treatment at home yesterday after he complained that he was feeling unwell. A check-up revealed that he was suffering from low blood pressure and fever caused by some infection, said a statement issued by the Pakistani

The decisions by two anti-corruption courts in Rawalpindi follow the Supreme Court ruling dismissing legal challenges to the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) issued by President Pervez Musharraf last year granting amnesty to PPP leaders in graft cases. The Rawalpindi

The President was scheduled to attend the two-day summit to be held in Dakar from March 13. Pakistan will now be represented at the meet by caretaker Foreign Minister Inamul Haq. Musharraf was also scheduled to deliver the keynote address

The arrests were made after police traced the owner of the motorcycle that was used by the suicide bombers in attack on the War College. The men were picked up from different areas of Lahore, the capital of the central

The Interior Ministry said Musharraf had rejected the mercy petition of Sarabjit, who Pakistan claims is Manjit Singh. Sarabjit was arrested on charges of spying in 1990. He was sentenced to death by the Lahore High Court in 2003 for

In the aerial raid on the LTTE base in Kurakkandal area of Mannar by army helicopters, five rebels were killed, the Media Centre for National Security (MCNS) said. Separately, security forces gunned down five LTTE cadres and lost two of

Speaking in both Houses of Parliament, he expressed hope that the ongoing talks with IAEA for safeguards agreement would reach a successful conclusion. "We are presently engaged in negotiations with the IAEA for an India-specific safeguards agreement," Singh said replying

It is very very sad and unfortunate to happen in the US," Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher told reporters here when referred to the murder of Akkaldevi Srinivas, 29-year-old student from Andhra Pradesh in Pennsylvania over the last weekend.

In her application, Katara brought to the notice of the court media reports mentioning remarks of Yadav on the merits of the case. Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur, however, asked Katara and the accused to observe restraints and avoid talking

Harmandar Singh had earlier trained Fauja Singh, 96, to break the London Marathon record for the over-90s. Singh's latest student is plumber Buster Martin, who ran last Sunday's Roding Valley half marathon in Essex in five hours and 13 minutes.

We are not concerned with the functioning of each and every aspect of the health ministry. Either you (petitioner) withdraw it and file a fresh one or we will impose a heavy cost," a Bench comprising Chief Justice M K

Krishna, a former Chief Minister, met President Pratibha Patil at the Rashtrapati Bhawan and conveyed his decision to resign after just over three years in the gubernatorial post in Mumbai. A little later, he sent his resignation. The 76-year-old leader,

In the rally held to thank Pawar for the Rs 60,000-crore loan waiver package for farmer, the NCP leaders minced no words in flaying Shiv Sena for trying to claim credit for the package. A mammoth crowd from all over

The actor has also sought quashing of an FIR filed against her on the ground that it was baseless. The Kurla court had issued two bailable warrants amounting to Rs 5,000 each against Sridevi on December 17 last year she

In another incident, a Guwahati-bound Indian aircraft carrying 94 passengers developed some problem shortly after take off from here and moved in an inclined state till its touch down in the Assam capital, the sources said quoting information received here.

BJP's criticism of the budget shows it has a very narrow vision which is against the overall interest and progress of the nation," he said. Addressing representatives of farmers here, Soz said India was emerging as a leading nation in

An unnecessary controversy has been created on the issue as Forward Bloc alone can get the fourth sure seat as per an arrangement made soon after the Left Front came to power," state general secretary of the party Ashok Ghosh

Replying to a question from journalists from Karnataka on whether he was optimistic about the new government in Pakistan working for peace, the Chief Minister said it was too early to say. It all depended on how independently the new

The BJP, which held a two-day state executive meeting at Solapur, passed resolutions condemning the government for its failure on all fronts. Briefing reporters after the two-day state executive committee meeting held on March 3 and 4, BJP's state President