Pakistan executes man who attempted to murder Musharraf

Pakistan on Wednesday hanged a man convicted for attempting to assassinate former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, the seventh execution in the country after a moratorium on death penalty was......

Pak jailbreak: Terrorist had access to mobile, Facebook

Taliban militants had stormed the a jail in country's northwest primarily to free Adnan Rashid, on death row for an attempt to assassinate former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, and who was in......

My son is 'innocent', says Niaz's mother

Fathima Begum, mother of terror accused Mohammad Niaz Abdul Rashid, arrested in France early this month, on Wednesday claimed her son was innocent and did not have links with any terrorist......

TN cops can't locate terror suspect Niaz's address

Police in Madurai are at their wits end trying to find out the exact address of Mohammad Niaz Abdul Rashid, who was arrested in France on terror charges early this month. Their main stumbling block......

Gupta cruises to Commonwealth Chess Championship title

Grandmaster and former World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship after settling for a quick draw with Arghyadip Das in the ninth and final round in New Delhi, on......

In-form India look to defend U-19 WC title

Defending champions India face Afghanistan in the campaign opener of the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup to be played in New Zealand on January 15. India will be favourites to finish atop Group A, while......

Jamshed, Afridi lead Pakistan to victory

Opener Nasir Jamshed smashed a fluent 74 to help Pakistan pull off an unconvincing five-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the second one-day international on Thursday. Chasing 239 for victory,......

Shoaib, Asif say no to 'B' sample test

Pakistani pacers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif gave up their right to call for testing of 'B' samples while appearing before a drugs inquiry tribunal in Lahore, a Pakistan Cricket Board official......

Tanmay Srivastav hits unbeaten 213

Tanmay Srivastav produced a brilliant unbeaten knock of 213 runs to put the India Under-19 team in control against Pakistan colts on the first day of the second 'Test' at the Arbab Niaz stadium in......