2 former Bangla ministers aided HuJI against India

Bangladesh's two former ministers, who aided banned extremist group the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami in its botched attempt to kill Premier Sheikh Hasina in 2004, also helped the outfit procure arms......

Dr K R Sreenivasan elected to US science academy

Dr Katepalli R Sreenivasan, director of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, where he holds the Abdus Salam Honorary Professorship, has been elected a member of the......

Charges framed against 21 HuJI militants in B'desh

The Bangladesh police have pressed charges against 21 militants of the outlawed Harkat-ul Jihad-e-Islami and a former Bangladesh Nationalist Party minister for the grenade attack on formerprime......

Pakistan hangs 4 militants linked to Peshawar school attack

Pakistan on Wednesday hanged four militants for involvement in a Taliban massacre at an army-run school in north-western city of Peshawar last year, the first executions in the country’s......

Olympian and former India defender Salam passes away

Former India footballer and coach Syed Abdus Salam, who was awarded Best Defender in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, died at his Salarjung Colony residence in Hyderabad on Saturday. The 77-year-old......

Bedridden Olympian and Dronacharya awardee Salam facing dire times

Former India footballer and hero of the 1956 Olympic team, Syed Abdus Salam is bed-ridden and facing a financial crisis. The 75-year-old has been bed-ridden for the last three years and is on......