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  Over 100 schools in Peshawar renamed after attack victims

  World | March 05, 2015 23:34 IST

  Peshawar: Over 100 schools in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province were today renamed after the students massacred by the Taliban here last year.The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa renamed 107 schools after the name of

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  Militants storm Shiite mosque in Pakistan's Peshawar

  World | February 13, 2015 18:05 IST

  20 dead, over 50 injuredPeshawar: At least 20 people were killed and over 50 injured when Kalashnikov-wielding Taliban suicide bombers stormed a crowded minority Shia mosque in Pakistan's restive northwest during Friday prayers, opening fire

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  Peshawar school attack: Most attackers killed or arrested, says Pakistan

  World | February 13, 2015 7:38 IST

  Islamabad: Most of the terrorists, who were involved in the brutal attack on an army school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar in December last year have either been killed or arrested, the Pakistani army

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  Terrorism needs to be tackled globally: Pranab Mukherjee

  India | February 08, 2015 17:29 IST

  New Delhi: India is one of the oldest victims of terrorism and the international community must assert itself to tackle the scourge, President Pranab Mukherjee said Sunday."We have in recent days witnessed the horrific killings

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  See reason, shun violence: School students from India, Pakistan

  India | January 06, 2015 10:35 IST

  New Delhi: The year-end barbaric massacre of nearly 140 defenceless, innocent children at an army-run school in Peshawar by terror outfit Tehrik-e-Taliban has not only failed to deter Pakistani children from their quest of knowledge

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  Pak airstrikes kill 23 militants in North Waziristan

  World | December 27, 2014 7:51 IST

  Peshawar: At least 23 militants were killed when Pakistani fighter jets today pounded terrorist hideouts in the restive North Waziristan tribal region near the Afghan border.Military fighter jets targeted militant hideouts in Dattakhel area, killing

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  Nawaz Sharif vows to target all terror groups

  World | December 21, 2014 21:11 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today vowed to target all terror groups irrespective of their agenda and affiliation, in the wake of the Peshawar school massacre that left 148 people dead, mostly students.He made

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  Terrorist don't deserve any concession: Pak President

  World | December 21, 2014 8:22 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain yesterday said the terrorists have crossed all limits and don't deserve any leniency, days after a deadly Taliban terror attack in Peshawar killed 148 people, mostly children.Hussain said the entire

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  TTP chief Mullah Fazlullah killed in air strike?

  World | December 20, 2014 11:17 IST

  New Delhi: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief, Mullah Fazlullah, was killed in air strikes by the PAF in Afghanistan, Pakistan's Ministry of Defence claimed in a series of Facebook post late on Friday night. However, there

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  Pakistan should reciprocate India's mature response to Peshawar incident: Parrikar

  Politics | December 18, 2014 23:52 IST

  New Delhi: Defence Minister Manaohar Parrikar today said Pakistan should reciprocate the sense of maturity India has shown following the attack in Peshawar on a school.“We have shown our maturity and solidarity to the carnage

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  Satyarthi appeals to terrorist groups to spare children

  India | December 18, 2014 23:32 IST

  New Delhi: Terming the militant attack on a Peshawar school as an “act of sin”, Nobel Peace prize winner Kailash Satyarthi today appealed to the terrorist groups to spare children and asked the global community

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  Bassi urges Delhiites not to pay heed to rumours

  India | December 18, 2014 20:59 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi today urged Delhiites not to pay heed to rumours floating on WhatsApp and other social media while assuring them that the force is alert to avert any

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  Govt taking steps for security ahead of Obama's visit: Rajnath

  Politics | December 18, 2014 20:37 IST

  New Delhi: In the wake of terror attack in Peshawar, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the government is taking all possible steps for security during the ensuing visit of US President Barack Obama.“Whatever high

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  Pakistan continues to sponsor terror groups against India: Govt

  India | December 18, 2014 18:44 IST

  New Delhi: Pakistan continues to sponsor terror groups and hostile propaganda against India, and necessary steps would be taken to safeguard the country's interests, the government told the Rajya Sabha today.  India has reiterated to

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  Why Pakistan needs to stop flirting with terrorists

  Politics | December 18, 2014 23:48 IST

  On Nov 17, Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan PM's adviser on national security, in an interview to BBC had said that there is no need for Pakistan to take action against all militant groups because some of

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  Peshawar attack planned by 16 Taliban militants in Afghanistan

  World | December 18, 2014 17:09 IST

  Islamabad: Sixteen top Taliban militants, including Mullah Fazlullah, planned the deadly Peshawar school massacre during a meeting held in Afghanistan in early December, Pakistani officials said today.The attack on Tuesday killed 148 people, including 132

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  26/11 Mumbai attack accused Lakhvi granted bail by Pakistan court

  World | December 18, 2014 15:58 IST

  Islamabad: LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, one the seven Pakistani nationals accused of planning and abetting the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was granted bail today by the Anti-Terrorism Court.Lakhvi and six others had filed

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  Cruelty against children is crime against humanity: Satyarthi

  India | December 17, 2014 23:31 IST

  Bhopal: Nobel Laureate and Bachpan Bachao Andolan activist Kailash Satyarthi today said cruelty against children and depriving them of education, freedom, security and dreams was a heinous crime against humanity.  The Nobel Peace Prize winner,

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  Boy oversleeps, escapes Pakistan school attack but scarred for life

  World | December 17, 2014 22:51 IST

  Peshawar: A faulty alarm clock has saved the life of a 15-year-old boy who failed to wake up in time for school, becoming the only student in class IX of the army-run school where Taliban

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  Imran ends protest in Pakistan capital after Peshawar attack

  World | December 17, 2014 22:30 IST

  Islamabad: Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan today called off his over four-month protest in the capital against alleged rigging in last year's polls saying he wanted to help the government focus on the fight against