GUWAHATI: Five people were injured Wednesday by a blast amid celebrations for a Hindu festival in the main city in the insurgency-hit northeast Indian state of Assam, police said. "It was a low-intensity blast in which about five people were...

PESHAWAR: NWFP residents are furious at the continuing flour shortage and escalating prices that are crippling their everyday lives The Flour crisis in the NWFP is getting worse by the day - and many local residents are strongly criticising the...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in Wednesday’s sitting of the parliament moved a resolution requesting the Speaker National Assembly to convert the joint sitting into the committee of the Whole House. The Prime Minister moved the resolution for...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday stressed the need for addressing risks posed by natural and human induced disasters including terrorism, in order to ensure continuity of economic growth in the country. “We must realize the fact that...

KIEV: Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday announced the dissolution of parliament following the collapse last month of the country's pro-Western coalition government. "In conformity with the Ukrainian constitution, I halt the parliament's powers and announce parliamentary...