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Dubai-based Indian builds water hand pumps in Pakistan

Dubai-based Indian builds water hand pumps in Pakistan

Khaleez Times 2019-06-06 16:14:23

Touched at the plight of starving children in Pakistan's Tharparkar district, Dubai-based Indian businessman and social entrepreneur Joginder Singh Salaria decided to cross a 'controversial' border an...

Amid new cases, Pakistan changes polio vaccination strategy

Amid new cases, Pakistan changes polio vaccination strategy

Gulf News 2019-06-06 16:05:10

After serious setbacks in April led to a cluster of new polio cases, Pakistan is revamping its vaccination strategy in a renewed effort to wipe out the virus. The country is one of just three —...

Modi to visit Sri Lanka on June 9

Modi to visit Sri Lanka on June 9

Daily News 2019-06-06 15:54:31

Recently re-elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sri Lanka on June 9 after making the first foreign visit of his second term to the Maldives during June 8-9, according to government...

British actress seen in Tigers' colours at The Oval

British actress seen in Tigers' colours at The Oval

-- 2019-06-06 14:18:50

Bangladesh may have stumbled to an agonising defeat against New Zealand in their second World Cup match on Wednesday but support for the Tigers in their two matches in London so far has been unparalle...

D-Day: May and Macron in France to mark 75th anniversary

D-Day: May and Macron in France to mark 75th anniversary

-- 2019-06-06 12:55:53

Theresa May joins D-Day veterans in northern France for a second day of events to mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, BBC. A lone piper played to mark the moment when the first UK sol...

Kiwis hold nerve to sink Tigers in thriller

Kiwis hold nerve to sink Tigers in thriller

-- 2019-06-06 10:27:53

New Zealand held their nerve under the floodlights to beat Bangladesh by two wickets in a dramatic low-scoring Cricket World Cup match at The Oval on Wednesday. The Black Caps looked to be cruising t...

Sharma carves India’s win

Sharma carves India’s win

FE Desk 2019-06-05 23:24:06

Rohit Sharma guided India to a six-wicket win over South Africa at a vibrant Rose Bowl in the eighth match of the ICC World Cup cricket on Wednesday. Man-of-the-match Rohit played a crucial innings o...

CNN Poll: Rising share expect Trump to win in 2020

CNN Poll: Rising share expect Trump to win in 2020

-- 2019-06-05 22:34:00

    WASHINGTON, June 05: A majority of Americans say they think Donald Trump is going to win a second term, according to a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, even as the President's reviews on is...

Tigers set Kiwis 245-run target

Tigers set Kiwis 245-run target

FE Desk 2019-06-05 22:28:19

Tigers gave New Zealand a target of 245 to chase after being put in to bat first in the ninth match of the ICC men’s cricket World Cup at The Oval in London on Wednesday. Bangladesh were bundle...

Militants kill eight security personnel in Sinai

Militants kill eight security personnel in Sinai

-- 2019-06-05 21:50:50

CAIRO, June 05 (Reuters): Militants attacked a checkpoint and killed eight security personnel on Wednesday in north Sinai where Egyptian forces have long been battling Islamists, state media said. Fi...

Sudan crisis: 40 bodies pulled from Nile

Sudan crisis: 40 bodies pulled from Nile

-- 2019-06-05 20:01:51

Forty bodies have been pulled from the River Nile in the Sudanese capital Khartoum following a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests, opposition activists said on Wednesday, reports BBC. Doctor...

17 injured as car rams into people offering Eid prayers in Delhi

17 injured as car rams into people offering Eid prayers in Delhi

India Today 2019-06-05 19:29:21

An incident of ramming car into people offering Eid prayers has been happened in India on Wednesday. At least 17 devotees were injured in the car attack. According to media reports, a motorist rammed...

Three IS militants killed in airstrike in western Iraq

Three IS militants killed in airstrike in western Iraq

-- 2019-06-05 19:27:49

Three Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Wednesday in an airstrike by the US-led coalition aircraft in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, the Iraqi military said, according to Xinhua. Acti...

Heatwave continues in part of India

Heatwave continues in part of India

-- 2019-06-05 19:21:01

CHURU, India: Hospitals across the desert state of Rajasthan reported a surge in heatstroke cases Tuesday as fierce temperatures kept up for a fourth day across northern India, report agencies. In th...

10 killed in armed clash in Multan after Eid prayers

10 killed in armed clash in Multan after Eid prayers

The News International 2019-06-05 18:11:30

MULTAN: At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday in an armed clash between two groups in Jalalpur Pirwala Tehsil of Multan District after Eid prayers. According to details, two groups resorted to...

Australian police search public broadcaster HQ amid media crackdown

Australian police search public broadcaster HQ amid media crackdown

thejournal.ie 2019-06-05 18:04:41

Police in Australia have raided the headquarters of public broadcaster ABC - the second high-profile probe into news outlets in 24 hours. ABC executives said police searched the corporation’s o...

S Africa crawl to 105/5

S Africa crawl to 105/5

FE Desk 2019-06-05 16:58:45

South Africa crawled to 105/5 in 26 overs after Faf du Plessis also joined the procession to the pavilion adding 38 to the score before the Proteas slipped to 87/4 in 22 overs after brief recovery in...

Bengal always in forefront of India’s communal harmony, says Mamata in Eid greetings

Bengal always in forefront of India’s communal harmony, says Mamata in Eid greetings

Agencies 2019-06-05 16:32:33

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday greeted everyone on the occasion of Eid -ul-Fitr. “We extend our greetings on the happy occasion of Eid. Eid Mubarak. May the Almighty&rs...

No change in Kiwis’ camp as Steve Rhodes upbeat about Tigers' chance

No change in Kiwis’ camp as Steve Rhodes upbeat about Tigers' chance

UNB 2019-06-05 16:12:26

Bangladesh head coach Steve Rhodes on Wednesday said they were more confident than ever to face the Kiwis in a neutral venue in their second encounter of the ongoing ICC Men’s World Cup in Engla...

India launches mission to recover bodies of mountaineers

India launches mission to recover bodies of mountaineers

-- 2019-06-05 16:05:16

NEW DELHI: Indian officials say they will airdrop mountaineers at a site on a Himalayan mountain where pilots spotted five bodies while searching for a missing team of foreign climbers, reports AP. I...

Trump to join Queen for 75th D-Day anniversary

Trump to join Queen for 75th D-Day anniversary

-- 2019-06-05 13:36:41

US President Donald Trump will join the Queen in Portsmouth to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, on the final day of his UK state visit, according to BBC. Theresa May will host...

Sudan crisis: Death toll from crackdown rises to 60, opposition says

Sudan crisis: Death toll from crackdown rises to 60, opposition says

-- 2019-06-05 13:27:02

The number of people killed in a crackdown on pro-democracy protests in the Sudanese capital Khartoum has risen to 60, an opposition group says, according to BBC. Members of a feared paramilitary gro...

Tigers gelled after mosque attack: Coach

Tigers gelled after mosque attack: Coach

-- 2019-06-05 11:12:53

Bangladesh have dealt with the trauma of the Christchurch mosque attacks by becoming closer as a team, coach Steve Rhodes said on Tuesday as his World Cup players prepared to play New Zealand for the...

Trump defying party on Mexico tariffs

Trump defying party on Mexico tariffs

-- 2019-06-05 11:01:46

Defying increasing criticism from within his own party, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would likely go ahead with new tariffs on imports from Mexico to pressure it to clamp down on risin...

India, Pakistan to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr tomorrow

India, Pakistan to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr tomorrow

-- 2019-06-04 21:50:23

Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated across India and also Pakistan Wednesday (June 5), report agencies. In India Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari informed after the crescent moon was sighted acro...

India leader ends 'grand alliance' after election rout

India leader ends 'grand alliance' after election rout

-- 2019-06-04 21:39:01

    Indian politician Mayawati has ended her party's much-talked about alliance with a rival party after their rout in the recent general election, reports BBC. Her Bahujan Samaj Party (B...

Pakistan celebrates Eidul Fitr on Wednesday as Shawwal moon sighted

Pakistan celebrates Eidul Fitr on Wednesday as Shawwal moon sighted

Express Tribune 2019-06-04 21:31:31

Eidul Fitr will be celebrated on Wednesday in Pakistan as the Shawwal moon was sighted in the country on Tuesday, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced on the day. The decision was announce...

Sudan protesters reject army election plan as crackdown kills 35

Sudan protesters reject army election plan as crackdown kills 35

-- 2019-06-04 20:48:56

Sudan's protest movement called Tuesday for fresh rallies and rejected the military rulers' election plan after more than 35 people were killed in what demonstrators called a "bloody massacre" by secu...

Trump praises ‘extraordinary’ US-UK alliance on state visit

Trump praises ‘extraordinary’ US-UK alliance on state visit

-- 2019-06-04 19:58:56

US President Donald Trump said the US and UK have the “greatest alliance the world has ever known” in a news conference with Theresa May, according to BBC. The prime minister said they ha...

India to launch pace assault in WC opener against S Africa

India to launch pace assault in WC opener against S Africa

AFP 2019-06-04 19:14:42

Virat Kohli's India will unleash their formidable pace attack against beleaguered South Africa when the title contenders open their World Cup campaign on Wednesday. India are the last of the 10 teams...