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Lahore, Dec 29: One hundred and forty-five Indian fishermen today crossed the Wagah border into India after Pakistani authorities released them from jail. The Indian fishermen were brought here on a train from Karachi this morning. The Edhi Foundation provided them with cloths and Rs 5,000 each. "We also served them lunch before they crossed the Wagah border into their homeland," Edhi Lahore

Mumbai, Dec 29: Birthday celebrations and a get-together went haywire and turned into a tragedy as a fire broke out an in a fine-dining restaurant and pub in the upmarket Kamala Mills compound at Lower Parel in Mumbai on Friday. The fire at the 1Above restaurant, Mojo's Bistro lounge and London Taxi Gastropub claimed 14 lives. Khusbhu Jayesh Bhansali's (29) birthday party turned into a tragedy as

New Delhi, Dec 29: Shikhar Dhawan had to go through an ordeal when his wife and kids were stopped at Dubai airport from boarding a connecting flight to Cape Town, which hosts India's opening Test against South Africa on January 5. Apparently, Dhawan's family was asked to show birth certificates and some other documents as identification proofs, which they weren't carrying. Dhawan vented out his

Mumbai, Dec 29: The '1 Above' pub, where a massive blaze killed 14 people, did not follow fire safety norms and violated regulations on encroachment with obstructions blocking its emergency exit, police and civic officials said on Friday. In its daily crime report, the police also said the pub's manager and other staff fled from the spot instead of helping the customers injured in the blaze. "No

Mumbai, Dec 29: Fourteen people were killed and 19 others injured after a major fire broke out in a building in Kamala Mills Compound in Lower Parel here, an official said today. The fire broke out shortly after midnight on the third floor of the four-storeyed building on Senapati Bapat Marg, a commercial hub of the city, a civic official told PTI. "The cooling operations are underway. Some of the

The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the politically significant talaq Bill making the extremely rare practices of “instant triple talaq” and social media talaq illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband. The Bill was passed after the House rejected a string of amendments moved by various Opposition members. MPs from the RJD, AIMIM, BJD, AIADMK and All India Muslim League opposed the Bill

Srinagar, Dec 28: Tassaduq Mufti, the younger brother of Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Thursday was trolled on social media after he accidentally said he swore in the name of "dog" instead of the name of "god" during an oath-taking ceremony as a minister. While taking the oath, delivered by Governor N N Vohra in the lawns of the Raj Bhavan in Jammu, Tassaduq pronounced god as

Islamabad, Dec 28: An impassioned Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has accused former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf of being responsible for his mother Benazir Bhutto's murder. Speaking at a rally to mark the tenth anniversary of Bhutto's murder in the southern Pakistani town of Garhi Khuda Bux on Wednesday, Bilawal led a crowd of thousands in a chant declaring Musharraf "a murderer". Benazir Bhutto

New Delhi, Dec 28: India today slammed Pakistan for making "absurd" charges of a chip, camera or a recorder being installed in the footwear of the wife of Indian death row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav and said Islamabad has frittered away an opportunity to move forward in ties by turning his meeting with his family as a propaganda tool. In identical statements in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, External

New Delhi, Dec 28: In his first address as Congress president, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday marked a clear distinction between his party and the BJP. "The Congress accepts the truth and fights for it, while the BJP believes that a lie can be used for political benefit. "What is happening in our country today is a web of deceit. The BJP is operating on the basic idea that a lie can be used for