Politics

Former Pakistani President Musharraf pleads not guilty to treason

Rawalpindi/ Islamabad, Mar 31 (ANI): A court in Pakistan indicted former president Pervez Musharraf for treason on charges relating to his 2007 imposition of emergency -- a crime that carries the death penalty or life imprisonment. The former military ruler pleaded not guilty to five counts of treason on Monday. Musharraf is accused of unlawfully suspending the constitution and instituting emergency rule in 2007, when he was trying to extend his rule as president. Judge Faisal Arab, who heads the special panel of three judges, rejected a defence plea for additional time. Musharraf, who was President from 2001 to 2008, is the first Pakistani army chief to face such a prosecution.

Mar 31, 2014

French serial killer back in the dock

Condemned serial killer Francis Heaulme, in jail for 11 murders, goes on trial for another double murder. Duration: 00:44

Mar 31, 2014

National Front to run at least 11 French towns

France's ruling Socialist Party suffered humiliating losses Sunday in a local vote marked by breakthrough successes for the far-right National Front and the historic election of a first female mayor of Paris. Duration: 00:52

Mar 31, 2014

South Korea, US forces hold joint exercises

South Korean and US forces hold annual joint military exercises as the two Koreas trade live artillery fire across their disputed maritime border. Duration: 01:14

Mar 31, 2014

Turkey PM claims victory, warns rivals 'will pay price'

Turkey's Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims victory for his Islamic-rooted party in key local elections and warns his foes they will "pay the price" for plotting his downfall. Duration: 00:39

Mar 31, 2014

Kerry, Lavrov fail to reach Ukraine deal

The United States and Russia failed to reach a deal on Ukraine after talks in Paris, with US Secretary of State John Kerry calling on Moscow to pull back its forces.

Mar 31, 2014

Road accident kills four IIT-Delhi students in Rajasthan

Jaisalmer, Mar 31 (ANI): Four IIT-Delhi final-year students, who were on a road trip to Rajasthan to celebrate their placements, were killed and two other injured in a road accident as the vehicle carrying them overturned. The accident took place at around 2:00 pm near Jaisalmer district when the students were returning from a trip. The injured were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. While three students died on the spot, another succumbed to injuries in hospital. The car driver and two students are being treated at MDM hospital in Jodhpur and are reported to be stable.

Mar 31, 2014

Al Qaedas roots growing deeper in Pakistan

Peshawar, Mar 31: Dr. Shahid Afridi, who helped CIA to trace Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad in 2011 will now face a fresh probe for having foreign links. An appellate forum under the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FRC) has directed the Khyber Agency to prepare a case for his involvement in anti-state activities in collusion with foreign intelligence agencies, including CIA. It reflects Pakistan’s growing frustration for being exposed of sheltering al-Qaeda founder, Osama bin Laden, the perpetrator of 9/11 attack in which 3,000 people were killed. In June 2012, Dr. Afridi was convicted by a court in Khyber tribal region and sentenced for allegedly supporting the Lashkar-e-Islam militant group. The court said it did not have jurisdiction to try him for working for the CIA to trace bin Laden.

Mar 31, 2014

BJP leaders are changing disguise and shedding crocodile tears: Sonia Gandhi

Haryana, Mar 31 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi, during a rally in Nuh region of Mewat in Haryana, attacked the opposition party condemning them of carrying fake personalities and shedding crocodile tears. She further gave the motives of Congress Party for upcoming General Elections. Gandhi also appealed to the public to cast their votes to Congress and make them victorious.

Mar 31, 2014

Rashid Alvi requests Sonia for Varanasi ticket, says will teach secularism to Modi

New Delhi, March 31 (ANI): Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Monday requested party President Sonia Gandhi through a letter saying that he wants to stand against Narendra Modi in Varanasi from Congress ticket. He said that if sent, he will teach Modi proper secularism lesson. He said that Hindus and Muslims are all related in Varanasi and that this will be a right place for a secularism lesson. He also said that there is no competition against the party.

Mar 31, 2014

Environmental groups warn over toxic mud in Hungary

Hungary experienced its worst-ever chemical disaster in 2010 when a reservoir of toxic red mud burst, killing 10 people. Four years later, environmental groups are sounding the alarm about another reservoir. Duration: 02:10

Mar 31, 2014

'Anyone but Modi': many Indian Muslims fear the worst

At India’s most notorious religious flashpoint, Muslims express their fears about the Hindu nationalist agenda of the BJP party led by hardliner Narendra Modi, tipped to be India’s next prime minister. Duration: 02:36

Mar 31, 2014

Britain's churches reborn with a secular lease of life

Falling numbers of parishoners and tightening purse strings are seeing a number of Britain's churches sold off as pubs, flats and supermarkets. Duration: 02:42

Mar 31, 2014

Climate change boosts conflict risk, floods, hunger: UN report

Ignorance is "no longer a good excuse" says a UN panel in a landmark report on climate change -- but critics call the findings a 'missed opportunity". Duration: 00:56

Mar 31, 2014

Children from North East are targeted in Delhi, Congress stays silent: Narendra Modi

Assam, Mar 31 (ANI): Launching an attack on the Congress government at the centre, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Monday said that children from North East are being targeted in the national capital but the Congress choose to stay silent over the issue.

Mar 31, 2014