23:24
JUST IN: Modi reaches out to Sharif, expresses India's deep felt condolences over the barbaric killings.Modi appeals to schools across India to observe 2 mins of silence tomorrow as a mark of solidarity in the wake of the dastardly attack.
22:09
The army is still clearing explosive devices left at the school. Tweeting on the incident, the Pakistan home department said, Another blast heard in grounds of #ArmyPublicSchool due to clean up operation that identifies & removes explosives left by terrorists.
21:57
The death toll has now surpassed the previous worst terrorist attack in Pakistan's history, the attack on the Meena bazaar in 2009, making the Peshawar raid the deadliest in the nation's history.
21:55
India cancels parliamentary dinner in the wake of the Peshawar school attack. Confirming the same, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted, In view of the massacre of innocent children in Pakistan, tonight's dinner hosted by me for Members of Parliament is hereby cancelled.
21:27
Hours after the Pakistan school siege ended, the Pakistan Army spokesperson addressing a presser said that all the Taliban terrorists were killed and that the siege was over. Giving details, he said, The Taliban terrorists were heavily armed and were even wearing suicide jackets. They wanted to...
21:16
In the wake of Peshawar school terror attack, the Centre will issue a fresh set of guidelines soon for the safety and security of all vulnerable places, especially prominent schools and academic institutions. The guidelines for schools will include asking them to prepare an escape plan for...
21:10
Sources have said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has asked Dharam Jagran Samiti to call off its conversion drive scheduled for December 25. The offshoot of the Hindu group had announced that it would be carrying out a major reconversion drive in Aligarh. The Samiti had announced it would be...
20:58
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned Peshawar school attack. In a series of tweets, he said, UN condemns heinous act in Peshawar in strongest possible terms: No cause can justify such brutality; no grievance can excuse such horror. He also expressed his condolence for the families...
20:25
US President Barack Obama in a statement condemned the horrific attack and reiterates his support for the efforts of the Pakistani government to combat terrorism and extremism. He said, Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims, their families and loved ones. By targeting students and teachers...
20:05
Will this never end? Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif's advisor Amir Muqam was targeted in a bomb attack on Ring Road in Peshawar when he was returning after paying a visit to the victims of the terrorist attack earlier today.Muqam was returning from the Lady Reading Hospital where he had gone to meet...
19:56
A student who survived the Peshawar school massacre describes another horror. When I crawled to the next room, it was horrible. I saw the dead body of our office assistant on fire,' the boy said.She was sitting on the chair with blood dripping from her body as she burned. It was not...
19:51
Death toll in the Peshawar attack rises to 135, with 114 people injured, Pakistan health secretary says.
19:41
A teenage survivor of Tuesday's Taliban attack on Army Public School in Peshawar, described how he played dead after being shot in both legs by insurgents hunting down students to kill.The Dawn reports how militants rampaged through the army-run school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's capital and killed...
19:35
'@ShirazMaher I don't think a single Pakistani politician has condemned the TTP by name today, despite them repeatedly claiming responsibility. Pathetic.
19:32
Meanwhile, gritty train accident survivor Monica More has been nominated to the Divisional Rail User Consultative Committee by cricket legend and Rajya Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar. The picture shows Monika with her ID at Kurla station.Still no idea who's Monica More? Read this: 'She is a...
19:24
The smallest coffins are the heaviest. RIP.
19:21
The Army Public School and Degree College is home to up to 1,000 students, most of them sons and daughters of army personnel from around Peshawar, reports the BBC. The boys and girls attend classes in different buildings on the compound. Most of those killed were between the ages of 12 and 16,...
19:18
Senior Congress MP Dr Karan Singh looked particularly unhappy in Rajya Sabha today when many of his party MPs shouted slogans and rushed to the well of the house. Dr Singh asked party MP Anand Sharma to get the MPs back to their seats so that the Leader of the House can speak and find a solution...
19:04
In another news: Aviation regulator DGCA today temporarily removed the 30-day booking restriction on Spicejet even as the government once again ruled out any succour to the carrier. The one-month booking ceiling imposed on SpiceJet has been taken off and the airline allowed to book tickets beyond...
18:48
A man talks on a phone, with his arm around a student, outside the Peshawar school. The picture was taken before the school was sanitised.
18:46
The people of Pakistan are deeply shocked and grieved at the despicable act of terrorism in a Peshawar school this morning. The terrorists have once again shown that they have no regard for human life and no respect for children.In this hour of grief, our hearts go out to the families of these...
18:42
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry to attend Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015.
18:41
@Rezhasan Lest people forget, Imran Khan's party was just about the only party not targeted by Taliban during Pakistan's 2013 general election.
18:39
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for an all-party conference in Peshawar tomorrow at 11:30 am, in the aftermath of the horrific school massacre.
18:31
Shireen Khalid Wadud told the BBC that her friend's 13-year-old daughter was at the school in Peshawar when the gunmen burst in. She pretended to be dead, she said. When the gunmen left the class, she ran and managed to escape. She was the only person who could escape from the class... She is...
18:26
Malala Yousafzai's statement: I am heartbroken by this senseless and cold blooded act of terror in Peshawar that is unfolding before us. Innocent children in their school have no place in horror such as this. I condemn these atrocious and cowardly acts and stand united with the government and...
18:23
Sushma Swaraj tweets: In view of the massacre of innocent children in Pakistan, tonight's dinner hosted by me for Members of Parliament is hereby cancelled. The world community must unite and redouble efforts to root out terror from every country and society.President Pranab Mukherjee tweets:...
18:15
Eleven more staff members of the Army Public School including four women teachers and seven male staff have been rescued by commandos, according to a tweet by DG ISPR General Asim Bajwa.
18:11
Malala Yousafzai reacts to the school massacre: I am heartbroken by this senseless and cold-blooded act of terror in Peshawar that is unfolding before us.
18:09
Reports says that IEDs have been planted at various places in the school hampering clearing ops. A parent speaking to a TV channels says, My son was my dream. My dream is dead now.
18:00
According some reports, the terrorists shot children as they hid under their desks.
17:59
Sania Mirza tweets: Please God.. have mercy on the kids and their families.. This is heart breaking and painful..What has humanity come to :(
17:52
Abdullah Shah, a victim's uncle breaks down on TV saying it takes 20 years to raise a child and the militants killed them in a second. Hitting out at PM Nawaz Sharif for his inability to keep terrorism at bay, Shah said the PM roams around with security guards, how would he understand what a...
17:39
Relatives of a student, who was injured during an attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School, comfort each other outside Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar. Pic: Fayaz Aziz/Reuters
17:32
It's confirmed, all six terrorists at the Peshawar school have been killed. Shahzad Raza reporting from Islamabad for Rediff.com confirms says that a military spokesman has just confirmed that the sixth militant has been killed. Operation underway to clear the premises.
17:24
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says that the Pakistan Army launched the Zarb-i-Azb operation and its blowback was being felt now. I feel that until and unless this country is cleansed from terrorism, this war and effort will not stop, no one should be doubtful of this. We have also spoken to...
17:21
Toll is at 120 dead, over 90 students injured. There have been eight blasts so far.
17:08
The TTP is the same group that has destroyed over a 1000 schools in Pakistan, especially in the Swat region.
17:08
Jemima Khan tweets: Thoughts and prayers for the families of those school children brutally murdered today in Peshawar.Jemima is the Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief Imran Khan's ex-wife.
17:07
BBC reports that the fifth Taliban militant involved in the Peshawar attack has been killed.
17:03
Doctor at Lady Reading Hospital tells BBC News most injured children shot in head, chest. Massive trauma injuries.
17:02
Congress MP @ShashiTharoor tweets: No Indian I know is indifferent to the horror in Peshawar. Nothing can be worse than sending your children to school and not having them come back.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar @SriSri tweets: Words fall short to condemn the Peshawar School attack! Our prayers are...
17:00
Geo correspondent loses two nephews to the Peshawar school siege. Continues to report from hospital. Sobs through entire chat.
16:42
Hillary Clinton, when she was US Secretary of State had said of Pakistan harbouring terrorists that you can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them to only bite your neighbours. Time for Pak do a rethink on terrorism.
16:37
Geo TV reports that that children said that three of the attackers were clean-shaved and spoke to each other in Pushto. Earlier reports said that they were speaking in Arabic and Uzbek only.
16:34
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi tweets: These are all our children who've been murdered today. My prayers and condolences are with the families.
16:29
The army had launched a massive military operation 'Zarb- e-Azb' in June following a brazen militant attack on Karachi's international airport and the failure of peace talks between the government and the Taliban negotiators. The military has said more than 1,300 militants have been killed during...
16:24
The Dawn reports that the terrorists have been pushed and confined to the the last of four blocks of school. Four terrorists have been killed so far. Search for remaining on, clearance underway. Loud blasts heard near school with as many as 10 explosions at the school. The operation may be in...
16:20
State-run Radio Pakistan puts the death toll at 126, but no details on how many are students and how many are staff. An earlier figure put the death toll of students at 84.
16:12
A three-day mourning has been declared in Pakistan.
16:11
Narendra Modi tweets: My heart goes out to everyone who lost their loved ones today. We share their pain & offer our deepest condolences.
16:08
The Pak Taliban or the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is the same group that had shot Malala Yousafzai. The TTP is an alliance of militant groups formed in 2007 to unify groups fighting against the Pakistani military in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of...
15:58
Two more blasts heard from school. More firing and ambulances going in.
15:56
A felicitation ceremony planned in Lahore for the hockey team which won a silver medal in the Champions trophy in India has been postponed. Pakistan Hockey Federation said that the ceremony would be held at a future suitable time.
15:51
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif reaches Peshawar even as the Army Special Forces make their final push inside Army Public School in an attempt to eliminate the remaining terrorist/s.
15:44
Security sources say that some of the terrorists have managed to escape from the site after cutting barbed wires around the school premises. Four gunmen are dead, one escaped, one is believed to be still holed up in the school. So far, 108 people have died in the massacre, of whom 104 are...
15:39
While on school sieges, September marked 10 years since the tragedy of Beslan, North Ossetia -- one of the cruelest hostage crises in history. Read
15:35
One rescued student told media that the attackers had long beards and they were wearing shalwar kamiz. He said they were speaking Arabic and looked foreigners.The Taliban said they targetted children like the army targets theirs, they want the people to feel their pain.
15:33
Mushtaq Ghani, provincial information minister, said the militants entered through a graveyard which is adjacent to the school, called Army Public School. The school is close to Saint Mary High School located at the start of Warsak Road which was also under threat for last couple of days. A heavy...
15:26
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said that 20 bodies were in the Lady Reading Hospital and 60 in Combined Military Hospital.Thirty injured have been shifted to LRH and 39 to CMH. Khattak said at least one militant blew himself up inside the school building, 2-3 attackers have been...
15:23
UK PM David Cameron seems to be misinformed: The news from Pakistan is deeply shocking. It's horrifying that children are being killed simply for going to school, he says. The Taliban in a statement said they had targeted a school because the army targets their families.
15:19
The Taliban in a statement to Reuters say they targeted the school because the army targets their families. We want them to feel our pain. We target children like the army targets ours.
15:14
Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar tweets: 84-100 kids. Shot at point blank range. This is our collective grief. Just be quiet, and let the enormity of it sink in. Our collective hell. Going to pick up my son from school. As a mom, my unimaginable pain for those parents who sent their kids to school...
15:11
Home Rajnath Singh tweets: My heart goes out to the families of those children who got killed by the terrorists in Peshwar. I express my condolences to those families. Reports coming in now say students were lined up and shot at point blank range.
15:07
Nawaz Sharif has termed the incident a national calamity. A student who escaped the school massacre said fleeing students were shot several times over till they fell dead.
15:03
About 500 students and teachers are still believed to be inside.PM Nawaz Sharif has left for Peshawar to supervise the ongoing operation against Taliban.I have decided to proceed to Peshawar and I will supervise the operation my self. These are my children and it is my loss, PM Nawaz Sharif...
15:00
Here's what we have so far: Six Tehrek-e-Taliban suicide bombers attacked an army-run school in Peshawar in north-west Pakistan this morning, killing 104 people including 84 students. Soldiers have surrounded the school and a rescue operation is on.
14:52
One father at the Peshawar school says, Itne chhote bachhon ko kaun marta hai... apne bachhon ke janaze ka kya karun...
14:49
Pakistan's Dawn newspaper says 104 including 84 children killed, scores injured. Firefight, evacuation underway. About 500 students and teachers are believed to be inside. Chief Minister KP Pervez Khattak confirmed that 84 children have been killed in the attack.
14:42
A student who identified himself as Shuja told Samaa TV that they were writing an exam when the firing started. They were told by the teacher to lie down on the floor. He said they remained on the floor for about one hour when army soldiers came and told them to go out. Opposition party Imran...
14:37
Out of the six suicide bombers, one blew himself up, two were shot by Pakistan security forces, while three are still at large. Armoured vehicles have moved in to the school.
14:31
The suicide bomber who blew himself up, did so, outside the school auditorium.
14:10
Pakistan army's Waziristan ops killed 120 terrorists. The Taliban said today's attack at the armed forces school in Peshawar was a revenge attack. Early reports say four Pakistan hospitals near the school have run out of blood. Over 40 people have been injured. Twenty-five ambulances have...
13:55
Pak PM Nawaz Sharif instructs Interior Minister to personally monitor rescue ops in Peshawar.
13:54
A Tehrik-e-Taliban spokesperson says it's a revenge attack for the army offensive in North Waziristan.
13:52
Media reports say 18 children, a female teacher and a security guard among 20 killed in attack on army school. The gunmen wearing army uniforms went from room to room killing children.
13:47
Pakistani hospital official puts the figure at 12 dead, 40 injured in Taliban attack on military-run school
13:43
TV reports say that one of the seven terrorists inside the school has blown himself up. The men, believed to be a suicide squad wore army fatigues and set vehicles outside the school on fire and then stormed into the school. Some children managed to escape. Unconfirmed reports say 17 students, 1...
13:33
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemns attack, says those behind the heinous act will not be spared.
13:29
Some media reports say 13 children including teachers have been killed in the Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar. It is believed that the Taliban have been told to target older children.
13:22
Two choppers carrying out aerial surveillance on the Peshawar school.
13:08
Early reports says that the Pak Taliban has orders to target older children in the school. A heavy exchange of fire has been reported and a second explosion has been heard inside the school. The entire area around the school has been surrounded by security forces. So far, 30 people (students and...
13:04
Early reports say that there are six suicide bombers inside the Peshawar school. Three children have been killed, but no confirmations from the government as yet. The gunfire between the terrorists and security personnel continue, say TV reports. A blast was also heard from the school. Parents of...
12:49
A Reuters journalist at the scene could hear heavy gunfire from inside the school as soldiers surrounded it. Military officials said at least six armed men had entered the military-run Army Public School. About 500 students and teachers were believed to be inside. Eighteen people (not clear how...
12:43
An unknown number of children and teachers held hostage by armed attackers at the military-run school in Peshawar. Teherik e Taliban Pakistan has taken responsibility for the school attack.Early reports suggest that two children have been killed, while over 20 have been injured.
12:38
At least five terrorists wearing Army uniforms have entered an Army public school in Peshawar, Pakistan. Two children are believed to have been injured in the firing, while four students have been rescued by Pakistan security forces. The terrorists set fire to vehicles in the campus of the Army...
12:30
Prime Minister Narendra Modi read out the riot act to BJP MPs telling them that controversial statements made by some of them are hurting the party and the government's image and that no one must cross the line or the Laxman Rekha.Modi talked tough at the BJP's parliamentary party meeting held...
12:22
Former Maharashtra home minister and NCP leader R R Patil underwent an angiography procedure at the Bombay Hospital on Monday after he suffered a cardiac arrest at his home on Saturday.A doctor gave him a cardiac massage at Patil's residence to revive him following which he was rushed to...
12:14
@nitingokhale tweets: Does Pak realise that in 1971 they were done in by a Christian (Anthony Mascarenhas), a Parsi (Manekshaw), a Jew (Jacob) & a Sikh (Aurora)?
12:03
PM Modi tweets his condolences: Had a telephone conversation with PM Tony Abbott on the hostage crisis in Sydney. Appreciated PM Abbott's leadership that led to resolving of the crisis and release of the hostages, which included 2 Indians. Two innocent people lost their lives in the hostage...
11:57
The Supreme Court has rejected a plea by Italian marine, accused of two shooting Kerala fishermen, to extend his stay in Italy.The apex court has asked Italian marine Massimiliano Latorre to return to India by January 16, 2015. Latorre had approached the SC seeking an extension of two months time...
11:53
So, how prepared his India to handle a Sydney-like situation? Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said India's preparedness has definitely improved. I think we are improving and definitely much better than probably what we were prepared in the earlier years. So, ultimately it comes with...
11:46
Tori Johnson, one of the two victims killed during Monday's 16-hour siege at a cafe in Sydney, died because had tried to wrestle the gun from the hostage taker Haron Monis. Media reports say that at a prayer service led by Archbishop Anthony Fisher today, both Johnson and second victim Katrina...
11:33
PM thanks Lt. General (Retd.)Jacob for presenting me with his books, An Odyssey in War & Peace and Surrender at Dacca.
11:32
PM Modi tweets: On Vijay Diwas, we remember the sacrifices and valour of our armed forces who fought courageously in 1971. We are extremely proud of them. On this historic day, glad to have met Lt. General (Retd.) JFR Jacob, known for his impeccable service to the Army. Read:How Pakistan...
11:28
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and the Chiefs of the three Armed Forces pay homage to martyrs of 1971War at Amar Jawan Jyoti on VijayDiwas.
11:11
Sydney barrister and mother of three Katrina Dawson was killed while trying to shield her pregnant friend from gunfire, according to new reports.The 38-year-old, along with 34-year-old manager Tori Johnson, was hailed as a hero in a church service held on Tuesday, reported Agence...
10:58
Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament today and briefed him about the situation at the border and other sensitive issues.The Chief of Army Staff's last meeting with the PM was on December 5, when he brief Modi on the recent terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir....
10:35
The special court today directed the CBI to record former prime minister Manmohan Singh's statement in the coal scam. It wants the CBI to file status report by January 27 in the coal blocks allocation scam case involving top industrialist KM Birla, former coal secretary P C Parakh and others....
10:08
It is two years since the December 16 Delhi gang rape. The brutal incident of the paramedical student by six men on a moving bus in the national capital brought the nation to a standstill. It is crime against society. The society was responsible for it. People should take responsibility and be...
09:51
The rupee fell over 50 paise or 0.8 per cent today to register a 13-month low of 63.46 per dollar. This is the weakest level for the rupee since November 14, when it hit a low of 63.34 per dollar, reports NDTV.
09:34
The Sydney Morning Herald reports: A police bomb squad has been called to the the department of foreign affairs and trade headquarters in Canberra to investigate reports of a suspicious package. Staff are being evacuated from the premises after the package was discovered. The suspicious...
09:28
Reporter Anne Davies talks about her encounter with the man behind the Sydney siege. Read the full report in The Sydney Morning Herald.
09:23
Two Indians who were among an unknown number of people held hostage for over 16 hours by an armed man in a Sydney cafe, are safe, the Ministry of External Affairs has said.Vishwakant Ankit Reddy and Pushpendu Ghosh were among the hostages involved when Monis began his siege. However, Reddy,...
08:36
As India continues its pursuit of suspected black money stashed abroad, an international think-tank has ranked the country third globally with an estimated $94.76 billion (nearly Rs 6 lakh crore) illicit wealth outflows in 2012. As a result, the cumulative illicit money moving out of the country...
08:33
Lauding the Senate confirmation of 37-year-old Vivek Murthy as the youngest ever Surgeon General, more than a year after his nomination, US President Barack Obama has said the Indian-American physician would hit the ground running as the country's top doctor. I applaud the Senate for confirming...
08:24
Thirty-seven-year-old Indian-American physician Vivek Hallegere Murthy has been confirmed as the 19th Surgeon General of America by United States Senate. He is the youngest person and the first person of Indian-origin to hold the post. The upper house of US Congress confirmed Murthy's nomination...
02:35
Until his entry into the global media spotlight as the shadowy figure at the centre of the Sydney siege, Man Haron Monis had long been viewed as a fringe figure in Sydneys Islamic community, his self-radicalisation rooted in grievances against the Australian government and increasing...
01:02
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has released the following statement:Australians awoke to the news this morning that the siege in Martin Place has ended. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the two deceased hostages, the wounded and the other hostages. I commend the courage...
00:30
NSW police commissioner, Andrew Scipione, says police made the decision to enter the Lindt cafe because shots were fired inside.He is asked if hostages were killed by gunfire from the hostage taker, or from police:Again, as a result of an exchange of gunfire inside those premises, police moved...
00:24
New South Wales police commissioner, Andrew Scipione, says we are now dealing with a critical incident and a thorough investigation has already started.We need to actually find out what's happened here and what's happened inside that cafe. It's not time to speculate or to develop theories. We are...
00:21
New South Wales police commissioner, Andrew Scipione, and NSW premier, Mike Baird, are addressing the media:This morning I come before you with the heaviest of hearts, unbelievable overnight we have lost some of our own in an attack we never thought we would see here in our city. In the past 24...
00:15
Amid the hostage crisis in Sydney, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight said: India stands shoulder to shoulder with Australia during these testing times.Our thoughts & prayers are with the people of Sydney & Australia. We stand shoulder to shoulder with them during these testing times,...
00:14
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