New Delhi [India], January 27 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said, it has taken up the investigation of Shaurya Chakra awardee Comrade Balwinder Singh Sandhu's murder case.

Chandigarh [India], January 27 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that India needs clear policy and needs to improve its military might to counter China's expansionist agenda.

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 27 (ANI): A Pakistani pilot has claimed that he spotted a very shiny, unidentified flying object (UFO) in the sky during a domestic flight, Geo News reported.

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 27 (ANI): Malaysia on Wednesday released a Pakistan International Airlines' (PIA) plane which was seized after the Pakistani carrier failed to clear the dues of the leasing firm.

Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 27 (ANI): Australia's wicketkeeper-batsman Ben Dunk, who has scored over 3,000 runs in T20s, is all set to turn up for the Qalandars in the new season of the Abu Dhabi T10. The competition will be played at the Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi from January 28- February 6.

The 1946 batch was the first Indian Test squad to travel by air. They lost one Test in a three-match series under a new captain, The Nawab of Pataudi Sr as Vijay Hazare and Vinoo Mankad played their first Tests.

Washington [US], January 27 (ANI): The US considers Pakistan a "major non-NATO ally," a status bestowed upon only seventeen countries that facilitate military trade and cooperation.

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 27 (ANI): In an interesting development in the foreign funding case against Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Akbar S Babar, one of the founding members of the ruling party, on Tuesday, submitted an application to the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) scrutiny committee, challenging its decision to keep the financial records of the PTI secret from him.

Aurangabad (Maharashtra) [India], January 27 (ANI): 65-year-old Hasina Begum who had gone to Pakistan 18 years ago to meet her husband's relatives but landed up in a Pakistani jail after she lost her passport, returned to India on Tuesday after Aurangabad police filed a report on the matter.

Lahore [Pakistan], January 27 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday slammed the domestic authorities over the handling of activist Karima Baloch's funeral and termed their attempt to foil the ceremony held for the slain activist as "disgraceful".