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An explosion outside a revered shrine in Lahore, Pakistan, took lives of 3 police officers and injured 15 on Wednesday morning. The bomb went off near the Data Darbar shrine in second largest city of Pakistan. The attack came at a time when the entire country is soaked in festivities due to Ramzan.

An explosion outside a revered Sufi shrine in Lahore, Pakistan, took lives of five people and injured at least 24 on Wednesday morning, reports said. The bomb went off near the Data Darbar shrine in the second largest city of Pakistan. The attack came at a time when the entire country is soaked in festivities due to the holy month of Ramzan. Here's more.

As tensions between India and Pakistan are escalating, the neighboring country suspended cross-border Samjhauta Express on Thursday leaving passengers traveling to Attari from Lahore in a fix. The train was supposed to depart to Attari at 8 AM this morning. According to Pakistan's Geo TV, Additional General Manager Pakistan Railways said the decision was taken to prevent any untoward incident.

Shashi Tharoor's spouse Sunanda claimed on the micro-blogging website that she had commented from her Shashi's account, the allegedly personal messages sent to him by Lahore-based journalist Mehr Tarar, to display the world "how she is stalking my husband".

Mumbai will house the 2011 World Cup secretariat and India will host 29 matches of the quadrennial extravaganza, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said here on Tuesday. The secretariat was earlier based in the Pakistani city of Lahore.