Delhi: International Yoga Day is being observed on June 21 every year, after United Nations adopted India’s proposal in 2014. This year, the national event for International Yoga Day was held at Dehradun’s Forest Research Institute where Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated. Speaking at the event, Modi highlighted the importance of yoga, a gift from […]
Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the Kashmir issue has been a very old one and a major challenge for all governments and will take time to be resolved, media reports said. “Modi’s Kashmir policy is correct and there is no doubt in it. The kashmir issue is not a new one, it is […]
Delhi: India has declared itself free from the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza commonly known as bird flu June 05 2018 onwards. According to a statement of Agricultural Ministry, surveillance throughout the country in and around the areas of the outbreaks since completion of the operation has showed no evidence of the Avian Influenza Virus. […]
Dozens have died and over a million of people have been displaced in northeast India and Bangladesh after floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in hits in south Asia parts, media reports said. The Brahmaputra River, which flows from the Himalayas down to India and then through Bangladesh, has burst its banks, swamping more than […]
Srinagar: Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said that despite the Ramdan unilateral ceasefire announced by the government of India the militants in Jammu and Kashmir had continued with their activities, media reports said. Governor’s rule in the state is unlikely to have any impact on ongoing military operations, the Army chief said adding, […]
KABUL: At least thirty Afghan soldiers were killed and a military base has been captured in the western province of Badghis on Wednesday, by the Taliban forces, media reports said. This is said to be the major attack since the Ramzan Truce ends in the country on Sunday. Media reports quoting officials said that Taliban attacked […]
Islamabad: India on Tuesday rejected a proposal by the Chinese Ambassador to New Delhi for a trilateral summit involving Pakistan, India and China, media reports said. The Ministry of External Affairs of the Hindu-majority country said that the matters concerning the relationship of Islamabad and New Delhi ‘cannot’ involve any third party. “If Russia, China […]
Delhi: Soon after the BJP pulled out alliance with the ruling PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, the congress today ruled out any tie-up with the PDP, media reports said. Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said here that the BJP had committed a “Himalayan blunder” by forming a government with the PDP. He said the […]
Islamabad: Afghan Taliban on Tuesday said that they are ready to hold peace talks with United States and not with the Afghan government, media reports said. Media reports said that the Taliban political office in Qatar had confirmed talks with Pakistani officials in a statement and said that Pakistani government wanted to discuss its peace […]
WASHINGTON: The United States Secretary Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said that the Trump administration is ready to discuss the role of US and international forces in Afghanistan if Taliban participate in peace talks, The Dawn newspaper reporter. Encouraged by the pictures of Taliban rebels and Afghan soldiers saying Eid prayers side by side, the top […]
