New Delhi: Russia on Friday announced conferring of its highest civilian award ‘Order of Saint Andrew The Apostle’ on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A decree from the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s office said the prestigious award has been given to Mr Modi for “distinguished achievement in development of the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership between […]
Srinagar: French Ambassador Alexandre Ziegler on Thursday dismissed as “fake news” reports that a batch of Pakistani pilots was trained on Rafale fighter jets being procured by Qatari Air Force. American aviation industry website ainonline.Com reported that the first batch of pilots trained on the Rafale fighter jet for Qatar in November 2017 were Pakistani […]
Islamabad: A Pakistani high court on Thursday declared that the two Hindu teenage sisters were not forcibly converted from Hinduism to Islam, and permitted them to live with their spouses, according to a media report. The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), and their spouses petitioned the Islamabad High Court on March 25 against alleged […]
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Assadduddin Owaisi Thursday hit out at Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan over his remarks about India’s general elections, saying he has no right to interfere in the country’s electoral process. During an interaction with foreign journalists in Islamabad on Wednesday, Khan said he believed there may be a better chance of peace talks […]
Srinagar: A group of international journalists, mostly based in India, as well as the ambassadors and defence attachés of various countries on Wednesday visited the impact site of the Feb 26 Indian airspace violation near Jabba, Balakot, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, announced late last evening. Director General (DG) […]
Srinagar: A Muslim man was allegedly beaten up and forced to eat pork by a group of people who were angry over his selling beef in Assam, police said Tuesday. Consumption of pork is a taboo among most Muslims. The victim, Shaukat Ali (48), was assaulted by a group of locals at Madhupur weekly market in […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday assailed what he described as the “moral bankruptcy” of Indian and Israeli political leadership, accusing the incumbent parties of harbouring ambitions to “illegally occupy land” in the West Bank and Kashmir in defiance of international laws and “their own constitutions” for votes as both countries head to polls this […]
Srinagar: Over a dozen live shells of an anti-aircraft gun were found from a plot located about half a kilometre from the Banigala residence of Prime Minister Imran Khan. Police said a senior officer of a foreign mission spotted the ammunition lying in the plot adjacent to the prime minister’s house and informed the police, […]
Washington: United States officials did a count of Islamabad’s F-16 jets recently and found that none were missing, contradicting India’s claims that it shot down a Pakistani fighter jet amid heightened tensions between both countries after the Pulwama attack, according to a report published on the Foreign Policy magazine’s website on Thursday. Following the conflict […]
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday awarded Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with its highest civilian award — Zayed Medal. The UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Medal — highest civil decoration of the country which is awarded to presidents, kings, and heads […]
