Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to make his first official trip to China next month, his foreign minister has said. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a game changer for Pakistan and has taken off. Pakistan, he said, wants an early […]
New Delhi: The process for next year’s Haj will be announced in the next few days as preparations for the 2019 pilgrimage have already started, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Wednesday Naqvi has said that it is for the first time after Independence that preparation for next year’s Haj has been started immediately after […]
Srinagar: A Kashmiri Pandit group has sought United Nations’ intervention for withdrawal of a postage stamp issued in Pakistan, alleging it had pictures of their protest to highlight human rights violations in Kashmir. The group has written a letter to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres seeking his intervention for the stamp’s withdrawal. A major […]
Haridwar: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said even opposition parties cannot oppose a Ram temple in Ayodhya openly as the deity is revered by the country’s majority. Speaking at a function held at Patanjali Yogpeeth on Monday, Bhagwat said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Janata Party is committed to constructing […]
New Dehli: India on Tuesday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 149th birth anniversary with President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi offering floral tributes to the Father of the Nation at Raj ghat here. Marking the launch of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Gandhi, Kovind […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday allowed Gautam Navlakha, one of the five rights activists arrested in connection with Koregaon-Bhima case, to be freed from house arrest. The high court granted him the relief saying that the Supreme Court last week had given him the liberty to approach the appropriate forum within four weeks […]
Srinagar: Pakistan administered Kashmir’s Prime Minister, Raja Farooq Haider has claimed that the white chopper he was travelling in was “very close” to the LoC but within Pakistan’s airspace, and that there was no need to inform the Indian authorities about the flight as it was not a military helicopter. The Indian Army said on […]
Washington: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has defended Beijing’s repeated blockage of India’s bids at the United Nations to list chief of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Azhar Masood as a global terrorist, arguing that the issue lacks “consensus” among the members of the UN Security Council as well as the “directly concerned” parties – […]
Srinagar: Days after India cancelled talks between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan has taken up the Kashmir issue with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. According to a report in Pakistan-based Geo News, Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told the UN Secretary General that the Kashmir […]
New Delhi: The 20th Livestock Census will be conducted in all districts of the Indian Union in participation with all States and Union Territories. States/UTs have been requested to start the census operations from 1st October, 2018. The success of this novel initiative is dependent on full cooperation and commitment from all States/UTs Governments. The […]
