New York: External Affairs Minister of India Sushma Swaraj left a meeting of the SAARC foreign ministers early, which was attended by her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi amidst fresh chill in bilateral ties. Swaraj attended the Informal Meeting of the SAARC Council of Ministers held here on the margins of the 73rd UN General […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday declined to refer to a five-judge constitution bench the issue of reconsideration of the observations in its 1994 judgement that a mosque was not integral to Islam which had arisen during the hearing of the Ayodhya land dispute. In a majority verdict of 2:1, an apex court bench headed by […]
Srinagar: India has raised objections over Pakistan raising Kashmir issue at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting, saying it is completely “unwarranted” for the grouping as well as its member countries to discuss matters related to India’s internal affairs in any multi-organisation set up. Pakistan raised the Kashmir issue at the OIC Contact Group […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday declared as unconstitutional the penal provision on adultery. Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and R F Nariman held that Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code dealing with the offence of adultery is unconstitutional. “We declare Sec 497 IPC and Sec 198 of CrPC dealing with […]
Islamabad, Sep 25(UNI) Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday summoned the asset details of former president Asif Ali Zardari and his children within 15 days. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, heard Zardari’s review petition against the Supreme Court verdict summoning details of his assets in relation to the […]
New York: Upswing in bitterness between India and Pakistan over the killing of Jammu and Kashmir policemen and the Indian government calling off a proposed meeting of foreign ministers could come to the fore at the UN General Assembly. “Anybody can try and be a solo player,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Syed Akbaruddin […]
Srinagar: Pakistan administered Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan and Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider on Sunday condemned the “provocative statements” given by the government and army chief of India who, they said, were working in collusion to “brutalize and suppress” the Kashmiri people. The president said Indian forces had turned the disputed region into a […]
Srinagar: Pakistan on Monday said that the highlight of its Foreign Ministers visit to the United Nations will be to set out the new government’s priorities and its position and policy on key international and regional issues including the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly in the light of UN Human Rights Council’s report which […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that despite Indias reluctance, Islamabad would not close doors on its efforts to promote peace in the region. “India is reluctant, we will not close our doors,” the Minister said while addressing a news conference at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington on Sunday. “Hiding away from […]
Srinagar: Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was all set to offer India a corridor for Sikh pilgrims to visit the Kartarpur Sahib shrine if he had met external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj in New York on 26 September, The Print reported on Sunday. But when India cancelled the talks Friday, within 24 hours of […]
