PESHAWAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday named Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud as the new leader , a week after the previous chief Mullah Fazlullah was killed in a U.S.-Afghan air strike in Afghanistan, the group’s spokesman said, Reuters reported Fazlullah was killed on June 15 in a strike in the eastern Afghan […]
Delhi: Days after BJP pulled out of the PDP-led coalition regime in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP chief Amit Shah will be on a day-long visit of the Jammu region and also address a rally and celebrate Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Balidan-Divas in a big way. BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Ravinder Raina said that Shah […]
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed the need for export-led growth for India to become a 5 trillion dollars economy, saying that the country’s share in world trade need to rise to at least 3.4 per cent from the current 1.6 per cent and states must be made active partners in this effort. […]
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janta Party on Friday lashed out at the Congress party for latter’s pro-Pakistan and supposed to be pro-Gen Pervez Musharraf statements vis-a-vis the militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and alleged that it only gives impression that there is “a Pakistan within the Congress”. “While terrorist group LeT endorses the statement of […]
Islamabad: Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistan president on Friday resigned as the chairman of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), according to the new party chairman, Dr Mohammad Amjad, Dawn reported Dr Amjad told DawnNewsTV that Musharraf had tendered his resignation to the party on June 18 due to the Peshawar High Court’s 2013 verdict which had […]
Delhi: Shiv Sena’s party chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday blamed the BJP for the “worsening of the situation in Kashmir” and alleged that the BJP is now conveniently blaming everything on Mehbooba Mufti. In an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ also says that after demonetisation terrorism and infiltration has grown manifolds. “After creating lawlessness in […]
Delhi: A Hindu-Muslim couple was humiliated by a passport officer in Lucknow by refusing to accept their marriage and asking the man, who was a Muslim, to convert to Hinduism, The Indian Expres reported. Following the incident the couple, later, took to Twitter to convey their ordeal to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) head Sushma […]
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. […]
