Srinagar, July 11 (IANS) The body of a seven-year-old Pakistani boy, recovered from a river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, was handed over to Pakistan authorities on Thursday, police said. Abid Sheikh, who had…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) India on Thursday dismissed Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s appeal to the ‘mujahideen’ in Kashmir to rain “unrelenting” blows on the Indian Army, saying the UN proscribed terrorist had been…
Colombo, July 11 (IANS) More than 60 suspects were detained while 167 others remain in custody over the Easter Sunday terror explosions in Sri Lanka which killed over 250 people and injured over 500 on…
Colombo, July 11 (IANS) Over 2,000 drunk drivers have been arrested in Sri Lanka over the last seven days after police launched a special island-wide operation since July 5, police said in a statement here…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, who attended the 19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting in London, called for fast-tracking the Maldives’ re-admission into the Commonwealth, which it left in a…
Srinagar, July 11 (IANS) The Kashmir problem needs a political solution and this must satisfy all stakeholders, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday. Speaking to the media on the sidelines…
Islamabad, July 11 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and 40 others injured on Thursday when a passenger train and a goods train collided in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The accident occurred around 4 a.m….
Islamabad, July 11 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that the country is seeking local and foreign investments to establish more and more industries to increase the country’s income and create employment…
Washington, July 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump will meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on July 22 at the White House, discussing counterterrorism and other issues, according to a statement released by the…
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) The latest UN human rights report on Jammu and Kashmir, slammed by India as a “continuation of the earlier false and motivated narrative”, has several discrepancies that show up on…
Kabul, July 10 (IANS) Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday stressed that talks between the government and the Taliban should happen, saying that now is the time for peace which should be inclusive. In his…
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) troopers have apprehended four persons, including two Bangladeshis, in a case of human trafficking at Hakimpur in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, officials said on…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is in London to attend the 19th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers’ Meeting, which is also being attended by his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Jaishankar,…
Rome, July 9 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s ruling anti-establishment 5-Star Movement wants Italy’s 900-strong troop contingent in Afghanistan to be drawn down rapidly after presidential polls scheduled for late September, one of the party’s senior lawmakers said…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to conduct a detailed hearing on whether illegal immigrants can be granted refugee status. Two Rohingya men moved the apex court against the Centre’s…
New York, July 9 (2019) Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have criticized a Sri Lankan magistrate’s acquittal of all 13 defendants in the execution of five Tamil students in 2006 in the northeastern town…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The NIA has recovered five hand grenades and materials for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) while probing the 2014 bomb blast in Burdwan in West Bengal that left two persons…
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Nepal on Monday pitched for India’s uninterrupted cooperation and complete trust to build a road map for a “New Nepal” just the way the “New India” is being visualised through…
New Delhi, IANS (July 8) The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed a statutory resolution for levying 200 per cent duty on all goods exported from Pakistan. The Upper House also adopted the move to increase…
Lahore, July 8 (IANS) The “heaviest” man of Pakistan, who weighed over 330 kg, died on Monday after he was left unattended due to commotion in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital in…