South Asia
India calls off talks with Pakistan at UNGA
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) India on Friday called off the proposed talks between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan set to take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly later this…
Modi government has lost moral right to continue: Congress
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Launching a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government over its alleged mishandling of Jammu and Kashmir and relations with Pakistan, the Congress on Friday said the government has lost…
US welcomes India, Pakistan foreign ministers’ meeting
Washington, Sep 21 (IANS) The US has welcomed as “terrific news”, India’s acceptance of Pakistan’s offer of a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two neighbours on the sidelines of the annual UN General…
Pakistan observes Muharram amid tight security
Islamabad, Sep 21 (IANS) Pakistan observed Muharram with solemnity on Friday to pay homage to Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, and other martyrs of Karbala amid strict security. Processions were taken…
Nepali PM to lead delegation to 73rd UNGA session
Kathmandu, Sep 21 (IANS) Nepalese Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli will be leading a delegation to the 73rd session of UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said here. Oli…
Pakistan didn’t sufficiently act against LeT, JeM: US
Washington, Sep 20 (IANS) Terror groups like Lashkar e-Tayyaba and Jaish-e-Mohammad, which have organised terror attacks in India in the past, continue to pose a regional threat and Pakistan did not take sufficient action to…
World Bank, Bangladesh sign $50m deal to improve Rohingya healthcare
Dhaka, Sep 20 (IANS) The Bangladesh government on Thursday signed a $50 million grant financing agreement with the World Bank to improve the country’s services to cater to the health, nutrition and family planning needs…
India wants fair, credible election in Maldives
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) India hopes the upcoming presidential election in the Maldives will be held in “a fair, transparent and in a very credible manner”, a senior official said on Thursday. “We are…
Kartarpur issue to figure in Sushma-Qureshi meeting
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The issue of Pakistan opening the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara corridor will figure at the meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the…
India rejects Pakistan’s plea for hosting Saarc Summit
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Asserting that terror and talks cannot go together, India on Thursday rejected new Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s proposal for holding a Saarc Summit in Islamabad. India, however, accepted Islamabad’s…
Pakistani court orders separate rooms for transgenders in hospitals
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) A court in Pakistan has ordered all state-run hospitals across the Punjab province to ensure separate rooms for the transgender community, the media reported on Thursday. In the ruling, the Lahore…
Punjab offers support to war-torn Afghanistan
Chandigarh, Sep 20 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday assured former Afghan President Hamid Karzai that his government would extend greater strategic support and cooperation to the war-torn nation. The Chief Minister conveyed…
India, Pakistan foreign ministers to meet in New York
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Breaking the ice in ties, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will meet her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session that begins…
NIA to produce deported IS sympathiser in Kerala court
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The NIA will produce Nashidul Hamzafar, an alleged Islamic State (IS) sympathiser who was deported from Afghanistan to India on Tuesday, in a Kerala court later on Thursday, an official…
Italy assessing how to help female Pakistani student’s return
Rome, Sep 20 (IANS/AKI) Foreign minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi is “closely following” the case of a 23-year-old woman who wrote to her school in Monza begging for help to return to Italy from Pakistan, where…
Imran Khan, Abu Dhabi crown prince discuss bilateral ties
Dubai, Sep 20 (IANS/WAM) Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces, met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday,…
India against peace talks with Taliban sans Afghan government
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Even as media reports cited the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying that Taliban was prepared to attend multilateral peace talks on Afghanistan in Moscow, sources here said on Wednesday that…
India happy with Maldives opposition floating joint presidential candidate
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Ahead of the presidential election to be held in the Maldives on Sunday, the Indian establishment is happy that the opposition parties in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation have put…
No Sushma-Qureshi meeting at UN
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) No meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has been scheduled yet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session later…