Chandigarh, Sep 18 (IANS) With two union ministers gunning for him on his hug with the Pakistan Army chief and his claims on passage for Indian pilgrims for the Kartarpur gurdwara, Punjab cabinet minister Navjot…
New Delhi/Dhaka, Sep 18 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday jointly e-inaugurated the construction work of a cross-border oil pipeline and a railway project, with the former…
Jammu, Sep 18 (IANS) A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed on Tuesday in ceasefire violation by Pakistan Rangers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district. Police said the Rangers breached the 2003 truce on…
New Delhi/Dhaka Sep 18 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday jointly inaugurated the construction works of a cross-border oil pipeline and two rail projects, with the former…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday described India and Bangladesh as members of the same family while inaugurating with his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina a pipeline project and a railway…
Kabul, Sep 18 (IANS) Afghanistan’s intelligence agency on Tuesday announced the arrest of 26 alleged members of the Islamic State terror group who were planning attacks in the capital during the upcoming festival of Muharram….
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that Nepal had explained its absence from the recent BIMSTEC military drill and that India had “no reason to disbelieve it”. She stressed…
Kathmandu, Sep 18 (IANS) A three-day meeting at the national level on “Multi-Sectoral Services to Respond to Gender-Based Violence in Nepal” kicked off here on Tuesday. The meeting was organized by the Ministry of Women,…
Dhaka, Sep 18 (IANS) Bangladesh’s highest economic policy-making body on Tuesday approved a project worth nearly half a billion US dollars to procure 150,000 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The project was given a green signal…
Islamabad, Sep 18 (IANS) A teacher and three students were electrocuted at a private school in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, the police said. The incident occurred during morning assembly at a school in…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 18 (IANS) India has criticised the world body for not doing enough to cut off the drug trade that is financing the Taliban with over a billion dollars as…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 18 (IANS) A Nepalese peacekeeper was injured in an attack by a government soldier in South Sudan, according to UN officials. The peacekeeper, who was shot and wounded while…
United Nations, Sep 18 (IANS) A UN envoy on Monday voiced concern about political challenges that he said might derail the parliamentary elections in Afghanistan next month. “Operationally and technically, the preparations are on track….
Islamabad, Sep 18 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates from Tuesday at the invitation of the two countries leaderships, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. It will…
Islamabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Pakistani Law Minister Farogh Naseem and British Home Secretary Sajid Javid on Monday announced a joint justice and accountability initiative aimed at repatriating “the looted wealth of the country”. The initiative,…
Islamabad, Sep 17 (IANS) The Pakistan government on Monday sold for Rs 180 million as many as 62 vehicles in the first batch of bulletproof cars’ auction as part of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s austerity…
Islamabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar were back in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail as a five-day parole granted to them to attend Kulsoom Nawaz’s funeral…
Colombo, Sep 17 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government will soon implement digital identification cards for its citizens aimed at strengthening the island’s digital economy, officials said on Monday. Vice Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of…
Islamabad, Sep 17 (IANS) At least 36 people sustained severe injuries in a stampede at a shrine in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Monday. According to local Urdu TV channel Abb Takk, tens of thousands of…
Guwahati, Sep 17 (IANS) Three Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested in Assam’s Hailakandi district for violating the Indian Passport Act, 1967, police said on Monday. Hailakandi Superintendent of Police Mohneesh Mishra said the Bangladeshis had…