Oppn needs to switch tracks to stop Modi ‘politicise’ Pulwama, Balakot, says Omar
Srinagar, Mar 5 (PTI) NC leader Omar Abdullah said Tuesday the opposition parties need to switch strategies by focussing on issues such as rural distress and unemployment in order to deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi the space to “politicise” the Pulwama terror attack and the Balakot air strike. The Indian air strike at a Jaish-e-Mohammad […]
Political parties in Jammu advocate simultaneous assembly, Lok Sabha polls
Jammu, Mar 5 (PTI): Representatives of different political parties here met the visiting team of Election Commission of India on Tuesday and advocated holding state assembly polls simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. The team, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, reached Jammu on the second leg of the two-day tour and held discussions […]
Pak arrests 44 members of banned outfits, including Masood Azhar’s brother
Islamabad, Mar 5 (PTI) Pakistan on Tuesday arrested 44 members of banned outfits, including a brother of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, amid mounting pressure from the global community to rein in the terror groups operating on its soil and curb their financing. Mufti Abdur Rauf, brother of Azhar, and Hammad Azhar are among those arrested […]
No organised presence of terrorist group in Pak: envoy Khan
Washington, Mar 5 (PTI) : India chose to act as the “judge, jury and executioner” by attacking Pakistan after the Pulwama terrror attack, Pakistan’s envoy to the US has said as he claimed that there is no “organised presence” of any terrorist group in his country. Tensions between India and Pakistan flared up after a […]
Not aware of any request from the US on F 16: Pak envoy to US
Washington (PTI): Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Asad Majeed Khan has said he is not aware of any request made by the US about the use of F-16 fighter jets by his country in the recent aerial confrontation with India. The Indian Air Force on Thursday displayed parts of an AMRAAM beyond visual range air-to-air […]
Balakot air strike ‘non-military action’ as no civilian casualty caused: Sitharaman
Chennai, Mar 5 (PTI) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Tuesday the Indian Air Force strike that destroyed a Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camp in Pakistan’s Balakot area was “not a military action” as there was no civilian casualty. She also said Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale had not given any casualty figure in his media briefing after the […]
Trump plans to scrap India’s preferential trade status; New Delhi says move won’t hurt much
Washington (PTI) President Donald Trump has announced plans to scrap the preferential trade treatment for India, claiming that New Delhi has failed to assure the US of “equitable and reasonable” access to its markets, a move India said will not have a “significant impact” on its exports to America. The move to end the Generalized System […]
India will have ‘all options’ available in case there is another terror strike: Officials
New Delhi,(PTI) India will have “all options” available in case there is another terror strike, official sources asserted on Tuesday while maintaining that the government will insist on concrete steps taken by Pakistan in dismantling terror infrastructure. Sources also said that India has shared with the US the evidence of use of F16 jet by Pakistan […]
Pak’s Punjab province minister asked to quit over his anti-Hindu remarks
Lahore, (PTI) Pakistan’s Punjab province Information and Culture Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan was on Tuesday asked to resign over his anti-Hindu remarks that invited intense criticism by senior party leaders and the minority community, according to a media report. Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar summoned Chohan at the CM House and asked him to tender his […]
India has 15 out of 20 most polluted cities in world: Study
New Delhi, (PTI) Fifteen of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India, with Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Noida and Bhiwadi in the top six, according to a new study. India’s national capital region (NCR) emerged as the most polluted region in the world last year, data compiled in the new report states. The […]
