Pakistan hires lobbying firm to advance its interests in US
Islamabad, Jul 20 (PTI) Pakistan has hired the services of a leading lobbying firm to ensure effective representation of Islamabad’s interests in the US, a media report said Saturday amid strained relations between the two countries. Relations between Pakistan and the US have been turbulent since Donald Trump took office in 2017, with the president repeatedly […]
Scribes protest against malicious TOI report, it’s Correspondent
Srinagar: Journalists on Saturday protested against the malicious news report by Times of India calling it’s Correspondent Salim Pandit ‘a disgrace to journalism’. Journalists assembled at Kashmir Press Enclave including members of the newly elected Kashmir Press Club. Pandit in his story in TOI has termed members of KPC as Jihadists and had tried to […]
Tanker seizure shows Iran choosing ‘dangerous path’: UK
London, Jul 20 (AFP) British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Saturday that Tehran seizing a UK-flagged oil tanker showed “worrying signs Iran may be choosing a dangerous path of illegal and destabilising behaviour”. “Our reaction will be considered but robust,” Hunt said on Twitter, adding that Britain “will ensure the safety of our shipping”. (AFP)
Pak holds first-ever provincial polls in northwest tribal areas
Islamabad, Jul 20 (PTI) The first-ever provincial elections began Sunday in Pakistan’s erstwhile semi-autonomous tribal region bordering Afghanistan that was once a stronghold of various militant groups like the Taliban and the al-Qaida.Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) comprising seven districts was merged with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province in May 2018 after a constitutional amendment. The […]
BJP govt in UP ‘dictatorially inclined’: Rahul
New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh of being “dictatorially inclined” and said party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s “imprisonment” at Chunar guesthouse is an attempt to trample upon democracy. Priyanka Gandhi was on Friday detained and stopped from going to Sonbhadra where 10 people were […]
Fresh batch of 4,094 pilgrims leaves Jammu for Amarnath
Jammu, Jul 20 (PTI) A fresh batch of 4,094 pilgrims including 955 women and 144 sadhus left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here on Saturday to pay obeisance at the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath in South Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. So far, over 2.43 lakh pilgrims have visited the shrine since the commencement of the […]
18 Indians aboard British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran
London, Jul 20 (PTI) Eighteen Indian nationals are among the 23 crew members of a British-flagged oil tanker seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz amid fresh escalation of tensions in the Gulf, according to a media report. The Stena Impero was seized on Friday by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged […]
6 pilgrims died in last 4 days, Amarnath Yatra toll reaches 22
Srinagar, Jul 20 (PTI) Six persons have died in the past four days during the ongoing pilgrimage to Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, taking the death toll in this year’s pilgrimage to 22, officials said on Saturday. “Six pilgrims died due to various causes during their pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Shri […]
Man dies of cardaic arrest amid cross LoC shelling in Mendhar
Poonch: A person on Saturday died of cardaic arrest amid cross LoC shelling between Indo-Pak armies in Poonch district. Reports reaching GNS said that the man Manzoor Hussain (60) son of Jumma Hussain, a resident of Dheri Dabsi died due to heart attack. Confirming the death, SDPO Poonch Neeraj Padyar told GNS that the […]
China, India should not allow any individual case to disrupt bilateral ties: Envoy
Beijing, Jul 20 (PTI) As Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit India later this year for his second informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China has said the two neighbours should not allow any “individual case at certain time” to disrupt the bilateral relations and take more initiatives to move forward the bilateral […]