Indonesia’s Joko Widodo wins second term as president: elections commission
Jakarta, May 21 (AFP) Indonesia’s Joko Widodo has won a second term as president, beating out rival Prabowo Subianto, a retired general, by a 55.5 per cent to 44.5 per cent margin, the elections commission said. “This ruling was announced on May 21… and will be effectively immediately,” the commission’s chair Arief Budiman said in a […]
Pak appoints Mueenul Haq as India’s new envoy
Islamabad, May 21 (PTI) Pakistan on Monday appointed career diplomat Mueenul Haq as the High Commissioner to India. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday approved appointments of over two dozen ambassadors in various countries including India, China and Japan. Haq, the current ambassador to France, has previously served as chief of protocol at the Foreign Office. […]
UNHRC demands details on Kashmir killings
India say’s ‘it is a closed chapter’
New Delhi: Three special rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have written to India asking for details on steps taken to punish or provide justice to victims and their next of kin in 76 cases of ‘torture and arbitrary killing’ in Jammu and Kashmir since 1990. The letter to the Indian government, […]
The tricky Palestine issue
The US is hinting at kick starting a peace proposal for the Middle East crisis to resolve the decades old Palestine issue. As part of this proposal the White House has unveiled the first part of its peace proposal, which is being deemed as an economic workshop to encourage investing capital in the West Bank, […]
Man killed over land dispute in Reasi
Jammu, May 20 (PTI) A 64-year-old man was killed by five persons over a land dispute in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said on Monday. Five persons have been arrested for the killing. Ghulam Rasool, a resident of Khayala village, was working in his field on Sunday when the main accused Mir Hussain along […]
Dead Body of 29 year old missing teacher recovered in Bandipora
Bandipora, May 20: Dead Body of a missing government teacher was recovered on Monday from Laharwapora gath near Wullar Lake in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Reports said that the dead body was spotted by locals at Laharwalpora gath near Wullar lake and locals immediately informed police about it. Reports added after getting information about it […]
Pak considering appointing NSA to resume back channel diplomacy: Official sources
Islamabad, May 20 (PTI) The Imran Khan-led Pakistan government is actively considering appointing a National Security Advisor to revive backchannel diplomacy with India to iron out issues hindering the resumption of peace talks between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, official sources said on Sunday. Since assuming the office in August last year, Prime Minister Imran Khan repeatedly […]
Trump: if Tehran attacks, it will be ‘official end of Iran’
Washington, May 20 (AFP) US President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Iran on Sunday, suggesting that if the Islamic republic attacks American interests, it will be destroyed. “If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again,” Trump said in a tweet. Tensions between […]
Singapore-bound plane makes emergency landing at Chennai airport
Chennai, May 20 (PTI) A Singapore-bound flight of a private carrier, which took off from Tiruchirapalli, made an emergency landing at the Chennai airport on Monday following a ‘spark’ in the engine, officials said. The flight landed safely. Nobody was injured in the incident and all 170 passengers were safely disembarked, they said. The pilots detected […]
Woman arrested for killing husband with lover’s help
Muzaffarnagar, May 20 (PTI) Shamli police have arrested a woman, her lover and two others for allegedly beating her husband to death in the district’s Khedi Kemru village, officials said on Monday. The body of the deceased, Harish alias Sonu (31), was found in a drain on May 15, they said. Earlier, based on a complaint […]