PM’s foreign policy a series of ‘diplomatic disasters’: Cong on Masood Azhar issue
New Delhi, Mar 14 (PTI) The Congress attacked the BJP government after China blocked a bid at the UN to designate Pakistan-based terror group JeM chief Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist”, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy has been a series of “diplomatic disasters”. The opposition party also slammed China for blocking the […]
Outage hits Facebook, Instagram users worldwide
San Francisco, Mar 14 (AFP) Facebook and Instagram users lost access to the social network’s applications in parts of the world Wednesday as a result of an outage of undetermined origin. The California giant which has more than two billion users acknowledged the outage after users noted on Twitter they could not access Facebook or […]
UNSC members may be forced to pursue other actions: UNSC diplomat on Masood Azhar
Washington, Mar 14 (PTI) Outraged by China blocking for the fourth time a move to designate JeM chief Masood Azhar a global terrorist, responsible UNSC members warned they “may be forced to pursue other actions” at the Security Council if Beijing continued with this policy. “If China continues to block this designation, responsible member-states may be […]
China does it again, blocks move at UN to declare Masood Azhar as ‘global terrorist’
United Nations: China has again blocked move to designate Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad’s (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist in UN Security Council, making it the fourth such move since 2009. The proposal to list Azhar under the 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the UNSC was moved by France, the UK and the US […]
Case filed against Rahul for addressing JeM chief as ‘Masood Ji’
Morigaon (Assam), Mar 13 (PTI) A sedition case was Wednesday filed against Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Assam’s Morigaon district for allegedly revering Jaish-e- Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar by suffixing honorific “ji” to his name. RTI activist Raju Mahanta filed the complaint, contending that the Congress chief has shown his “anti-India stance by addressing […]
Agitated Doda residents threaten to boycott LS polls
Bhaderwah: Irked over the inordinate delay to connect their villages with a motorable road, residents of seven villages in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday staged a protest and threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha polls. The villagers of Dhara, Dhaloa, Hanga, Bharwa, Chak-Katoch, Dharaan and Noori falling in three panchayats on the western […]
20 Pakistani gangsters get death sentence for killing 6 policemen
Lahore, Mar 13 (PTI) An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan awarded death sentence to 20 gangsters for killing six policemen in the country’s Punjab province. The court also imposed a fine of PKR 6.2 million on each of the convicts on Tuesday. The Multan court awarded the death sentence to the notorious Chotu gang members of Rajanpur […]
Pak regrets India’s move to not issue visas to journalists for Kartarpur meeting
Islamabad, Mar 13 (PTI) Pakistan on Wednesday expressed disappointment over India’s decision to not issue visas to Pakistani journalists to cover the first meeting between the two countries on the Kartarpur Corridor. The meeting will take place on the Indian side of the Attari-Wagah border on Thursday. “Regrettable that India has not given visas to Pakistani […]
Juvenile Board rejects medical reports suggesting grenade thrower as ‘adult’
Jammu, Mar 13 (PTI) Juvenile Board of Jammu and Kashmir has rejected medical reports suggesting that the teenager allegedly involved in a grenade attack in Jammu last week was in fact an “adult”, officials said on Wednesday. The board has sought for all school records of the accused which it suspects to be a minor. The […]
US envoy says ‘real strides’ made in longest Taliban talks
Doha: US and Taliban negotiators wrapped up their latest round of marathon peace talks on Tuesday with “real strides” made but no agreement on a timetable for troop withdrawal, the US special envoy said. “Just finished a marathon round of talks with the Taliban in #Doha. The conditions for #peace have improved. It’s clear all […]