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New Delhi: The government on Tuesday asserted in Lok Sabha that it was ready to discuss issues related to farmers both inside and outside Parliament amid vociferous protests by the Opposition which forced the House to adjourn twice, first for almost an hour and then for nearly two hours. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said […]
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Karachi: At least 15 people, including five women and three children, were killed and 10 others seriously hurt in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Tuesday when a speeding passenger bus overturned on the Quetta-Karachi highway, according to media reports. The bus was going to Karachi, the capital of Sindh province, from Panjgur area of Balochistan when […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Pakistani-British man acquitted of the 2002 gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl off death row and moved to a government safe house.” Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh, who has been on death row for 18 years will be under guard and won’t be allowed to leave the […]
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Jammu: The Pakistan Army opened heavy fire and shelled forward posts along the LoC in several sectors of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Tuesday, drawing retaliation from Indian troops. “At about 1445 hours, Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with mortars along Line of Control (LoC) […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday summoned a senior Indian diplomat to register its protest over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC). The Foreign Office claimed that four civilians sustained injuries due to the firing Hotspring and Jandrot Sectors on Monday. The Indian side was called upon to respect the 2003 […]
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Jammu: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday registered a case of disproportionate assets against a former excise commissioner and conducted searches at three places within and outside Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The case was registered against the former excise commissioner Mohammad Javed Khan, a resident of Bathandi here, on the basis of a […]
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Washington: In its first response to the China-India border standoff, the Biden administration has voiced concern over Beijing’s pattern of ongoing attempts to “intimidate” its neighbours and said it was closely monitoring the situation. A top official of the new Biden administration also asserted that the US will stand with its partners and allies to […]
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Amritsar: A financer allegedly shot dead his five-year-old son and wife before killing himself too here, police said on Tuesday. Vikramjit Singh Mann had suffered huge financial loss during the lockdown period, the police said, adding he had been depressed for the last few months. A suicide note too was recovered from the spot, the […]
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New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday said issues related to religious conversions are primarily the concerns of state governments, adding that law enforcement agencies take action whenever such instances of violation come to the fore. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said public order and police are state subjects […]
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday asked a BJP leader to make “necessary correction” in his plea, seeking transfer of cases from several high courts to it against the Centre’s notification to declare five communities Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsees as minorities. The high courts at Delhi, Meghalaya and Guwahati are seized of the […]
