Saudi Arabia releases second bailout package for Pakistan
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan on Friday received USD 1 billion from its close ally Saudi Arabia as part of a second bailout package to boost the country’s dwindling dollar reserves, according to media reports. The latest package has shored up the central bank’s foreign reserves, hitting the USD 9.4 billion mark, said State Bank of Pakistan […]
Chinese FM to visit India next week
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India next week to attend the first high-level meeting of Sino-India ‘people-to-people mechanism’ agreed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in June, officials announced here on Friday. During the visit from December 21-24, Wang will co-chair the meeting along with External Affairs Minister Sushma […]
83 Hindus from Pakistan get Indian citizenship
Ahmedabad: As many as 83 Hindus hailing from Pakistan, who had migrated to the city years ago, were awarded Indian citizenship by the district authorities here Friday. At a camp organised at the District Collectorate, Collector Vikrant Pandey and local MLA Balram Thawani handed over the certificates of Indian citizenship, issued in accordance with the […]
Resettlement law in JK: SC seeks details on possible returnees from Pak
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, which is hearing a plea challenging the validity of the sensitive Jammu and Kashmir Resettlement Act of 1982, sought to know Thursday as to how many people who migrated from the state have applied for returning from Pakistan. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the state government’s […]
Myth that BJP is invincible, broken: Omar
New Delhi: The recent assembly poll results have demonstrated that the BJP is not invincible as there is “anger” among people over several of the Centre’s policies, including on agriculture, rising fuel prices and demonetisation, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said Thursday. Abdullah said the results made it clear that there is […]
Expelled Jammu leader calls BJP ‘anti-Dalit’
Says he was victimised for being one
Jammu: Days after his expulsion from the BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit, Gagan Bhagat has accused the state party leadership of being “anti-Dalit” and alleged he was victimized for being one. He claimed that the party’s debacle in the recently concluded assembly elections in five states was a result of its “anti-Dalit” ideology. Going against […]
BJP issues defamation notice
Jammu: The Jammu & Kashmir BJP Thursday said it has issued a defamation notice to its expelled leader Gagan Bhagat for levelling “unfounded and abusive” allegations against state party president and state general secretary. The party had Monday expelled the former RS Pura MLA for indiscipline and anti-party activities. “The BJP has issued a defamation […]
Temp in Gulmarg coldest at minus 9.5 deg C
Srinagar: Higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Thursday while the plains witnessed intermittent rains as the minimum temperature settled below the freezing point at most places in the Valley and Ladakh region. Snowfall has been recorded in the higher areas of the valley like Qazigund, Kokernag, Pahalgam and Mughal Road during […]
India to develop 4 km stretch of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor
New Delhi: India will develop 4 km stretch of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district of Punjab to International Border with Pakistan, Parliament was informed Thursday. The much-awaited corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur – the final resting place of first Sikh guru Guru Nanak Dev – with Dera […]
IMF bailout to Pak does not go well with the US
Says it will oppose the move by Pak to ease Chinese debts
Washington: The US is making all efforts to ensure that any IMF bailout to Pakistan is not used to repay its Chinese debts, a senior Trump administration official has told lawmakers. Cash-strapped Pakistan is seeking USD 8 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bail itself out from a severe balance-of-payments crisis that threatens […]
