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PM can’t do without PR; attacked us despite unity talk: Rahul

Dhule: Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for criticising the Congress despite talking about the need for unity after the Pulwama attack, party chief Rahul Gandhi Friday said Modi can’t refrain from engaging in public relations exercise “even for five minutes”. Speaking at a rally in north Maharashtra’s Dhule district, the Congress chief also ridiculed industrialist […]

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China says UN should discuss N Korea sanctions relief

Beijing: China called Friday for North Korean sanctions relief to be discussed at the UN Security Council after US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un ended a summit without a deal. Beijing is the North’s main trade partner and sole major ally, but it has backed a raft of UN sanctions following Pyongyang’s repeated […]

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Swaraj holds bilateral talks with counterparts from Bangladesh, Maldives

Abu Dhabi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Friday held bilateral talks with her counterparts from Bangladesh and the Maldives and exchanged views on the regional situation. After addressing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting here, Swaraj held talks with Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and her Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen. Swaraj and Shahid […]

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Pak PM Imran announces release of captured IAF pilot

Pak PM Imran announces release of captured IAF pilot

Calls it 'first step' to open negotiations with India

Calls it ‘first step’ to open negotiations with India

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Avoid further military action: Pentagon

Washington: Fearing an escalation of the current tensions between India and Pakistan, the Pentagon on Wednesday urged the two South Asian neighbours to avoid further military action. Tensions between India and Pakistan rose following the February 14 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed. Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) […]

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Slain CRPF Jawan’s wife calls for end to Indo-Pak hostilities

Slain CRPF Jawan’s wife calls for end to Indo-Pak hostilities

Kolkata: Unfazed by trolls she faced for her advocacy of peace between India and Pakistan, the widow of a CRPF jawan killed in Pulwama attack Thursday asserted she stands by her view that dialogue should be “given a chance”. She also urged the Centre to ensure the safe release of Indian fighter pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, […]

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Border skirmishes give sleepless nights to local residents

Border skirmishes give sleepless nights to local residents

Laam LoC (Rajouri): Sakhee Mohmmmad, who lives barely 200 metres from the LoC in Pokhrni hamlet in Laam sector, left his house for the first time in four days on Thursday. Intense shelling and air intrusions by Pakistan jets have left hundreds of people living in villages along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir in […]

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Woman killed, jawan injured in cross LoC shelling

Jammu: A woman was killed and a jawan injured as the Pakistani army shelled civilian areas and forward posts in six sectors along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri districts Thursday, drawing heavy retaliation from the Indian forces, an official said. This is the seventh consecutive day that Pakistan has targeted forward posts along the […]

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Will evaluate India’s dossier on Pulwama attack with ‘open heart’: Pak FM

Will evaluate India’s dossier on Pulwama attack with ‘open heart’: Pak FM

Islamabad: Pakistan Thursday said it will evaluate with an “open heart” the dossier handed over by India on “specific details” of the involvement of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in the Pulwama terror attack on CRPF and the presence of camps of the UN-proscribed terror outfit in the country. India handed over the dossier on Wednesday to […]

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Saudi FM arrives in Pak with ‘important message’: Qureshi

Saudi FM arrives in Pak with ‘important message’: Qureshi

Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir visited Islamabad on Thursday “carrying an important message” from the Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman. Qureshi said he spoke to the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, a close ally of Pakistan, on Wednesday night and he expressed his desire to […]