Trump to delay China tariff hike due to substantial progress
Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced that he would be delaying an increase in tariffs against China after recent talks between the two nations made “substantial progress”, and plans to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to reach a final deal to end a trade war. The US and China have been locked in […]
SC agrees to hear plea seeking protection of HR of security forces
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday agreed to examine a plea seeking protection of human rights of security force personnel, who are being attacked by mobs while performing duties. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna also issued notices to the Union of India, Ministry of Defence, Jammu and Kashmir and […]
Our fight is for Kashmir, not against Kashmiris: PM Modi
Tonk (Rajasthan): Asserting that the fight is against militants and not Kashmiris, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday vowed the Pulwama attack perpetrators would have to pay as he appealed to people to have faith in armed forces. “Our fight is against terror, the enemies of humanity… Our fight is for Kashmir not against Kashmir, not […]
Omar says thank you
Srinagar: National Conference leader and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for breaking his silence on attacks against Kashmiris in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack and expressed hope that such incidents would not recur. “Thank you @narendramodi Sahib. Aaj aap ne hamaray dil ki baat keh di (you have […]
Situation between India and Pakistan is very dangerous: Trump
Says he understands India's desire for something 'very strong' after Pulwama attack
Washington: US President Donald Trump has described as “very dangerous” the situation between India and Pakistan after the Pulwama terror attack, but said he can understand New Delhi’s desire for something “very strong” as it has lost almost 50 people. Forty nine CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on February 14 in one of […]
Pak FM writes to UN rights chief, alleges HR violations in Kashmir
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written a letter to the UN rights chief over alleged human rights violations in Kashmir. Qureshi said his letter to UN High Commissioner for the Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday was a follow up on his letter dated December 16, 2018 over “the deteriorating human rights […]
Authorities’ crackdown on separatists in Kashmir, dozens held
Srinagar: Nearly 150 people, mainly from the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir including its chief Abdul Hamid Fayaz, were detained during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday as tension gripped the Valley ahead of a hearing by the Supreme Court on Article 35A of the Constitution. Though police termed the detentions as routine saying that […]
India invited as ‘Guest of Honour’ to OIC meet
Union Minister for external affairs Sushma Swaraj to attend
New Delhi: In a significant move, India has been invited to the inaugural plenary of the foreign ministers’ conclave of the OIC, a powerful grouping of Muslim majority nations, and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will attend it in Abu Dhabi next month as the ‘guest of honour’. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) called […]
