Former CIA official sentenced to 19 years in prison in Chinese espionage case
Washington: A US court has been sentenced a former CIA official to 19 years of imprisonment on charges of spying for China. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 55, has been sentenced on Friday for conspiring to communicate, deliver and transmit national defence information to China. According to court documents, Lee left the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) […]
India rejects Pak’s reference to Jammu and Kashmir at UNSC
United Nations: India has strongly rejected references to Kashmir by Pakistan in the UN Security Council and asserted that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of the country. Pakistan’s newly appointed envoy to the UN Munir Akram, speaking in the Council for the first time since assuming charge, raked up the issue of Kashmir. Akram […]
Pakistan rejects Indian tourism plans in Siachen
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said the Siachen area, the world’s highest battlefield, was a disputed territory and could not be opened for tourism by India. Responding to media reports that India was starting tourism in the Siachen area, Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Muhammad Faisal said, “India forcibly occupied Siachen Glacier and it is a disputed area. […]
Pak successfully test-fires nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can strike targets up to 650 kilometres, bringing a number of Indian cities under its range. The test-firing of the Shaheen-I missile by the Pakistani military took place amidst Indo-Pak tensions over New Delhi revoking Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. According to Director […]
Armies of India, China sensible enough to reduce tensions on LAC: Rajnath
Bum La (Arunachal Pradesh): Despite differences in perception between India and China on the boundary issue, the armies of the two countries have been sensible enough to reduce tensions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Friday. He also said that there has been no tension at LAC […]
Important trade issues between India, US resolved: Officials
Washington: India and the US are understood to have resolved most of the important trade issues, thus paving the way for an ‘initial trade package’ wherein the two countries are looking for an equitable market access. The much-needed progress is believed to have been made during the meeting between the Union Commerce and Industry Minister […]
Pakistan rules out any deal with India in Jadhav’s case
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday ruled out any deal with India in death-row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav’s case and said any step taken to implement the ICJ’s decision will be according to its Constitution. Foreign Office Spokesperson Mohammad Faisal’s remarks came a day after Pakistan Army said that the government was considering various legal options for the […]
China, India, Russia doing ‘absolutely nothing’ to clean up their smokestacks, plants: Trump
New York: US President Donald Trump has said countries like China, India and Russia are doing “absolutely nothing” to clean up their smokestacks and industrial plants and the garbage that they drop in sea floats into Los Angeles. Terming climate change as a “very complex issue”, Trump said he considers himself to be, “in many […]
Imran, Punjab CM interact during bus ride at Kartarpur
Kartarpur: Kartarpur Corridor was the focal point of the dialogue between Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh when they met on Saturday at the end of the historic journey led by the latter through the iconic corridor. But there were other, equally interesting, subjects of common interest they discovered […]
Ayodhya verdict: AIMPLB to meet on Nov 17 to decide on review petition
New Delhi: A lead counsel for the Muslim parties in the Ayodhya land dispute case has said the decision on seeking a review of the verdict would likely be taken in a meeting of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday. In a historic and unanimous verdict, a five-judge constitution bench headed […]
