Construction of Ram temple: Pakistan criticises India’s move, says Muslims are marginalized
Islamabad: Pakistan has criticised India for starting the construction of the Ram temple at the site of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, saying it shows how the Muslims in the country are being marginalised. India’s Supreme Court, in its verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title case on November 9 last year, said the entire 2.77 […]
Coronavirus death toll in US crosses one lakh
Washington: The death toll from the novel coronavirus in the US has crossed one lakh, the highest for any country in the world, as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc across the globe by upending life and disrupting economic activity. The wave of deaths, one-third of which has come from the world’s financial capital of New […]
China, US will lose from confrontation, Chinese Premier Li tells Trump
Beijing: China and the US should manage their disagreements and respect each other’s “core interests”, Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday, warning the Trump administration that any attempts to decouple the top two major economies will do neither side any good and also harmful to the world. The US is currently involved in a tense […]
Heroin seizure case: NIA files charge sheet against ‘narco-terrorist’
Chandigarh: The National Investigation Agency on Thursday filed the first supplementary charge sheet against a narco-terrorist, who was among 17 people arrested for their alleged involvement in an international drug racket operating from Pakistan and Afghanistan and funding militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The charge sheet was filed against Amit Gambhir alias […]
Pak Army claims shooting down Indian ‘spying quadcopter’
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army claimed on Wednesday that it shot down an Indian “spying quadcopter” for allegedly violating the airspace along the Line of Control. The incident happened in Rakhchikri Sector of the LoC, according to military spokesman Major General Babar Iftikhar. He said that the “Indian spying quadcopter” had intruded 650 metres on Pakistan’s […]
Covid-19 Pandemic if far from over, warns WHO
Bangkok: As Brazil and India struggle with surging coronavirus cases, a top health expert is warning that the world is still smack in the middle of the pandemic, dampening hopes for a speedy global economic rebound and renewed international travel. Right now, we’re not in the second wave. We’re right in the middle of the […]
Lockdown has failed, spell our roadmap for reopening strategy: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the four phases of nationwide lockdown have “failed” and not given the results that Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected as he urged the Centre to spell out its strategy for “opening up” the country. Addressing an online press conference, the Congress leader expressed concern that if […]
Karachi plane crash: 97 dead, 2 survived, says Pakistan Army
Karachi: Ninety-seven people, including nine children, were killed and two passengers miraculously survived a fiery crash when a Pakistan International Airlines plane with 99 travellers on board plunged into a densely populated residential area near the airport here, the Army said on Saturday. Flight PK-8303 from Lahore crashed at the Jinnah Garden area near Model […]
COVID-19 cases tally crosses 52,000 in Pak, official signals warning
Islamabad: The number of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan would continue to multiply if people did not follow the precautions to keep the virus at bay, a senior government official has warned as the nationwide tally of the infections crossed 52,000 with 1,101 deaths. Pakistan Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Health Zafar Mirza on Friday said […]
China hikes defence budget to USD 179 billion
Beijing: China, the second-largest military spender after the US, on Friday hiked its defence budget by 6.6 per cent to USD 179 billion, nearly three times that of India, the lowest increment in recent years amidst the massive disruption caused to the communist giant’s economy by the COVID-19 pandemic. China, which has the world’s largest […]