US-India relations will improve under Modi 2.0: Official
Washington: The Trump administration has exuded confidence that the US-India strategic relationship, which enjoys bipartisan support, will see a very positive trajectory during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term. Modi on Thursday took oath of office, heading a 58-member ministry. He led his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) towards a resounding victory, winning 303 seats in […]
First woman FM faces slowdown challenge
New Delhi: Nirmala Sitharaman Friday broke the glass ceiling again as she became the first full-time woman Finance Minister, who will present Modi 2.0 government’s maiden Budget that should look to take out the country from slowing growth, create jobs, attract investments and tackle banking sector woes. Sitharaman’s first day in office was greeted by […]
OIC is deeply concerned over Kashmir situation: Pakistan
Says the Muslim conglomerate has called for peaceful resolution of the dispute
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday claimed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed “deep concern” on the Kashmir situation and called for its peaceful resolution. The IOC is an international organisation consisting of 57 member states, with 53 countries being Muslim-majority nations. In a meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir held […]
Former top military commanders booked for espionage in Pak
Islamabad: Pakistani military courts have sentenced a three-star retired Pakistan Army General to 14 years in jail and a retired Brigadier to death sentence on charges of espionage, the military announced Thursday. A doctor associated with a sensitive organisation has also been handed the capital punishment on similar charges, according to a brief statement issued […]
Kashmiri couple swaps kidneys with Hindu couple hailing from Bihar
Chandigarh: For two years, Abdul Aziz, a 53-year-old carpenter from Kashmir, had been on dialysis and was looking for a kidney donor till he found a match hundreds of miles away in Bihar — a Hindu couple who agreed for a ‘swap transplant’. The families of Manjula Devi (42), a housewife from Patna in Bihar, […]
Easter bombings case: NIA team reaches Colombo as leads about suspects link to Kashmir
New Delhi: A two-member team of the NIA is in Sri Lanka to hold discussions with authorities about a probe in the Easter Sunday bombings over claims that some terrorists, owning allegiance to ISIS, had travelled to India, including Kashmir, officials said Wednesday. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) team is led by Inspector General Alok […]
Man detained near Indo-Pak border
Jaisalmer: A middle-aged man was detained for suspicious activities from near the India-Pakistan international border, said a BSF official Wednesday. He was detained on Tuesday from near Longewala, the BSF official. A team of the BSF detained the man, aged around 45, and handed him over to police for further investigation, BSF DIG MS Rathore […]
Editors Guild calls FIR against journalist as attempt to intimidate press
NEW DELHI: The Editors Guild on Wednesday demanded the withdrawal of an FIR against the editor of a Kannada daily and its editorial staff for publishing a report about trouble within former prime minister and JDS chief H D Deve Gowda’s family. In a statement, the guild condemned the filing of the first information report […]
