Added on August 4, 2019
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Ferozepur (Pb): A 38-year-old Pakistani national was held near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, an official said Saturday. Yakub, a resident of Kamalia village in Tobha Tek Singh district in Pakistan, was found to be roaming under suspicious circumstances on Friday night near Border Out Post (BOP) Dona Rai Dina Nath and was […]
Added on August 3, 2019
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Washington: US President Donald Trump has said the issue of Kashmir is a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan but he would be happy to mediate if they want him to do so. Last week, Trump had made a stunning claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him to mediate on the vexed issue during […]
Added on August 3, 2019
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Bangkok: Rejecting any mediation by US President Donald Trump on Kashmir, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday made it clear to his American counterpart Mike Pompeo that any discussion on the issue, if at all warranted, will only be with Pakistan and only bilaterally. Jaishankar is in the Thailand capital to attend a number […]
Added on August 3, 2019
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Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday urged the US to use its “influence” to “persuade” India to start talks on the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue. Qureshi’s remarks came after US President Donald Trump said Kashmir was a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan but he would be happy to mediate […]
Added on August 3, 2019
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New Delhi: The Modi government will take an “appropriate decision” at the “appropriate time” on Articles 370 and 35-A and it will be in the interest of Jammu and Kashmir as well as the country, the BJP’s poll in-charge for the state Avinash Rai Khanna said on Friday. The BJP, the party’s vice president said, […]
Added on August 3, 2019
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New Delhi: The Home Ministry on Friday said the deployment of paramilitary forces in Jammu and Kashmir was based on the security situation there and requirements of rotation, and that such thing are not discussed in the public domain. Sources in the ministry said 100 companies (10,000 personnel) of central forces were ordered for deployment […]
Added on August 3, 2019
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New Delhi: The newly enacted law which makes the practice of instant divorce through ‘triple talaq’ among Muslims a punishable offence was challenged in the Supreme Court on Friday. A day after President Ram Nath Kovind gave assent to The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, ‘Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema’, a religious […]
Added on August 3, 2019
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the bail plea of Ghulam Mohammed Bhat, an alleged close aide of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, in a 2011 terror-funding case. A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Brijesh Sethi said there was no reason to interfere with the trial court’s November 2018 order […]
Added on August 2, 2019
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Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was reopened for vehicular traffic on Thursday after a day-long blockade due to landslides in Ramban district, officials said. The debris following the landslides were cleared at several places in Ramban and Udhampur district after which the highway was reopened for traffic, the officials said. Over 200 stranded vehicles were […]
Added on August 2, 2019
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Evaluating Pak's offer on consular access
Evaluating Pak’s offer on consular access
