India has no extraterritorial ambition, Gen Rawat
New Delhi: India has no extraterritorial ambitions and does not want to “transplant” its ideology on others, Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat has said, asserting that the country will fulfil its regional and global security obligations as a responsible emerging power. In an address to strategic affairs experts and defence personnel in Maldivian capital Male, […]
SC directs centre to announce time frame on curbing social media misuse
New Delhi: Technology has taken a “dangerous turn”, the Supreme Court observed Tuesday and asked the Centre to apprise it within three weeks about the time-frame needed to come up with guidelines to curb misuse of social media in the country. Expressing serious concern over some social media platforms not being able to trace the […]
‘You have suffered a lot’, PM Modi tells KP’s
Houston: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the hearts and trust of the Kashmiri Pandits in the US when he emphathised with them and said “you have suffered a lot” during his meeting with a delegation from the community here. Several Kashmiri Pandits settled in Houston and various parts of the US flew in to […]
PM should make a statement on JK situation: Congress
New Delhi: Condemning the government’s decision to curtail the Amarnath Yatra, the Congress on Saturday said the entire country is worried and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should make a statement in Parliament on the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference at the Congress office here, senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad […]
UN Chiefs statement calling situation as ‘armed conflict’ irks India
United Nations: India has strongly expressed its disappointment over UN chief Antonio Guterres, in his recent report, including situations in India that are neither armed conflicts nor a threat to international security, saying such attempt to expand mandate in a selective manner to certain situations only politicises the agenda. In the ‘Annual Report of the […]
Indian troops used cluster ammunition on LoC: Pak army
India denies allegation, says Pak army tried to push in infiltrators
Islamabad/New Delhi: The Pakistan Army said on Saturday that the Indian troops had used “cluster ammunition” to target civilians across the line of control and killed two persons, an allegation the Indian Army rejected as “pure propaganda”. Pakistan Army Spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor said in a statement the international community should take notice of […]
Worried over ‘Kashmir situation’, Pak says Afghan peace talks will take a hit
KARACHI: Pakistan on Saturday threatened that the situation in the state of Jammu and Kashmir will have serious repercussion on the ongoing Afghan peace process if ‘things go out of hand’. According to ARY News the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi ‘vehemently opposed India’s designs and increased aggression in Pak held Kashmir and […]
Taliban- Govt talks, US banks on Pak support
Washington: US President Donald Trump hoped that Pakistan will help the US in Afghanistan as peace talks with the Taliban have apparently entered its last phase. Trump said he had developed a “good chemistry” with the Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, whom he met at his Oval Office last week. “We’re doing very well, as […]
Pak national ‘held’ near Indo-Pak border
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 […]
Would be happy to mediate on Kashmir, reiterates Trump
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 […]