EC issues notification for phase 3 of LS polls
New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday issued notification for phase three of the LokSabha elections to be held on April 23 in 115 seats spread across 14 states. All seats in Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, and Puducherry will go for polling in this phase. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West […]
FB mentions Kashmir separately along with India, other countries
New Delhi: As Facebook announced it has removed thousands of fake Pages and accounts, the social media giant mentioned Kashmir separately along with India and a few other countries, giving an impression that Kashmir is independent of India. In a blog post on Tuesday, Facebook’s Head of Cybersecurity Policy mentioned Kashmir as a seperate entity […]
‘Kashmir unrest’: Am willing to go and stay in Kashmir to find a solution, says Mamta
Kolkata: The feisty Chief Minister of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress Chief, Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that she wants restoration of peace in Kashmir. “All I want is peace in the restive state and for this I am willing to go and stay there to help find a solution,” said. She said that her […]
Pak man claims Hindu woman embraces Islam, marries him
FIR says she is minor, abducted
Islamabad: A Pakistani man has claimed that a Hindu woman, who authorities said was a minor and abducted by four armed men, has converted to Islam and married him in Sindh province, amidst uproar over a similar case involving two teenage girls from the minority community. His claim came a day after the provincial Minorities […]
Pakistan opens its airspace: PIA resumes normal flight
Karachi: Pakistan Tuesday fully opened its airspace, nearly a month after shutting it for commercial flights following escalating tensions with India after the Pulwama terror attack and the subsequent aerial strike by Indian jets on a training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Balakot. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced the complete opening of Pakistan’s […]
Forced Conversion: Court puts two Hindu girls in official protection
Islamabad: A Pakistani high court on Tuesday ordered official protection for the two Hindu girls due to concern about their safety as authorities widened a probe to ascertain if the teenage sisters were abducted, forcibly converted and married. The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), were allegedly kidnapped by a group of “influential” men […]
‘Ill health’ gets Nawaz Sharif out on bail for six weeks
Islamabad: In a relief to ailing Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Supreme Court Tuesday granted bail to the jailed former prime minister for six weeks for seeking medical treatment within the country. Sharif, 69, is lodged in the KotLakhpat jail in Lahore since December last year, serving a 7-year imprisonment in the Al Azizia Steel Mills graft […]
