Added on March 27, 2019
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New Delhi/Bhuj: A Pakistani national was apprehended by the BSF along the Indo-Pak International Border (IB) in Gujarat, officials said Tuesday. They said Muhammad Ali (35), who was speaking Sindhi, was apprehended by a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol from the ‘Kumar’ border post, at border pillar number 1015, in the frontier district of Banaskantha […]
Added on March 27, 2019
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Patna: Two Bangladeshi nationals with alleged links to terror outfits have been arrested near Patna Junction railway station and documents related to deputation of central forces in Jammu and Kashmir have been found from them, officials said Tuesday. Photocopies of orders pertaining to deputation of central forces in Jammu and Kashmir post Pulwama terror attack, […]
Added on March 26, 2019
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SC dismisses plea seeking ban
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a petition filed by a former DGP of Uttar Pradesh and an environmentalist seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ban roadshows and bike rallies during polls. “We are not inclined to entertain this,” a bench of Chief Justice RanjanGogoi and Justice […]
Added on March 26, 2019
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Denies use of US-made F-16 jets
Islamabad: Pakistan’s military has said for the first time that JF-17 Thunder combat aircraft developed jointly with China were used in retaliation to India’s pre-emptive strikes on a JeM terror camp in Balakot as it once again denied that US-made F-16 jets were involved in the attack. Referring to the aerial dogfight with the Indian […]
Added on March 26, 2019
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday dismissed a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of an ordinance which makes the practice of ‘triple talaq’ a punishable offence. A bench comprising Chief Justice RanjanGogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta dismissed a plea of a Kerala-based outfit Samastha Kerala JamiathulUlema and said it will not like to interfere. “As […]
Added on March 26, 2019
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Lahore: At least seven people, including a man who assisted in solemnising the wedding of two teenage Hindu girls after their alleged abduction and forced conversions, have been detained in Pakistan, amid reports that the victims approached a court seeking protection. The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), were allegedly kidnapped by a group […]
Added on March 25, 2019
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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday ordered a probe into reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province and to take immediate steps for their recovery, Information Minister FawadChaudhry said. The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), were allegedly kidnapped by a group of […]
Added on March 25, 2019
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Lahore: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s condition had deteriorated in jail due to a kidney disease, a day after his family met him and expressed concern over his health, Pakistan media reported on Sunday. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo’s daughter Maryam Nawaz tweeted about his worsening health on Saturday after she along with […]
Added on March 25, 2019
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Islamabad: A war of words broke out between two senior ministers of Pakistan and India on Sunday over the reported abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province. The spat started soon after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj sought details from the Indian envoy in Pakistan into the reported […]
Added on March 25, 2019
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New Delhi: Ahead of the LokSabha polls, the Election Commission has ordered 26 lakh indelible ink bottles worth Rs 33 crore. The seven-phase election will begin on April 11 and conclude on May 19. In the 2014 LokSabha elections, the poll panel had bought 21.5 lakh phials, 4.5 lakh less than this year. Mysore Paints […]
