Added on April 6, 2019
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Gurdaspur (Punjab): The 16-year wait to cast her vote in India’s general election is almost over and TahiraMaqbool, who came from Pakistan in 2003 when she got married to an Indian citizen, is counting each day. The 37-year-old will exercise her right to franchise in the 2019 LokSabha from the GurdaspurLokSabha constituency, which goes to […]
Added on April 6, 2019
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Imphal (Manipur): BJP president Amit Shah Friday said that NarendraModi has made the country more secure by becoming the first Prime Minister to destroy militant camps across the borders. He spoke highly about airstrikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan following the Pulwama incident in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed. Such retaliation made the country […]
Added on April 5, 2019
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New Delhi:Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Thursday tried to corner Finance Minister ArunJaitley on the AFSPA issue, asking why he was mum on the withdrawal of the controversial Act from Tripura, Meghalaya and parts of Arunachal Pradesh. He also alleged that there is a “flip flop gang” in the ruling BJP. Jaitley had criticised the […]
Added on April 5, 2019
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Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday issued a notice to Pakistan’s former president Asif Ali Zardari on a petition seeking his disqualification as an MP for hiding his assets worth over USD 1 million including a flat in New York and bulletproof vehicles in the election nomination papers last year. The petition was filed […]
Added on April 5, 2019
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Criticizes EC’s directive of refraining pol parties from speaking over Pulwama attack
MUMBAI: Dalit leader and three-time MP PrakashAmbedkar Thursday landed in a controversy for allegedly threatening to put the Election Commission (EC) in jail for two days for not letting political parties speak about the Pulwama terror attack. Taking cognizance of Ambedkar’s statement he made during a rally in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, the state election […]
Added on April 4, 2019
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Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner GauravAhluwalia and condemned the “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by the Indian forces along the Line of Control which resulted in the killing of one civilian. Foreign Office spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal, who is also the Director General (South Asia & SAARC), summoned Ahluwalia and “condemned the unprovoked […]
Added on April 4, 2019
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New Delhi: Nisar Ahmed Tantray, whose brother Noor Trali is believed to have helped revive the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror outfit in Jammu and Kashmir, has been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) after being deported from the United Arab Emirates in connection with an attack on a CRPF camp in South Kashmir in 2017, officials […]
Added on April 4, 2019
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Moving the issue to UNSC complicates its resolution, says China
Beijing: China on Wednesday hit out at the US for threatening to use “all available resources” to designate Pakistan-based JeM chief MasoodAzhar as a ‘global terrorist’, saying Washington’s move is complicating the issue and not conducive to peace and stability in South Asia. After China put a hold on a French proposal to list Azhar […]
Added on April 3, 2019
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Lahore: Pakistan could be blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) due to “lobbying by India”, Foreign Minister Shah MahmoodQureshi said as he estimated that the country could suffer USD 10 billion loss annually if it remains in the watchdog’s grey list. In June last year, the Paris-based FATF had placed Pakistan on the […]
Added on April 3, 2019
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Jamui (Bihar): Prime Minister NarendraModi on Tuesday lambasted the opposition parties for seeking proof of military operations against terror camps and remarked they appear spokespersons for Pakistan more than political parties representing India. Addressing his maiden rally in Bihar after announcement of LokSabha polls, Modi said the electorate must decide whether they want the madadgars […]
