US spymaster says Pak supported militants will continue attacks in India, Afghan
Washington: Militant groups supported by Pakistan, which uses some terror outfits as “policy tools”, will continue to plan and conduct attacks in India and Afghanistan, according to America’s top spymaster. Remarks by Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats came as he and heads of other top American intelligence agencies appeared on Tuesday before the Senate […]
US reports ”agreements in principle” with Taliban
Kabul: Negotiators for the United States and the Taliban insurgents have reached “agreements in principle” on key issues for a peace deal that would end 17 years of war in Afghanistan, the top US envoy has said. The statement by US envoy ZalmayKhalilzad followed six days of talks last week with the Taliban in Qatar, […]
Setback: Nagaland Cabinet rejects citizenship bill
Kohima: The Nagaland Cabinet has rejected the citizenship bill, following pressure from various tribal organisations and students bodies. Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and Chief Secretary Temjen Toy, in a press release, said that taking into account the will and desire of all sections of the people, the Cabinet meeting on Monday made it amply clear […]
Pakistan gets a first Hindu woman judge
Islamabad/Karachi:SumanKumari has become the first Hindu woman to be appointed as a civil judge in Muslim-majority Pakistan. Suman, who hails from Qambar-Shahdadkot in Sindh province, will serve in her native district. She passed her LLB examination from Hyderabad and did her masters in law from Karachi’s Szabist University. “I have entered the field of law […]
Palestinian government ‘submits resignation’ to President Abbas
Ramallah (Palestinian Territories): The Palestinian government officially submitted its resignation to President Mahmud Abbas Tuesday, a statement said, though it will remain in place while a new administration is formed. Analysts see the change in government as an attempt by Abbas to strengthen his position and further isolate his political rivals Hamas as a decade-long […]
Denial of entry is attack on press freedom: Editors Guild
New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India on Monday said the denial of entry to several senior journalists into a stadium in Srinagar to cover the Republic Day function was an “unprecedented state-sponsored attack” on press freedom and demanded an inquiry into the incident. Journalists in Srinagar had staged a protest against the Jammu and […]
‘ODOMOS’ is overdose of ‘only Modi only Shah’: Omar Abdullah
Shimla: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Monday coined a new acronym to target the BJP. Omar said that the country was suffering from too much “ODOMOS- overdose of only Modi only Shah”. “While the rest of the country suffers from too much ODOMOS – overdose (of) only Modi only Shah,” the former chief minister of […]
Pak to completely fence 2,600-km-long Afghan border by next year
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army has said that the fencing of a substantial portion of the over 2,600-km-long Afghan border has been completed and the rest will be finished by next year to check the movement of terrorists. Pakistan has spent billions of rupees for putting fence on the porous border. Army spokesman Major General AsifGhafoor […]
US, Taliban agree in principle to framework of peace deal: Report
Washington: In a possible breakthrough, the US and the Taliban have agreed in principle to the framework of a peace deal that moves both parties toward ending the 17-year war in Afghanistan, a media report said Monday. The draft outlines a commitment from the Taliban that Afghan soil will not be used by terrorists, and the […]
