Talks with the US enter fourth day in Qatar, says Taliban leadership
Kabul: Negotiations between the Taliban and US officials in Qatar entered a fourth straight day Thursday, according to the insurgents, as the two sides pursue a potential deal to bring an end to Afghanistan’s 17-year conflict. Taliban spokesman ZabihullahMujahid confirmed to AFP that “discussions are still ongoing”. “We will talk in detail later when we […]
Taliban says talks with the US enter fourth day in Qatar
Kabul: Negotiations between the Taliban and US officials in Qatar entered a fourth straight day Thursday, according to the insurgents, as the two sides pursue a potential deal to bring an end to Afghanistan’s 17-year conflict. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed to AFP that “discussions are still ongoing”. “We will talk in detail later when we […]
Mumbai attack case: Pak court temporarily halts hearing
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court has temporarily halted the hearing of the 2008 Mumbai attack case to let the prosecutor produce more witnesses. Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants had sailed into Mumbai from Karachi and carried out coordinated attacks, killing 166 people and injuring over 300 in November 2008. The trial, underway in an anti-terrorism court in […]
Hindu woman-Muslim man marriage not ‘regular or valid’: SC
Says child born out of the relationship is legitimate
New Delhi: A marriage of a Hindu woman with a Muslim man is not a “regular or valid” but the child born out of such wedlock is legitimate, the Supreme Court has held. It also said that the legal effect of such an irregular marriage is that a wife is entitled to get dower but […]
Finally Priyanka Gandhi takes a plunge, joins active politics
NEW DELHI: Ending years of speculation, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra formally entered politics on Wednesday with the Congress appointing her general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East in a move reflecting the party’s intent to go full throttle in the state ahead of the general elections. She will take over her new assignment in the politically crucial […]
Hearing on Article 35-A: SC says will take ‘in-chamber’ decision on listing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would take an “in-chamber” decision on listing of a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35-A, which provides special rights and privileges to permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir. Advocate Bimal Roy had mentioned the matter before the bench headed by Chief Justice RanjanGogoi and […]
Cyber expert claims India’s 2014 general election was ‘rigged’
London: An Indian cyber expert, seeking political asylum in the US, Monday claimed that the 2014 general election was “rigged” through the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), which, he says, can be hacked. Addressing a press conference in London via Skype, the man, identified as Syed Suja, said he fled India in 2014 because he felt […]
ECI terms ‘EVM tampering event as motivated slugfest’
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Monday took a strong note of an event organised in London, claiming to demonstrate that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in India could be tampered with. The ECI termed the event as a “motivated slugfest”. “It has come to our notice that an event, claiming to […]
PTI seeks disqualification of ex-president Zardari
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party on Monday filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking the disqualification of former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chief Asif Ali Zardari. Khurram Sher Zaman, a Member of Sindh Assembly from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, filed the disqualification petition against 63-year-old Zardari in the apex court, […]
