Pak charges RAW of involvement in Karachi consulate attack
Allegation is ‘fabricated, scurrilous', says India
Karachi/New Delhi: Pakistani police on Friday accused Indian spy agency RAW of being involved in the November terrorist attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, a charge rejected by India as “fabricated and scurrilous”. Karachi police said they have arrested five suspects from a separatist Baloch group for the November 23 attack on the Chinese […]
Pak says not approaching IMF for new bailout programme
We are considering alternative options: Finance Minister
Karachi: Pakistan will not approach the IMF for a new bailout package and is considering alternative options to tide over its economic crisis, Finance Minister Asad Umar said Saturday. Minister Umar made the remarks during a meeting with businessmen at the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI). Umar told the participants that the Imran […]
Intolerance, anger reign supreme in India: Rahul in Dubai
Dubai: Congress President Rahul Gandhi said here Saturday that India has witnessed a great deal of intolerance and anger in the last four and a half years which stemmed from the “mentality of the people in power”. Gandhi, who is in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the second day of his maiden visit to the […]
India’s unutilised water under IWT won’t be allowed to flow towards Pak: Govt
New Delhi: The government has given special attention to stop unutilised water allotted to India under the ‘Indus Waters Treaty’ from entering Pakistan, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said Friday. Gadkari, the minister for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, also signed anMoU with six chief ministers for the construction of Renukaji Multi-Purpose Dam project […]
Treat me as ‘superannuated’, former CBI chief tells Govt
Says natural justice was scuttled
New Delhi: Former CBI chief AlokVerma submitted his resignation from service on Friday, a day after he was removed from his post by a high powered committee. Verma said in his resignation letter, accessed by PTI, that it was a moment of “collective introspection”. “Also, it may be noted that the undersigned already superannuated as […]
Stalled SAARC summit—If Trump and Kim can broker peace, why can’t other countries: Nepal
New Delhi: With an obvious reference to India and Pakistan, Nepal on Friday strongly pitched for convening of the SAARC summit, saying differences should be resolved through dialogue and the grouping should collectively deal with terrorism and other key challenges facing the region. Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali also cited last year’s historic talks […]
Salute Shah Feasal, his every word is true: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Thursday took a dig at the BJP-led central government over the resignation of IAS officer Shah Faesal, saying the world will take note of “his cry of anguish and defiance”. In a series of tweets, the former home and finance minister claimed whatever Faesal, the first Kashmiri IAS […]
Babri Masjid case: SC to constitute fresh five-judge bench
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to constitute afresh the five-judge Constitution bench to hear on January 29 the politically-sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land title dispute in Ayodhya after a judge, Justice U U Lalit, recused himself from the hearing. Justice Lalit, who was part of the five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief […]
Alok Verma sacked as CBI chief
New Delh: Alok Verma was shunted out as the CBI chief after a marathon meeting of high-powered selection committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday, officials said. Verma, a 1979-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, has been removed from the high-profile post on the charges of corruption and dereliction of duty making him the first […]
Triple talaq ordinance may lapse this month
New Delhi: The triple talaq ordinance, which seeks to make the practice of instant divorce a penal offence, will lapse later this month as a bill to convert it into a law is stuck in the Rajya Sabha. Sources in the government said the ordinance is set to be reissued, but its timing is yet […]
