Rahul Gandhi to address rally with mahagathbandhan partners
Ranchi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address a rally here Saturday along with leaders of Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Jharkhand. Gandhi will speak at the partys Parivartan Ulgulan Maha Rally at the Morahbadi ground with leaders of JMM, JVM and RJD, JPCC spokesman Lal Kishore Nath Shahdeo […]
PM can’t do without PR; attacked us despite unity talk: Rahul
Dhule: Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for criticising the Congress despite talking about the need for unity after the Pulwama attack, party chief Rahul Gandhi Friday said Modi can’t refrain from engaging in public relations exercise “even for five minutes”. Speaking at a rally in north Maharashtra’s Dhule district, the Congress chief also ridiculed industrialist […]
China says UN should discuss N Korea sanctions relief
Beijing: China called Friday for North Korean sanctions relief to be discussed at the UN Security Council after US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un ended a summit without a deal. Beijing is the North’s main trade partner and sole major ally, but it has backed a raft of UN sanctions following Pyongyang’s repeated […]
Swaraj holds bilateral talks with counterparts from Bangladesh, Maldives
Abu Dhabi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Friday held bilateral talks with her counterparts from Bangladesh and the Maldives and exchanged views on the regional situation. After addressing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting here, Swaraj held talks with Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid and her Bangladeshi counterpart AK Abdul Momen. Swaraj and Shahid […]
Will evaluate India’s dossier on Pulwama attack with ‘open heart’: Pak FM
Islamabad: Pakistan Thursday said it will evaluate with an “open heart” the dossier handed over by India on “specific details” of the involvement of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in the Pulwama terror attack on CRPF and the presence of camps of the UN-proscribed terror outfit in the country. India handed over the dossier on Wednesday to […]
Saudi FM arrives in Pak with ‘important message’: Qureshi
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir visited Islamabad on Thursday “carrying an important message” from the Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman. Qureshi said he spoke to the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, a close ally of Pakistan, on Wednesday night and he expressed his desire to […]
Reasonably attractive news coming from Pakistan, India: US Prez
Hanoi: President Donald Trump Thursday voiced confidence that the hostilities between India and Pakistan would end soon, saying he has some “reasonably decent” news with the US involved in trying to help reduce tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. In his opening statement at a crowded press conference at the end of his second summit […]
Deeply concerned over escalating tensions: UN chief Guterres
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is following with “deep concern” the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, calling on both sides to urgently take steps for a “meaningful mutual engagement”. In the wake of the Pulwama terror attack by the Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), tensions have escalated between India and Pakistan. India carried […]
No option other than to hold talks with Pak, says Sidhu
Chandigarh: Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu Thursday insisted that dialogue and diplomatic pressure will count for in seeking a long-term solution to terror outfits operating across the border, amid strain in India-Pakistan ties in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack and subsequent developments. “I stand by my conviction that dialogue and diplomatic pressure will […]