Chinese FM to visit India next week
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India next week to attend the first high-level meeting of Sino-India ‘people-to-people mechanism’ agreed between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in June, officials announced here on Friday. During the visit from December 21-24, Wang will co-chair the meeting along with External Affairs Minister Sushma […]
83 Hindus from Pakistan get Indian citizenship
Ahmedabad: As many as 83 Hindus hailing from Pakistan, who had migrated to the city years ago, were awarded Indian citizenship by the district authorities here Friday. At a camp organised at the District Collectorate, Collector Vikrant Pandey and local MLA Balram Thawani handed over the certificates of Indian citizenship, issued in accordance with the […]
Author Amitav Ghosh honoured with 54h Jnanpith award
New Delhi: Noted English writer Amitav Ghosh has been honoured with this year’s Jnanpith Award, a literary award given to an author for “outstanding contribution towards literature”, Bharatiya Jnanpith announced Friday. “Amitav Ghosh is a path-breaking novelist. In his novels, Ghosh treads through historical settings to the modern era and weaves a space where the past […]
India to develop 4 km stretch of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor
New Delhi: India will develop 4 km stretch of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district of Punjab to International Border with Pakistan, Parliament was informed Thursday. The much-awaited corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur – the final resting place of first Sikh guru Guru Nanak Dev – with Dera […]
IMF bailout to Pak does not go well with the US
Says it will oppose the move by Pak to ease Chinese debts
Washington: The US is making all efforts to ensure that any IMF bailout to Pakistan is not used to repay its Chinese debts, a senior Trump administration official has told lawmakers. Cash-strapped Pakistan is seeking USD 8 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bail itself out from a severe balance-of-payments crisis that threatens […]
India’s negative attitude not helping to improve ties: Pakistan
Islamabad: Accusing India of perpetuating “dynamic rivalry”, Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua has said New Delhi’s negative attitude was not only unhelpful for improving bilateral ties, but was also stopping South Asia from making progress and attaining peace. Speaking at a conference on ‘Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia: Role of Major Powers’ hosted by […]
Have asked Pak to vacate areas under its occupation: Govt
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said India has repeatedly called upon Pakistan to immediately vacate all areas under its ‘illegal occupation’ and it made this assertion to Islamabad last month as well. Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said India’s “consistent and principled” position is that the entire […]
238 militants killed in Kashmir this year: MHA
Says 759 stone pelting incidents also witnessed
New Delhi: 238 militants were killed by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir till December 2, 2018, Union minister of state for home Hansraj Ahir said while replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha. He said that as many as 759 incidents of stone pelting were also reported in Jammu and Kashmir so far […]
Poll results: From ‘Pappu pass ho gaya’ to ‘BJP gets triple-talaq’, Twitterati is on a roll
New Delhi: Election results may be good or bad for those politically-inclined based on their party affiliation, but Twitterati across the spectrum are having a field day with catchy one-liners, jokes and memes all around, ranging from ‘Pappu pass ho gaya’ to the ‘BJP gets triple talaq’. A good number of jokes are also targetted […]