Imran Khan sold valuable Toshakhana gifts: PM Shehbaz
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has accused ousted premier Imran Khan of selling valuable Toshakhana gifts, including diamond jewellery, worth Rs 140 million in Dubai, inflicting a loss to the national exchequer. As per the country’s law, any gift received from dignitaries of a foreign state must be put in the state depository or […]
COVID resurgence : Indian Consulate in Shanghai closes in-person services
Beijing: The Indian Consulate in Shanghai has announced the suspension of in-person consular services as China’s gleaming business hub with 26 million people struggled with mounting COVID-19 cases, putting the country’s dynamic zero-case policy to the test. Indian citizens in Eastern China Region may apply at the Embassy of India, Beijing for availing urgent consular […]
Pakistani national involved in Pulwama attack designated as terrorist
New Delhi: The government on Monday designated as terrorist Pakistani national Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir who was involved in the terror attack on a CRPF bus in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019. Forty CRPF personnel were killed in the February 14, 2019 attack. About a fortnight later, India had carried out an air strike […]
PIA bars its captains and first officers from observing fast during Ramzan
Lahore: Pakistan’s national flag carrier PIA has barred its captains and first officers from observing fast in the ongoing Islamic holy month of Ramzan. The Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) order has come in the backdrop of its plane crash in Karachi two years ago in which around 100 passengers, including crew members were killed. The […]
AAP holds protest, demands removal of toll plazas
Jammu: The Aam Adami Party (AAP) held a protest here on Monday, demanding that toll plazas on the Jammu-Pathankote highway be removed, officials said. AAP leader Advocate Manish Chopra along with 200 activists and lawyers took out a protest rally at the Sarore toll plaza, they said. “The toll plazas in Jammu and Kashmir should […]
India, Canada trade body announces partnership to enhance trade
JAMMU: A delegation from the Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) visited Jammu to discuss investment and trade opportunities with thrust on exports from J&K to Canada along with creating business opportunities for Indian start ups and MSMEs in Canada. Principal Secretary Industries and Commerce, Ranjan Prakash Thakur, described J&K as a hub of exponential […]
PM Modi greets people on Utkala Dibasa
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended wishes to the people of Odisha on the occasion of Utkala Dibasa, and said Odia people are making landmark contributions to India’s progress. Utkala Dibasa marks the formation of Odisha as a separate state under the British in 1936 by splitting Bihar and Orissa province following […]
8,278 Indian prisoners in foreign jails: Govt
New Delhi: As many as 8,278 Indian prisoners, including under trials, are lodged in foreign prisons at present, with 156 of them serving life sentences, the government informed Lok Sabha on Friday. In response to a written question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said that due to strong privacy […]
