To ease tension between the two neighbouring nations, Pakistan on Saturday said released Indian soldier Chandu Babulal Chavan, who had strayed across LoC last year. Chavan was returned at 2.30 PM via Wagah Border in Punjab, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an official statement. He will be debriefed[Read More…]
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Pakistan: At least 20 killed, over 50 injured in blast
At least 20 people were killed and more than 50 others were injured in a bomb blast that rocked a vegetable market in northwest Pakistan’s Kurram Agency’s Parachinar on Saturday morning. Reportedly, the blast occurred at a crowded Sabzi Mandi, inside Eidgah Bazaar in Parachinar, near the Afghan border. Following[Read More…]
Third party has no role in Kashmir row: India tells UK
India set aside a discussion on the Kashmir issue saying that no third party had any role to play in resolving the dispute between the two countries in UK Parliament. MEA was aware of the development but added that all problems between India and Pakistan can only be resolved bilaterally.[Read More…]
Will not free doctor who helped US find Osama Bin Laden: Pakistan
An imprisoned Pakistani doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will be neither released nor handed to the United States, Pakistan’s law minister has told legislators, media reported on Wednesday. Dr. Shakil Afridi, hailed as a hero by US officials, was arrested[Read More…]
US and Pakistan share an “extraordinarily complicated” relationship
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said yesterday. “There are some areas where the United States and Pakistan have been able to effectively cooperate to counter terrorism and to fight extremism, and that’s served the interest of both countries, and obviously, tragically, Pakistan is a country where many victims[Read More…]
Pakistan must walk away from terror for a dialogue with India: PM Modi
PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked Pakistan to walk away from terror if it wants to have conversation with India. Clearing his attitude towards an integrated neighbourhood, Modi said his vision for country’s neighbourhood is hell bent on harmonious ties with entire South Asia. He also mentioned several efforts made[Read More…]
There will be more surgical strikes, if needed, says Army Chief
Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday made it clear that more surgical strikes cannot be ruled out as India has the “right to retaliate” if Pakistan does not react positively to offers of peace. General Rawat also said India needs to “wait and watch” the Pakistani response in Jammu[Read More…]
Goodwill gesture! Indian fishermen released from Pakistan reach India
Pakistan government on Saturday released 218 Indian fishermen as a ‘goodwill gesture’ at the Wagah border. The team, headed by KR Patni, has been camping in Amritsar since January 5 to receive the freed fishermen and bringing them to Gujarat. “We have received the 218 fishermen early on Saturday morning[Read More…]
Sydney Test: Australia down Pakistan by 220 runs, sweep series 3-0
Australia on Saturday clinched a clean sweep with an emphatic 220-run win over Pakistan in the third Test in Sydney on Saturday. Pakistan were all out shortly before tea on the final day for 244 chasing 465 runs with paceman Josh Hazlewood and spinner Steve O’Keefe both snaring three wickets.[Read More…]
218 fishermen freed by Pakistan; one dies before release
An Indian fisherman, just before he was to be released along with 218 others on Thursday by Pakistan as a ‘goodwill gesture’, died of heart attack in a Karachi jail, according to Gujarat Fishermen Association. Deceased Jeeva Bhagwan (37) hailed from Khan Village in Una tehsil of Gir Somnath district[Read More…]
India ready for two-front war with Pak and China but want peace : General Rawat
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday said in an interview that Indian Army is prepared for o-front war involving Pakistan and China simultaneously but emphasised on the need to look at cooperation and not confrontation with Beijing. “As far as armed forces are concerned, we are tasked to be[Read More…]
NSG website hacked
The National Security Guard website was hacked on Sunday by a group ‘Alone Injector’. The hacker group defaced the site with an abusive message, targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. An image of Police attacking civilians was posted in the homepage with text calling for “Free Kashmir “. Pro-Pakistan slogans were[Read More…]
4,000 MW power transmission line in Pakistan with Chinese help
Pakistan on Friday said that State Grid of China will help build a 4,000 MW power transmission line in Pakistan in a project valued at $1.5 billion. The transmission line will link north-south National Grid. An agreement on the project was signed on Thursday in Beijing between Mohammad Younus Dagha,[Read More…]
IIT Madras site hacked, pro-Pakistan message posted on its page
The website of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras has been hacked and pro-Pakistan messages were posted on it that left its students in rude shock. The website apparently was hacked by one ‘Faisal 1337x’. Hackers put the photo of the famed joker from Batman movie “Dark Knight” in the[Read More…]
NSG draft rule favors India not Pakistan, says US group
A draft proposal for accepting new members into the Nuclear Suppliers Group paves the way for India’s entry but leaves Pakistan out, says a US-based arms control organisation. The Arms Control Association (ACA), Washington, also warns that relaxing membership rules will undermine non-proliferation. Last week, the US media reported that[Read More…]
Indus Water Treaty: World Bank and Pakistan discuss issue
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has held a telephonic conversation with Pakistan’s Finance Minster Senator Ishaq Dar and discussed with him Indo—Pak water dispute, days after the country asked the global lender to fulfil its obligations on the issue. Dawn newspaper quoted official sources as saying the call was[Read More…]
Pakistan releases 220 Indian fishermen
As a goodwill gesture aimed at easing tensions, Pakistan on Sunday has released over 200 Indian fishermen. “We have total of 518 Indian fishermen out of which 220 are being released today as a goodwill gesture of the Pakistan government. In the next phase, 219 fishermen will be released on[Read More…]
Piracy-victim! Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal leaked on Facebook
Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal is the latest victim of film piracy, as the multilingual movie has been leaked online. According to a Facebook account of Hashmi Ah, allegedly hailing from Hashmi House Chakwal in Pakistan had shared the whole movie on the social networking site. Newsd cannot independently verify the account[Read More…]
Chinese media now suggests India should join CPEC to ease tensions
Days after a top Pakistan general surprisingly invited India to join the USD 51 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, state-owned Chinese media has advised New Delhi to accept Islamabad’s offer, pitching that such an opportunity could be of transient benefit to all involved. “New Delhi should consider accepting the[Read More…]
China’s state-run media pushes India to be part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
China’s state-run Global Times media organisation carried an article wherein it pushed India to accept the ‘olive branch’ extended by a top Pakistani army general to join the $45 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. “Surprise aside, New Delhi should consider accepting the olive branch Pakistan has extended in a bid to[Read More…]
Singer Tahir Shah receives threat to life, leaves Pakistan
Famous singer and music producer from Pakistan, Tahir Shah, who became an online sensation with his song ‘Angel’, has left the country after receiving life threats, his agent said on Wednesday. Shah who rose to fame and became an Internet sensation with his viral debut single, “Eye to Eye” in[Read More…]
Berlin truck attack: ISIS claims responsibility; Pakistani man released
After ISIS claimed responsibility of the violent attack at the Christmas market in Berlin, German police are still hunting for the terrorist who carried out the fatal truck attack. The officials on Tuesday released a suspect in the case, saying they did not have enough evidence to charge him. Also[Read More…]
Berlin truck attack: Authorities assume armed person still at large
The German authorities say they cannot be sure if a man in custody was behind Monday’s lorry attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people. “We have to entertain the theory that the detainee might possibly not have been the perpetrator,” federal prosecutor Peter Frank told reporters. The[Read More…]
‘If you have any sense my friend, don’t plant anything but peace’: India to Pakistan at UN
A day after NIA filed a chargesheet against JeM in the Pathankot attack, India’s permanent representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin urged for international action against terror groups like Lashkar-e- Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and their “shadowy supporters”. “We need to address, as an imperative, support (to) terrorist groups like (the)[Read More…]
Pakistan theatres to resume screening of Indian movies from today
Pakistani theatres will start screening Indian movies from today as film exhibitors and cinema owners lifted a two-month self-imposed suspension of their screening that was put in place amidst Indo-Pak tensions following the Uri terror attack. Zoraish Lashari, Chairman of the Film Exhibitors Association, told reporters that after thorough discussions[Read More…]