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Indian soldier killed in Pakistan firing on LoC

Two soldiers killed in Pakistan firing on LoC

Jammu: Two soldiers were killed in Pakistan firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said on Tuesday. The Pakistan Army resorted to heavy shelling and firing at Indian positions late Monday in Akhnoor sector’s Khour area. “Two soldiers were killed and another injured. Our positions[Read More…]

Pakistan raises Kashmir at UN, attacks India

United Nations: Using a two-pronged tactic in the Human Rights Council, Pakistan has raised the Kashmir issue while speaking on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and then for itself. In its reply during the debate on Wednesday at the UN in Geneva, India rejected the OIC statement[Read More…]

Pakistan elects first Hindu Dalit woman to Senate

Islamabad: Rights activist Krishna Kumari Kohli has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman to be elected to Pakistan’s Senate, media reports said on Sunday. The 39-year-old Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader from a village in Tharparkar is also the first-ever senator from a scheduled caste, according to Geo TV. Kumari’s rise,[Read More…]

BSF trooper, two civilians killed in Pakistani shelling

Jammu: A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper and two civilians were killed and three others injured on Friday in indiscriminate firing and shelling by Pakistan Rangers on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir. Police said BSF Head Constable Jagpal Singh, injured in Samba district, succumbed to his injuries. Two[Read More…]

India needs to maintain its strategic autonomy

India needs to maintain its strategic autonomy

With the call that “America is in the game and America is going to win”, strongly reminiscent of his populist campaign speeches, US President Donald Trump launched his first National Strategic Security (NSS) policy document on December 18, 2017. He categorised his ambitions for the US based on “principled realism”[Read More…]

I have not been tortured in Pakistan, says Jadhav

I have not been tortured in Pakistan, says Jadhav

Pakistan on Thursday released a video of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav who says he has not been tortured in custody and that he saw an Indian diplomat “yelling” at his mother and wife after they met him last month. Sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges[Read More…]

Kabul: 40 killed in suicide attack; many injured

Kabul: 40 killed in suicide attack; many injured

At least 40 people were killed and over 30 injured on Thursday in a suicide attack inside an Islamic religious school situated in a building which also houses the offices of an Afghan news agency. The explosion took place around 10.30 a.m. in the Qala-e-Nazar area, Nasrat Rahimi, spokesperson for[Read More…]

Kulbhushan Jadhav meets mother, wife for 40 minutes

Kulbhushan Jadhav meets mother, wife for 40 minutes

The mother and wife of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav met him on Monday at the Pakistan Foreign Office for about 40 minutes, but with a glass panel separating them and spoke through a speakerphone. The Pakistan Foreign Office released photos of Jadhav, who is on death row, meeting his[Read More…]

Pakistan tells India don't drag us into your politics

Pakistan tells India don’t drag us into your politics

Pakistan on Monday rebuffed allegations of a secret meeting between Congress leaders and its High Commissioner in New Delhi, saying India should stop “dragging” Islamabad into its electoral debate and termed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark as “baseless and irresponsible”. “India should stop dragging Pakistan into its electoral debate[Read More…]

Jadhav's mother, wife to meet him on December 25

Jadhav’s mother, wife to meet him on December 25

Pakistan on Friday allowed the mother and wife of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, currently on death row, to meet him at a prison on December 25. A staff member from the Indian High Commission will be present at the meeting and “complete security will be provided to the visitors”,[Read More…]





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