Day: November 9, 2019

Kartarpur Corridor opening testimony to Pak’s commitment to regional peace: PM Imran

Kartarpur (Pakistan), Nov 9: The historic opening of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor is a testimony to Pakistan’s commitment to regional peace, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday as he congratulated the Sikh community on the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism. The […]

Strikes on Syrian medical facilities appear deliberate – U.N.

GENEVA – More than 60 medical facilities have been hit in Syria’s Idlib province in the past six months, including four this week, and appear to have been deliberately targeted by government-affiliated forces, a U.N. rights spokesman said on Friday. Idlib in Syria’s northwest, the target of a […]

Timeline: Supreme Court hands disputed site to Hindus; Muslim group unhappy

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court on Saturday awarded a Hindu group the ownership of a centuries-old religious site also claimed by Muslims in a case that has caused deep divisions and deadly riots between the two communities. Following is a timeline of the events that have shaped […]

Supreme Court gives disputed Ayodhya religious site to Hindus in landmark ruling

NEW DELHI/AYODHYA, India – India’s Supreme Court on Saturday awarded a bitterly disputed religious site to Hindus, dealing a defeat to Muslims who also claim the land that has sparked some of the bloodiest riots in the history of independent India. The ruling in the dispute between Hindu […]

PM congratulates Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth on electoral victory

open view news desk The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on his electoral victory. “Congratulations Pravind Jugnauth on your electoral victory. We have worked closely together to strengthen fraternal relations and development partnership between India and Mauritius. I look forward to speaking with […]

Prime Minister pays obeisance at Gurudwara Ber Sahib

open view news desk Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid obeisance at Gurudwara Ber Sahib in Sultanpur Lodhi. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister for Food Processing Industries, V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Captain Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab. […]

India, Pakistan contacts at ‘zero’ despite border cooperation

KARTARPUR, Pakistan – Contacts between India and Pakistan are “zero”, Pakistan’s foreign minister said, even as the old rivals prepared to open a border crossing for Indian pilgrims to visit a Sikh temple, one of their most significant acts of cooperation in decades. The border crossing pact between […]

Trump tried hard to win Ukraine Biden probes, officials say

WASHINGTON — There was no hinting around, it was a straight-out trade, two key White House officials told impeachment investigators. If Ukraine’s new leader wanted an Oval Office welcome from Donald Trump — and he did — he would have to open a public probe into the president’s […]

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