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Erdogan raises Kashmir in Pak Parliament, says issue close to both countries

Islamabad, Feb 14: Notwithstanding India’s objection, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday once again raked up the Kashmir issue, vowing that Ankara will support Pakistan’s stand as it is a matter of concern to both the countries. Addressing a joint session of Pakistan’s Parliament, Erdogan, who arrived […]

KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi again remanded to judicial custody

Guwahati, Feb 10: A special NIA court on Monday remanded Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti chief advisor Akhil Gogoi, arrested under the stringent UAPA during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, was remanded again to judicial custody till February 25. Gogoi, also an RTI activist, has been in judicial custody […]

Omar Abdullah’s sister moves SC challenging his detention under PSA

New Delhi, Feb 10: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah’s sister on Monday moved the Supreme Court to challenge his detention under the Public Safety Act. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the petitioner, mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a bench headed by Justice N […]

Delhi polls: Cong chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul cast vote

New Delhi, Feb 8: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi on Saturday cast their vote for the Delhi Assembly elections. Sonia Gandhi, who was unwell and discharged from a hospital here this week, voted at the Nirman Bhavan polling station. She was accompanied by her daughter […]

Voting in Delhi underway; CM Kejriwal, former VP Hamid Ansari cast vote

New Delhi, Feb 8: Voting for the assembly elections in Delhi is underway with people queuing up outside polling booths since early Saturday morning undeterred by the chilly weather. Over 1.47 crore people are eligible to exercise their franchise in the polls that will decide the fate of 672 […]

No strategic idea, anything concrete in Union Budget: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Feb 1: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said there was no strategic idea or anything concrete in the Union Budget and it described the “hollow” approach of the government that was “all talk and nothing happening”. Talking to reporters outside Parliament soon after the presentation of […]

India reports its first case of coronavirus

BENGALURU – India reported its first case of the new coronavirus on Thursday, saying a woman in Kerala had tested positive in an outbreak that originated in China, killing 170 people, and spread abroad. The patient was an Indian student of Wuhan University in China, the government said […]

Shot fired at Delhi protest against citizenship law, one hurt

NEW DELHI – An unidentified man fired at a protest against India’s new citizenship law near a university in Delhi on Thursday, wounding a student, witnesses said, the first such incident in the capital during more than a month of demonstrations. Witnesses said the man holding a gun […]

Mamata joins TMC dharna against CAA after meeting PM

Kolkata, Jan 11: Minutes after holding a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday attended a sit-in demonstration organised by Trinamool Congress students’ wing against the CAA and NRC. The TMC supremo took centre stage among the agitating students who raised slogans […]

India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations

New Delhi, Jan 1: Continuing a 29-year unbroken practice, India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral arrangement that prohibits them from attacking each other’s atomic facilities. The two countries exchanged the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the Agreement […]

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