UN defends global slavery data against India claim
Sat Oct 7, 2017 The United Nations has defended its new global assessments on slavery, rejecting claims by India’s intelligence agency that the estimates in the report taint the Asian state’s “image and exports.” The report on global slavery was prepared and released last month by UN bodies — the International Labor Organization (ILO) and […]
India mulls hosting 2023 AFC Asian Cup
New Delhi, Oct 7: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has decided to bid for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, an AIFF official said on Saturday. “Yes, it is true, there is every possibility of submitting a bid to host the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. The AIFF is thinking about it,” an AIFF official told […]
Government will modernise marine security, says PM Modi
7 Oct 2017 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday that the Centre is looking closely on Marine Policing sector and assured that the government will modernise the marine security as well. PM Modi said that the government will also set up an institute of marine security in Dwarka which will draw people and experts from […]
Yasir breaks Sri Lanka stand to give Pakistan early relief
DUBAI: Leg-spinner Yasir Shah struck early to claim his third wicket and break the long-standing Sri Lanka partnership in the opening session of second day of the day-night Test in Dubai. Yasir removed skipper Dinesh Chandimal for 62, leaving Sri Lanka four wickets down at 282 and delivering Pakistan some relief after a frustrating first […]
Iran president: 10 Trumps can’t roll back nuke deal benefits
Tehran, Oct 7 (AP) Iran’s president is defending the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, saying not even 10 Donald Trumps can roll back its benefits to his country. Hassan Rouhani’s comments today come as President Donald Trump appears to be stepping back from his campaign pledge to rip up the deal, instead aiming to take […]
Don’t want business class to get caught in red-tape: PM on GST changes
Dwarka, Oct 7 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed the sweeping changes in the GST to give relief to small and medium businesses, saying his government does not want the country’s business class to get caught in red-tape. Asserting that “some very important decisions” related to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) have been taken, […]
It’s one nation, seven taxes: Congress on GST
October 07, 2017 The Congress on Saturday accused the Modi government of wasting an opportunity to put India on the growth path through goods and services tax, which it said should be a ‘good and simple tax’ rather than a ‘grossly scary tax’. Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala said GST had failed to provide any real relief to the […]
JRL call for shutdown on Monday against ‘braid chopping’
The Joint Resistance Leadership on Saturday called for a complete shutdown on Monday against “braid chopping” across valley. A spokesperson of the JRL said that the decision for the shutdown was called by the joint resistance leadership led by Octogenarian Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik. Police has formed a Special Investigation […]
Security beefed up for Adnan Sami show
Police has beefed up security in and around the musical concert venue of Adnan Sami at SKICC on the banks of Dal lake today at 4 PM.apart from area domination, police said that they have deployed security forces even in dal lake as almost all ministers civil servants and thier families are sheduled to come […]
As more villagers migrate centre to study thier problems
The fresh border shelling in many sectors of Jammu region has lead to more migration from the forward villages near the line of control. The renewed border clashes has made life of border residents not only miserable but vulnerable also.In the past few months they have been bearing the brunt of indo pak hostility. Reports […]
