Pressure of Key Issues, Like Kashmir, Prompted Parrikar to Return to Goa
Panaji: In a candid admission, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said the pressure of some key issues, like Kashmir, was one of the reasons why he opted to quit as the defence minister and return to the coastal state. Parrikar, who sworn in as the Goa chief minister for the fourth time last […]
Kashmir viral video issue will be looked into: Rajnath Singh
Kolkata : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday asserted that he would look into the videos shot in Kashmir, including the one showing a man tied to an army jeep, into the which has gone viral on the social media. “Whatever incident happens anywhere, we will into the issue. I do not have any […]
Official Spokesman refutes remarks attributed to CM by New Delhi-based Financial Express
Jammu,April 14 2017,CNS:The State Government spokesman has strongly refuted the remarks attributed to the Chief Minister, Ms Mehbooba Mufti in today’s web edition of New Delhi-based business newspaper Financial Express regarding a youth allegedly tied to a security forces vehicle in Budgam area. “It is highly unfortunate, severely unethical and grossly irresponsible on part of […]
FIR lodged against soldier for shooting directly into head of protester: DGP
Srinagar: Director General of Police (DGP) Jammu and Kashmir S P Vaid on Friday said a case has been registered into the killing of a protester by a paramilitary trooper who fired at him at point-blank range in Budgam area during Sunday’ by-poll. The DGP said an FIR has also been lodged in case of […]
Indian, Bangladeshi cos ink pacts worth over USD 9 bn
New Delhi: Companies from India and Bangladesh today signed pacts worth over USD 9 billion here aimed at deepening partnership in sectors like power and oil and gas. Among the MoUs signed in the presence of visiting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is a facility agreement between Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company (BIFPCL) and Exim Bank […]
IS bombs churches in Egypt during mass; 43 lives lost
Tanta (Egypt): The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for bombing two Egyptian churches as worshippers gathered to mark Palm Sunday, killing at least 43 people. The attacks, said to be the deadliest on the Coptic Christian minority in recent times, followed a Cairo church bombing in December and came weeks before a planned visit by […]
China offers cash rewards to public against foreign espionage
Beijing: China is offering cash rewards of up to USD 72,400 to encourage residents in the capital Beijing to report about foreign spies in the country, stepping up its campaign against espionage. Beijing’s residents can report through a hotline, by mail or in person any activity endangering China’s national security or thefts of national secrets, […]
China ignores India’s role in rescuing hijacked ship
Beijing: China today claimed full credit for rescuing a cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the strategic Gulf of Aden, ignoring Indian Navy’s role in the operation. While a Chinese navy statement last night omitted any reference to the Indian Navy in providing helicopter cover to the Chinese ship whose special forces boarded the […]
Indian ‘spy’ Kulbhushan Jadhav sentenced to death in Pakistan
Islamabad: A Pakistani army court today sentenced alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav to death for “for his involvement in espionage and sabotage activities against Pakistan”, the military announced. “The spy has been tried through Field General Court Martial (FGCM) under Pakistan Army Act and awarded death sentence,” the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) […]
If Kulbhushan Jadhav is hanged, it will be premeditated murder: India
New Delhi: India on Monday issued a demarche to Pakistan after a military court in the neighbouring country sentenced former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav to death. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar summoned Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, to his office in South Block and made it clear to him that if the death-sentence […]
