Srinagar, Aug 18 : In wake of the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley, armed terrorists are believed to be travelling across Jammu and Kashmir following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. Curfew remained in force for the 41st day today leaving normal life crippled. Innumerable clashes have been reported since a month […]
trNew Delhi : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaves not stone upturned ahead of the crucial 2017 Punjab polls. In one such move, the Prime Minister’s Office has decided to scrap a 32-year blacklist by then then government which banned 212 Sikh NRI families from visiting India. The families came under scrutiny after the Congress government’s Operation […]
Islamabad/New Delhi, Aug 17 : India on Wednesday rejected Pakistan’s proposal to hold Foreign Secretary-level talks on Kashmir and asserted that it would like to discuss aspects related to cross-border terrorism which are central to the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Responding to Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry’s invitation, India’s Foreign Secretary S […]
United Nations, Aug 17: India has been ranked 66th in a list of most innovative economies, jumping 15 places from last year, according to a new UN report which calls for more transparent policies if the country aspires to become a global driver of innovation. In the report by the UN World Intellectual Property Organisation […]
Geneva, Aug 17 : Voicing concern over alleged human rights violations, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein today appealed to both India and Pakistan to grant his team access to Jammu and Kashmir as well as PoK. “I deeply regret that our requests for access have not been granted,” said the High […]