Congress defends Rahul’s FTII visit, asks adamant BJP to back off

New Delhi, August 3 : Congress leader Ambika Soni on Monday asked the Narendra Modi-led government to stop politicising Rahul Gandhi’s recent visit to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and urged the ruling dispensation to initiate a dialogue with the students to end the controversy.”There should be no politics as far as […]

Pak releases 163 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture

Karachi, Aug. 2 : Pakistan on Sunday released 163 Indian fishermen from Karachi’s Malir District Jail as a goodwill gesture.Following their release, the fishermen were taken to the Karachi Cantt railway station by bus from where they will be transported to the Wagah border to be handed over to the Indian authorities.”We have a total […]

New leader of Afghan Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mansour calls for unity

London, Aug 2 : Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the new leader of the Afghan Taliban after the death former head Mullah Omar, has called for unity in an audio message, saying that the group will continue with the fight.According to the BBC, a Taliban spokesperson said that Mullah Mansour had not been appointed “by all Taliban”, […]

Jammu AIIMS row: ‘Bandh’ duration extended by 72 hours

Jammu, Aug. 2 : The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Coordination Committee on Sunday decided to extend the ‘bandh’ called for demanding a separate AIIMS hospital in Jammu by 72 hours.”In the core committee meeting the decision was unanimous that since the demand of coordination committee for announcement and sanctioning of separate independent AIIMS […]

Taliban denies death reports of Jalaluddin Haqqani

Karachi, Aug 2 : The Taliban has denied reports of the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of Haqqani network which is an allied militant group. The reports had come a day after the Taliban confirmed that its leader Mullah Omar had died.According to the Dawn, Haqqani’s family also rejected rumours of his death, according […]