Bhuj (Gujarat), July 12 (IANS) The Border Security Force on Tuesday seized two Pakistani fishing boats from Harami Nala near the international maritime border, an official said. According to a senior BSF official, a BSF…
By Sarwar Kashani Srinagar, July 12 (IANS) Barring stray protests in rural areas where security forces shot dead a civilian, large parts of curfew-bound Kashmir Valley were calm on Tuesday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday approved compensation of Rs 5 lakh for civilian victims of cross border firing and hiked the compensation for victims of Maoist violence from…
Srinagar, July 12 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday urged the civil society, religious groups and the media to help restore peace in the Kashmir Valley. “I am pained by the…
By Sarwar Kashani and Ruwa Shah Srinagar, July 12 (IANS) With shops shut for a fourth day due to official restrictions and separatist-called shutdown, curfew-bound parts of the Kashmir Valley are facing several shortages of…
Ghaziabad, July 12 (IANS) A meeting of senior civil and police officers of four states was held here on Tuesday for chalking out a strategy for the impending arrival of a large number of ‘kanwarias’…
Juba, July 12 (IANS) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees on Tuesday appealed to armed parties in South Sudan to ensure safe passage for people fleeing the fighting that erupted late last week in Juba….
Kabul, July 12 (IANS) US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter who paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday reassured Washington’s long-term support to the militancy-plagued country. Addressing a joint press conference with President Ashraf Ghani,…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday met with a group of Muslim clerics, who discussed with him ways and means to restore normalcy in the Kashmir Valley, which is in…
Geneva, July 12 (IANS) A UN spokesperson on Tuesday expressed concern over the upsurge in violence in Syria’s Aleppo and said it has blocked the only road providing access to some 300,000 civilians living in…
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday said disputes over the South China Sea should be peacefully resolved through consultations and negotiations by states directly concerned. A Foreign Ministry spokesman in a statement said the…
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary on Tuesday briefed the envoys of the UN Security Council over the protests in the Kashmir Valley, accusing Indian security forces of violating human rights. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, July 12 (IANS) China on Tuesday rejected an international arbitration tribunal’s ruling against its claims over the South China Sea, dismissing it as “null and void.” Beijing said it will not…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) With Japan now a permanent member of the annual Malabar exercise that also involves India and US, an American official coined a new term when he said on Tuesday that…
Jammu, July 12 (IANS) Another batch of pilgrims escorted by the security forces on Tuesday left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley in a convoy on way to the Amarnath cave shrine. “Another batch of pilgrims…
Beijing, July 12 (IANS) Beijing on Tuesday said it neither accepts nor recognises the award of an arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea arbitration established at the request of the Philippines. “The award is…
Srinagar/New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appealed for peace in Jammu and Kashmir where more than 30 people have been killed in widespread protests after the killing of militant commander…
The Hague, July 12 (IANS) An international tribunal on Tuesday ruled against China’s claims to rights in South China Sea, backing a case brought in by the Philippines. The Permanent Court of Arbitration said there…
Washington, July 12 (IANS) More than 1,000 people attended a candlelight vigil in downtown Dallas to honour the five police officials killed by a sniper during a peaceful march. During the vigil on Monday night,…
The Hague, July 12 (IANS) The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on Tuesday rejected China’s controversial claims in the disputed South China Sea, the Guardian reported. The case at the international tribunal was…