Category: South Asia

Wagah replica for Agartala-Akhaura border with Bangladesh

Agartala, April 16 (IANS) India's tourism ministry has sanctioned a Rs.18 crore project for the Tripura government to create a…

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Pakistan’s Punjab marriage functions bill challenged

Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) Pakistan's Punjab Marriage Functions Bill, placing restrictions on indoor ceremonies, passed by the provincial assembly last…

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Mauritius president to visit Pakistan on Sunday

Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) Mauritius President Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim will visit Pakistan on Sunday to further strengthen bilateral ties,…

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Sharif’s party prepares for Panama papers’ probe

Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) While attention was focused on Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's activities in London, Finance Minister Ishaq…

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Pakistan briefs envoys on Indian ‘spy’

Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) Pakistan on Friday briefed the envoys of the Arab countries and Asean member-states on the arrest…

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BSF hands over Pakistani national who crossed into Indian side

Chandigarh, April 15 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) authorities handed over a man, who had inadvertently crossed into the…

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Sister of Indian dying in Lahore jail seeks Centre’s help

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Sister of Kirpal Singh, the Indian who died in a Lahore jail in Pakistan, met…

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BSF hands back Pakistani national

Chandigarh, April 15 (IANS) Though people in the border belt of Punjab are upset over the mysterious death of Indian…

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Ships of First Training Squadron visit Sri Lanka

New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Ships of the First Training Squadron of the Indian Navy are visiting Sri Lanka as…

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Bangladesh police frees four gay activists

Dhaka, April 15 (IANS) Bangladesh police has released four gay activists who were arrested for parading with rainbow colours to…

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Karachi mayor to be elected within two months

Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday ordered that Karachi's mayor and deputy mayor be elected through a…

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Peace talks with India to go ahead: Pakistan

Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) The Pakistani fore­ign office has rejected a notion that the peace process between Islamabad and India…

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Pakistan province deems dowry, fireworks during weddings illegal

Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) Pakistan's Punjab province has passed a law governing marriage functions, disallowing dowry, unreasonable illumination, display of…

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India attacks ‘secret veto’ used to protect terrorists, their backers from UN sanctions

By Arul Louis United Nations, April 15 (IANS) India took aim squarely against the use of secret vetoes to protect…

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Pakistan urges Afghan Taliban to join peace talks

Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Pakistan pushed the Afghan Taliban on Thursday to join peace negotiations, two days after the group…

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China will not allow India into NSG: Pakistani diplomat

Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Pakistan is banking on good friend China to block India's chances of making it to the…

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Family seeks Kejriwal’s help to get prisoner’s body from Pakistan

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Three days after he suffered a mysterious death in a Pakistani jail, Indian prisoner Kirpal…

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Pakistan, China kick off joint air exercise

Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Pakistan and China on Thursday began their fifth joint air exercise, Shaheen-V, at an operational base…

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Highway police chief killed in Afghanistan

Kabul, April 14 (IANS) A highway police chief and his two bodyguards was killed on Thursday when assailants opened fire…

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Sister of Indian who died in Pakistan jail meets Kejriwal

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The sister of Kirpal Singh, the Indian who died in a Pakistani jail, met Delhi…

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