Agartala, April 16 (IANS) India’s tourism ministry has sanctioned a Rs.18 crore project for the Tripura government to create a variety of infrastructure along the India-Bangladesh border similar to that at the Attari-Wagah border with…
Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) Pakistan’s Punjab Marriage Functions Bill, placing restrictions on indoor ceremonies, passed by the provincial assembly last year has been challenged in Lahore High Court. Petitioner Advocate Syed Ali Gilani said on…
Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) Mauritius President Bibi Ameenah Firdaus Gurib-Fakim will visit Pakistan on Sunday to further strengthen bilateral ties, the country’s foreign ministry has said. Firdaus Gurib-Fakim will visit Pakistan from April 17-20 on…
Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) While attention was focused on Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s activities in London, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar spearheaded PML-N efforts here to prepare the ground for a judicial commission to investigate…
Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) Pakistan on Friday briefed the envoys of the Arab countries and Asean member-states on the arrest of an alleged Indian spy and his purported confession about “Indian-sponsored subversive activities and terrorist…
Chandigarh, April 15 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) authorities handed over a man, who had inadvertently crossed into the Indian territory, to authorities in Pakistan on Friday. The handover was done even as people…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Sister of Kirpal Singh, the Indian who died in a Lahore jail in Pakistan, met union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday here and sought support from the central government…
Chandigarh, April 15 (IANS) Though people in the border belt of Punjab are upset over the mysterious death of Indian prisoner Kirpal Singh in a jail in Pakistan’s Lahore, the Border Security Force (BSF) authorities…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Ships of the First Training Squadron of the Indian Navy are visiting Sri Lanka as part of overseas deployment, an official statement said. The ships from the First Training Squadron…
Dhaka, April 15 (IANS) Bangladesh police has released four gay activists who were arrested for parading with rainbow colours to promote sexual diversity, in the midst of festivities marking the Bengali New Year. “The detainees…
Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered that Karachi’s mayor and deputy mayor be elected through a secret ballot within 60 days. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali…
Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) The Pakistani foreign office has rejected a notion that the peace process between Islamabad and India was suspended, saying it remained engaged with New Delhi. We need to look ahead and…
Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) Pakistan’s Punjab province has passed a law governing marriage functions, disallowing dowry, unreasonable illumination, display of fireworks and causing nuisance to neighbours. The law was passed by the Punjab Assembly on…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 15 (IANS) India took aim squarely against the use of secret vetoes to protect terrorists and their backers from UN sanctions, an action that China has repeatedly taken to…
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Pakistan pushed the Afghan Taliban on Thursday to join peace negotiations, two days after the group launched their annual fighting season that could further complicate efforts for the dialogue. The Taliban…
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Pakistan is banking on good friend China to block India’s chances of making it to the coveted Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a former Pakistani diplomat has said, adding that “chances of…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Three days after he suffered a mysterious death in a Pakistani jail, Indian prisoner Kirpal Singh’s anguished sister met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking his help to get his…
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) Pakistan and China on Thursday began their fifth joint air exercise, Shaheen-V, at an operational base in Pakistan “A contingent of Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) comprising combat pilots, air…
Kabul, April 14 (IANS) A highway police chief and his two bodyguards was killed on Thursday when assailants opened fire on his vehicle in Afghanistan’s Takhar province. “The police chief for highways linking Takhar to…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The sister of Kirpal Singh, the Indian who died in a Pakistani jail, met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday, seeking his support for an early repatriation of his…