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Since Jammu hotline is dead at night, the force wanted a 24-hour channel of communication to resolve hostilities on the border The Border Security Force (BSF) has opened a new hotline in Delhi to communicate with the Pakistan Rangers. It was set up last month after the BSF was unable …

India cites killing of policemen, issue of Burhan Wani stamps India blamed ‘Pakistan-based entities’ for Friday’s killing of three special police officers in Kashmir and called off the meeting in New York between Foreign Ministers. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said talks in the current circumstances would be futile …

Delhi cites killing of three policemen in Shopian, issue of Burhan Wani stamp India blamed ‘Pakistan-based entities’ for Friday’s killing of three special police officers in Shopian in Kashmir and called off the planned meeting of Foreign Ministers in New York. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said talks in …

Doctors Without Borders reach out to new mothers in Khost province, where the Taliban is active The mother was admitted at 9:30 am, the birth recorded at 9:35. Women often arrive in extremis at the Doctors Without Borders maternity hospital in southeastern Afghanistan, one of the most active in the …

Genetic testing on smuggled elephant tusks is helping investigators find evidence to bring traffickers to book DNA tests on smuggled elephant tusks have identified three major ivory cartels in Africa and are helping investigators bolster the criminal cases against some of the most dangerous traffickers, researchers said on Wednesday. Around …

Punitive vigilance may demotivate, says RBI Governor Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel emphasised on preventive vigilance for improving governance standards in public sector enterprises (PSEs) and said punitive vigilance may not achieve the desired results. “Reserve Bank of India considers preventive vigilance measures as the lynchpin of its …

Decision follows PM Imran Khan’s visit to the kingdom Saudi Arabia will be the third “strategic partner” of the $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a senior Pakistani Minister announced on Thursday, soon after Prime Minister Imran Khan returned from his first foreign trip to the cash-rich kingdom. The CPEC …

Foreign Minister says it is not a solution to stop migrants Spain’s Foreign Minister revealed that U.S. President Donald Trump suggested building a wall along the Sahara desert to stem the arrival of migrants, as he plans to do on the Mexican border. “Closing ports is not a solution, and …

‘North Korean leader is hoping for a second summit with Donald Trump’ Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in visited the spiritual birthplace of the Korean nation on Thursday for a show of unity after their North-South summit gave new momentum to Pyongyang’s negotiations with Washington. The North Korean leader on Wednesday …

Pakistan Rangersdeny involvement in killing It was a joint search party of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers that located the mutilated body of head constable Narender Singh 30-40 metres inside Pakistani territory, a senior government official told The Hindu. He was found lying in a pool of …