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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 …

UGC writes to Vice-Chancellors to mark the event The University Grants Commission (UGC) has written to the Vice-Chancellors of all universities to celebrate Surgical Strike Day on September 29 to mark the event along the Line of Control that day in 2016. The letter also desires that students pledge their …

New Delhi responds positively to Imran Khan’s proposal for talks India on Thursday accepted Pakistan’s proposal for talks between the Foreign Ministers of the two countries on the sidelines of the ongoing annual UN General Assembly session in New York. “On the request of the Pakistani side, a meeting between …

National campaign sets out six scenarios for holding another referendum The national campaign for a second referendum on whether Britain should leave the EU on the terms being negotiated by the government set out six scenarios in which such a vote would be possible, as it sought new momentum to …

Expert says Seoul wants to strengthen ties on economic and strategic fronts One of the major foreign policy initiatives of President Moon Jae-in of South Korea is the government’s ‘New Southern Policy’, with a goal of deepening ties with South East Asian nations as well as India, and building an …

Islamabad High Court says NAB could not bring evidence against the Sharifs in corruption case Members of Nawaz Sharif’s party celebrated his release on Wednesday after the Islamabad High Court suspended the jail sentences handed to the former Prime Minister, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Captain Muhammad Safdar (retd.). National …

Justice Ranjan Gogoi on the Special Bench hearing the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) case observed on Wednesday that by allowing the claimants to file extra papers, the apex court was actually giving them a ‘second chance’ to prove their Indian legacy. “Usually, the process of claims and objections …

Proposal made by Governor Facing a volatile situation, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has proposed to offer insurance cover of Rs. 10 lakh to all candidates participating in the polls to the civic bodies and panchayats in the State. Meanwhile, the Congress and JD (U) on Wednesday decided …

“You [the Maharashtra government] should make a clear distinction between opposition to government and efforts for mass destruction or violence… We may not like it [resistance], but we must accept the fact that there will be opposition,” Justice Chandrachud told Mr. Mehta. The Maharashtra government claimed that their raids unearthed …

In Morigaon town, most citizenship certificates were forged or tampered with A Foreigners’ Tribunal in central Assam’s Morigaon district observed last month that the process of identifying foreigners and doubtful voters had become “an industry” for “minting money.” The “unfair practices” involved, it noted, turned Indians into foreigners and foreigners …

Says situation in Afghanistan is far worse than it was earlier In a dramatic move that has set diplomatic circles in Delhi as well as political circles in Kabul abuzz, Afghanistan’s Ambassador to India Shaida Mohammad Abdaliresigned during President Ghani’s visit to India on Wednesday. He explained his decision in …