Pak SC gives govt one month’s time to compensate riot victims
Lahore, Jan 13: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has directed the federal and provincial governments to compensate within a month all those who suffered losses during the violent protests by radical Islamist parties following the acquittal of Christian woman Aasia Bibi in a blasphemy case. The apex court in October overturned the conviction of the 47-year-old mother […]
Don’t deny students, candidates right to wear hijab, carry kirpan: Minorities body to govt depts
New Delhi, Jan 13: The Delhi Minorities Commission has asked city government departments to allow minorities to wear dresses and carry articles as per their religious beliefs when appearing in recruitment and academic tests. Acting on the commission’s order, the General Administration Department (GAD) issued a circular to all principal secretaries and heads of department […]
SP, BSP announce tie-up for Lok Sabha polls sans Congress, to contest 38 seats each in UP
Lucknow, Jan 12 : Once-arch rivals Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) announced Saturday their tie-up in Uttar Pradesh for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, sharing 38 seats each and keeping the Congress out of the alliance. The parties, however, said they would not field candidates in Amethi and Rae Bareli, represented by […]
Intolerance, anger reign supreme in India: Rahul
Dubai, Jan 12 : Congress President Rahul Gandhi said here Saturday that India has witnessed a great deal of intolerance and anger in the last four and a half years which stemmed from the “mentality of the people in power”. Gandhi, who is in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the second day of his […]
Opposition wants helpless govt to promote corruption, BJP for strong dispensation: Modi
New Delhi, Jan 12 : Dubbing the anti-BJP grand alliance as an “failed experiment”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday the opposition parties are coming together as they want to form a ‘majboor’ (helpless) government to promote nepotism and corruption, whereas the BJP wants a strong dispensation for all-round development. Modi also attacked the Congress […]
SP, BSP came together for their survival, they cannot take on Modi alone: BJP
New Delhi, Jan 12 : The BJP Saturday said the SP and the BSP came together for their survival, and not for the country or Uttar Pradesh, and downplayed suggestions that the alliance will have a major impact on the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “The SP and BSP have allied neither for the country nor […]
India rejects Pak charge of RAW involvement in Karachi consulate attack
Karachi/New Delhi, Jan 11 : Pakistani police on Friday accused Indian spy agency RAW of being involved in the November terrorist attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, a charge rejected by India as “fabricated and scurrilous”. Karachi police said they have arrested five suspects from a separatist Baloch group for the November 23 attack […]
No change in India’s position on Afghanistan, it supports ‘inclusive’ peace process: MEA
New Delhi, Jan 10 : A day after Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat stated India cannot be left out of the “bandwagon” when a number of countries are reaching out to the Taliban, the External Affairs Ministry Friday said there is no change in the position on Afghanistan and New Delhi supports the process which […]
Foreign travel ban on ex-prez Zardari, PPP leaders to continue: Pak
Islamabad, Jan 11: The Pakistan government has decided to continue the travel ban on former president Asif Ali Zardari, his son Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah among other Pakistan Peoples Party leaders, a top minister said. The decision, which prevents them from flying abroad, was taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired […]
Consular access granted to Christian Michel: MEA
New Delhi, Jan 11: India has granted consular access to Christian Michel, a British national who was brought here from the UAE last month in connection with the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal. The British High Commission had sought consular access to Michel after he was arrested in the first week of December. “He has […]
