Tag: India
India to procure armed drones from US in defence deal worth...
New Delhi is close to signing a deal with the US government for the purchase of armed drones and anti-submarine warfare and surveillance aircraft,...
UN panel adopts resolution on minority rights as Pakistan exposes India’s...
NEW YORK: A committee of the UN General Assembly Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling for the promotion and protection of human rights of...
Indian SC hands over Babri Masjid land to Hindus
--Court says temple will be constructed on Ayodhya land, asks govt to provide 5-acre alternative land to Muslims to build mosque
--Sunni Muslim group says...
China says division of IOK into union territories illegal, ineffective
ISLAMABAD: China on Thursday deplored and firmly opposed India’s formation of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh union territories as illegal, invalid and ineffective and...
Pollution in Lahore caused by cross-border field fires, Fawad says
Cross border field fires and environmental conditions are the cause of increasing level of pollution in Lahore, Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry on...
Pakistan to earn $36m annually from Kartarpur pilgrims
ISLAMABAD: Since 5,000 pilgrims are allowed to visit the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, Pakistan, by charging $20 service fee per pilgrim, will earn $1,00,000...
Pakistan, India sign Kartarpur Corridor agreement
--Corridor to provide visa-free access to Indian Sikh pilgrims to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur
--Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Indian PM Manmohan Singh...
India to build solar, wind farms along Pakistan border
MUMBAI: India plans to build a string of renewable energy projects along its sun-baked, wind-whipped western border, officials said on Monday, as New Delhi...
India to sign Kartarpur Corridor agreement on Oct 23
India on Monday conveyed its willingness to sign the Kartarpur Corridor agreement on October 23 – three weeks ahead of the 550th birth anniversary...
Pakistan rejects BJP’s anti-Pakistan tirade
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday strongly rejected the anti-Pakistan tirade by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership during its electoral campaigns in two Indian states.
The Foreign...
Six, including soldier, martyred in LoC shelling
--Pakistan Army 'destroys two Indian army bunkers, kills nine troops' in response
--FO rejects Indian media reports of 'militant launchpads' along the LoC, invites international...
Indian troops martyr three Kashmiri youth
SRINAGAR: Indian troops in their fresh acts of state terrorism martyred three Kashmiri youth in Islamabad district of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
The...
India ranks below Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Global Hunger Index, report...
India has ranked 102 among 117 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) – below Pakistan (94), Bangladesh (88) and Sri Lanka (66) – as...
US lawmakers urge India to end humanitarian crisis in IOK
The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Saturday appealed India to end the humanitarian crisis in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in its...
Pakistan tells India to keep lectures on diplomacy to itself
ISLAMABAD: A day after Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson claimed that Prime Minister Imran Khan made “provocative” statements during UNGA address last month, Pakistan...
India calls PM Imran’s UNGA address ‘hate speech’
NEW YORK: India has rebutted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech on Saturday at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New...
Imran calls out India at UN over Kashmir oppression
--PM says Pakistan will fight till the end if India imposes war, asks UN to 'act before it's too late'
--Says India inflicting more cruelty...