Daily Archives: April 9, 2019

EU COUNCIL URGES INTRA-AFGHAN TALKS

The Council of the European Union on Monday discussed the situation in Afghanistan with a special focus on the ongoing efforts for peace and how the bloc can best...

BJP’S POLL MANIFESTO VOICE OF AN ISOLATED MAN: RAHUL GANDHI

In a scathing criticism of the BJP's manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said it was the voice of "an isolated man",...

POMPEO MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER MOMEN, DISCUSSES ROHINGYA ISSUE

The US has lauded Bangladesh’s generosity in continuing to host one million Rohingya refugees US Secretary of State Michael R Pompeo has met Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen in...

PAKISTAN REJECTS FRESH INDIAN CLAIM IAF DOWNED PAF JET

Rejecting India’s latest reiteration of its claim that it downed a Pakistani fighter jet in February, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) chief Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor on Monday said that...

SIXTH INDO-SRI LANKA DEFENCE DIALOG HELD IN COLOMBO

The Indian defence delegation led by Indian Defence Secretary Mr. Sanjay Mitra, participated at the sixth Indo-Sri Lanka Defence Dialogue at the invitation of the Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando...

THREE US SERVICE MEMBERS, ONE CONTRACTOR KILLED IN BAGRAM

Three US service members and one contractor were killed, and three US service members were wounded by an improvised explosive device near Bagram Airbase on Monday, April 8, the...

Fighting together: the SP-BSP-RLD alliance

The chiefs of the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal combine threw down the gauntlet to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Deoband in western Uttar Pradesh on Sunday....

Case filed against Sri Lanka’s ex-defence secretary Gotabhaya in US

A case has been filed in the California Court against former Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa by Ahimsa Wickrematunge, the daughter of assassinated Sri Lankan newspaper editor Lasantha

GOVT CAN’T FREE ANYONE ON PAROLE FORCIBLY: MINISTER

The government cannot forcibly release a prisoner on parole if that person does not apply for it, law minister Anisul Huq said Monday, dismissing allegations raised by some BNP...

Abdullah supports delegation for Taliban talks

Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan’s chief executive, welcomed Kabul’s decision Sunday to send a delegation to engage with the Taliban, saying he hoped they would present a “unified position” for the...

KARTARPUR CORRIDOR: PAKISTAN AGREES TO INDIA’S PROPOSAL FOR TECHNICAL MEETING ON APRIL 16

Pakistan on Monday agreed to India's proposal for a meeting between technical experts from both sides on the Kartarpur Corridor on April 16. Dr Mohammad Faisal, the spokesperson of the...

Bangladesh pipeline hits a hurdle

The construction of the India-Bangladesh Friendship Product Pipeline (IBFPL) from Numaligarh Refinery Ltd’s marketing terminal in Siliguri to Parbatipur in Bangladesh could be hit because of a technical objection...

EXACTLY HOW HIGH IS MOUNT EVEREST? NEPAL SAYS IT WILL ANNOUNCE NEXT YEAR

Nepal, home to the tallest mountain in the world, has relied on the Survey of India’s measurement for over 50 years. This year, for the first time, it is...

BJP vows to strip Kashmir of special rights

India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party vowed on Monday to strip decades-old special rights from the people of Jammu and Kashmir, making an election promise that could provoke a backlash...

Indian warship in Maldives for joint operation

An Indian Navy ship has arrived in Maldives to take part in a joint operation with Maldives National Defense Force. MNDF revealed that a surveillance operation will be conducted together...

FIRST AFGHAN SHIPMENT VIA INDIA-BUILT CHABAHAR PORT IN IRAN ARRIVES IN MUMBAI

The first shipment of Afghan goods from the India-built Chabahar port in Iran arrived in Mumbai’s Jawaharlal Nehru port on Wednesday. The first shipment from Afghanistan through Chabahar contained 570...

Pak-India set for Kartarpur talks on April 16

The government of Pkistan on Monday said that it had agreed to New Delhi’s proposal for a technical meeting regarding Kartarpur Corridor on April 16. “Continuing with Pakistan’s spirit of...

Pakistan navy war college visited PHC in Colombo

A delegation of Pakistan Navy War College comprising 21 members, led by Rear Admiral Naveed Ahmed Rizvi, Commandant of the College Monday visited the High Commission of Pakistan in...

Indian army boosts firepower with domestically-produced long-range artillery

The Indian Army received its first batch of six Dhanush long-range artillery guns on Monday, as India and Pakistan continue to exchange fire at the Line of Control (LoC)...

TALIBAN CANNOT ‘IMPOSE’ THEIR STANCE ON AFGHAN GOVT: OFFICIAL

While Taliban insists that no one will attend the Qatar meeting as a representative of the Afghan government, but officials from the National Unity Government said that a delegation...

Why is the US critical of India’s ASAT test?

On March 27, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that India had succeeded in its first anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test and shot down a low-Earth-orbit satellite at an altitude...