Dove was pitted against hawk live on television on Thursday evening when noted anchorperson Hamid Mir brought in “India’s most wanted” Hafiz Saeed on telephone to present the other voice to Rajya Sabha member and advocate of peace with Pakistan, Mani Shankar Aiyar.
As is invariably the case with anything India-Pakistan, the verdict was divided on [...]
Pamulaparti Venkata “Narasimha Rao” (Telugu: 28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was the ninth Prime Minister of India (1991–1996).[1] He led an important administration, overseeing a major economic transformation and several home incidents affecting national security of India.[2] Rao accelerated the dismantling of the Licence Raj. He is often referred to as the “Father [...]
Just hours after she landed in India, Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar already has India frowning.
Khar today met Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Geelani, chiefs of the two factions of Jammu and Kashmir’s separatist Hurriyat Conference, even before talks with her Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna.
Indian officials have already slammed the 34-year-old for [...]
New Delhi: Pledging to fight communal and terrorist elements, the Congress on Tuesday accused the RSS and its sister organisations of being involved in terrorist activities.”Recent revelations through detailed investigations have exposed the true character of the RSS and its sister organisations. The investigations indicate the involvement of its members in terrorist activities,” said an [...]
New Delhi: The road ahead for Kashmir will be discussed  by top leaders of all major political parties at a meeting called by the Prime Minister today. Farooq Abdullah arrived in Delhi on Wednesday morning for the all-party meeting. The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is expected [...]
New Delhi: As the Centre works on a special Eid peace package for Kashmir, political parties in the Valley have welcomed it with caution.The Cabinet Committee on Security will meet on Friday to consider the lifting of AFSPA from four districts and other measures to get some normalcy back to the state. (Read: Areas [...]
Bandipore, Kashmir: In the high Himalayan Kashmir valley, the latest battle line between India and Pakistan has been drawn. This time it is not the ground underfoot, which has been disputed since the bloody partition of British India in 1947, but the water hurtling from mountain glaciers to parched farmers’ fields in Pakistan’s agricultural heartland.Indian [...]
Srinagar: The state government is pulling out all stops to ensure strict enforcement of curfew. Anantnag, Koimoh, Pulwama and Kakpora have been under curfew for last four days now. The Army is on standby and may conduct another flag march in Srinagar on Friday.Meanwhile, the Central government is sending in additional paramilitary troops. The first [...]
Many parts of north and east India continued to reel under a heat wave with the mercury nearing a scorching 50 degrees Celsius in Jalgaon in Maharashtra and touching 47.9 in Haryana’s Hisar, officials said. Many deaths have been reported from various places due to the intense heat.
Hisar in Haryana sizzled at 48 degrees. [...]
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Monday asked aloud if the government’s decision to start foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan was the “upshot of a powerful nudge from Washington”.”The question people have been asking in a more straightforward manner is … is its (India’s) latest U-turn on dialogue the upshot [...]
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