Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he is willing to negotiate with the Palestinians on the basis of US President Donald Trump’s Middle East “peace plan”. The remark was made on Sunday night in a pre-recorded address to a conference organized by “Christians United for Israel”, a US-based pro-Israeli evangelical group, reports Xinhua news agency. Speaking two days before his set date for annexing part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Netanyahu urged the Palestinians to “embrace” Trump’s plan. “I encourage the Palestinians not to lose another opportunity,” he said. “They should be prepared to negotiate a historic compromise that…
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Stock Exchange building in Karachi, Pakistan came under attack after four heavily armed terrorists stormed the building, killing four security guards and a police officer. At least 11 people, including one policeman, four guards, two civilians, and four terrorists, were killed in the terrorist attack on the busy Pakistan Stock Exchange building in Karachi on Monday. Seven persons have been injured in the attack. Security forces have said that all the terrorists have been killed. Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the terror attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange building. Majeed Brigade, an elite unit of the Balochistan Liberation…
Arrested on the charges of opening fire at the Delhi Police officials and inciting riots in the national capital, accused Shahrukh Pathan, whose image of brandishing a gun at the Delhi police personnel had symbolised the anti-Hindu riots in Delhi, had buckled under pressure, presumably on the realisation that he may face jail time for his criminal activities. Admitting to his crimes, Pathan, in his statement to the police, said that he is willing to cooperate with the law enforcement officials and identify the other accused from the protest footage and help in their arrest. In his disclosure statement, Pathan claimed that…
Another 14-year-old Hindu girl has been abducted in Pakistan. According to an activist, Rahat Austin, working in Pakistan, the alleged abduction took place on 27th June in Saedabad, Hala Mitiari, of Sindh province Pakistan. In a video shared by the activist, the mother of the abducted girl was seen broken down with grief. She kept on saying that “It’s a curse to be born in an Islamic country.” https://twitter.com/johnaustin47/status/1276955789861588992?s=20 As per Rahat Austin, the 14-year-old Nasiban was taken for sexual exploitation and forced conversion to Islam. Pakistan has a history of atrocities against the minority community, especially Hindu girls where…
Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, India will win both the battles, one against the Chinese coronavirus, the deadly disease originating from China that has gripped the world to the one at border in Ladakh. HM Amit Shah was speaking to news agency ANI Editor Smita Prakash where he took on China’s aggression in Ladakh, the Chinese coronavirus as well as opposition, especially Congress and Rahul Gandhi. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the government ready for a robust debate in the Parliament on the recent violent standoff in Ladakh…
A senior doctor who was working at a COVID-19 hospital in Delhi died early this morning. He was 56. Doctor Asheem Gupta, was working as an anaesthesia specialist in the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) hospital, which has been declared a COVID-19 hospital. Mr Gupta had tested positive on June 6, the LNJP hospital said in a statement. “He was a frontline anesthesia specialist who contracted COVID-19 infection while on duty. He tested positive on June 6, when he had mild symptoms and was shifted to a quarantine facility. His symptoms aggravated on June 7 and he was admitted in the Intensive…
Three terrorists have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Kashmir Zone Police said on Monday morning that the encounter broke out in Khulchohar area of Anantnag. The identities of the terrorists are being ascertained, police said. A team of Jammu & Kashmir Police and security forces is carrying out a search operation in the area, police added. According to a top police officer, a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir police, 19 RR of Army and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Khulchohar area after police got the tip-off of…
The case of a father and son who died in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin amid allegations of police brutality in custody will be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for investigation, Chief Minister E Palaniswami said today. The controversial case sparked massive outrage across the country after the father and son were allegedly tortured by the police before being sent to jail for apparently keeping their shop open beyond permissible hours during lockdown. “The government has decided to have a CBI probe. We would hand over the case to CBI with permission from the Madras High Court. We…
State Bank of India (SBI) has sanctioned loans to over 4 lakh accounts under the Rs 3-lakh crore Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) for MSME sector, hit hard by the coronavirus-induced lockdown. On the occasion of International MSME Day, SBI director C S Shetty on Friday addressed MSME customers and employees across the state video conference. SME products were highlighted to the purchasers to extend awareness and enable them to settle on the proper product for his or her business, SBI said during a statement. At the national level, the bank has sanctioned loans to over 4 lakh customers…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said the ‘Chase the Virus’ initiative that received good leads to worst-hit Mumbai will now be expanded to other parts of the state to combat the coronavirus outbreak. As a part of the campaign, 15 close contacts of a COVID-19 patient will compulsorily be kept in institutional quarantine, while community leaders will tell people about comorbidities, meals and other facilities available at institutional quarantine facilities etc, clinic timings etc. It was launched on May 27. “We have received good results of Chase the Virus campaign in Mumbai and that we have now decided…