Sri Lanka on Thursday rejected Pakistans claim that Colombo has backed its position on Kashmir that it is a disputed territory and should be resolved in accordance with the UN resolutions. In a statement, the Sri Lanka President’s media wing denied the contents of the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo’s press release of August 21 of the meeting between the Pakistani envoy and President Maithripala Sirisena, on Tuesday. It said the meeting took place on the request of the Pakistani High Commissioner, during which he briefed Sirisena about India’s abrogation of Article 370 and Article 35 A on special status…
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A 200-year-old Sree Krishna temple in the Bahraini capital will be renovated at a cost of $4.2 million with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally launching the renovation project during his visit here. In the first ever prime ministerial visit by India, Modi, who arrives here on Saturday on a two-day state visit, will launch the renovation of the Shreenathji (Shree Krishna) temple in Manama. According to Bob Thaker, President of the Thattai Hindu Merchants Community, the newly-built three-storeyed structure is being built on a 45,000 sq feet land, and will have 80 per cent more capacity to host devotees,…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said that India and Pakistan should resolve the Kashmir issue bilaterally and that no third party should interfere or incite violence there, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi explained to him about the changes brought about in Kashmir and that it is part of India’s sovereignty. After their 90-minute long one-on-one meeting at Chateau de Chantilly, a prime French cultural heritage spot, Macron addressing the media said that: “PM Modi told me about Jammu and Kashmir, and I said that Pakistan and India should resolve the situation, and we do not want that a third…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) grilled Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray for over eight hours in a decade-old money-laundering case involving realty deals and IL&FS, here on Thursday. Thackeray, who stepped inside the ED offices at Ballard Pier in south Mumbai around 11.15 a.m., finally stepped out at 8.15 p.m., even as his wife Sharmila, daughter Urvashi, and son Amit waited outside to receive him. Looking weary and grim, Thackeray calmly walked out of the ED, waved once to the crowds, stepped inside his car without interacting with anybody, and drove to his home near Shivaji Park. Party office-bearers said…
Pakistan-backed Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants are planning terrorist strikes in India after entering the country through Kashmir and Gujarat, the Indian Army said on Thursday. The militant threats come on the back of India abrogating special category status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir by abrogating Article 370 of the Constitution earlier this month. Officials, citing intelligence reports, said that around 12 Afghan militants belonging to the JeM are active in the Leepa Valley in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The Leepa Valley was earlier a part of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir and is located opposite the Uri and Tangdhar sectors.…
Nepal and India inked an agreement on food safety standards, while New Delhi handed over cheques amounting to Rs 3.74 billion for two projects, including reimbursement for post-quake reconstruction, during the Fifth Nepal-India Joint Commission meeting that was attended by Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Nepalese counterpart Pradeep Kumar Gyawali here. The two sides inked a memorandum of understanding on food safety between the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control of Nepal and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India. The Indian government handed over a cheque of Nepali Rs 2.45 billion towards reimbursement to the…
A group of Pakistani devotees has been stopped from visiting India due to recent tensions post abrogation of Article 370, according to a report in Express News daily on Thursday. The decision was taken by the Ministry of Religious Affairs. Also Read: Unavailability of Chief Justice leads to no hearing of Ayodhya dispute Devotees from Pakistan regularly visit Indian mosques in large numbers. Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Dargah in Ajmer is one of the most popular religious destinations for the Pakistanis.
Indian space agency on Thursday released the first Moon image shot by Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft.The picture was taken at a height of about 2,650 km from the Moon surface on August 21, 2019. “Take a look at the first Moon image captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander taken at a height of about 2,650 km from Lunar surface on August 21, 2019,” Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) tweeted. “Mare Orientale basin and Apollo craters are identified in the picture,” ISRO said.
A special CBI court here on Thursday granted the probe agency four days of custody of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram for questioning in the INX Media case. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar announced the order after reserving it for some time following the custodial hearing. The court also said that Chidambaram’s family members and his counsel would be at liberty to meet him at a time feasible to both sides. Appearing for the CBI, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta sought custody of the senior Congress leader as he was brought to the Rouse Avenue court under heavy security from the…
The prosecution on Thursday sought five-day custody of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday night in connection with the INX media case. The custody was sought by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in the Rouse Avenue court where Chidambaram was brought under heavy security from the CBI headquarters. During the court hearing, the prosecution said that the investigation has revealed that a payment of $5 million was made by IndraniMukherjea, an accused in the case. The prosecution also argued that when he was shown the said document, Chidambaram remained silent…