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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Indian judo team withdraws from Olympic qualifiers after two players test COVID positive

5:00 pm April 7, 2021

New Delhi: A 12-member Indian judo team was forced to withdraw from the ongoing Asia-Oceania Olympic qualifiers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan after two judokas — Ajay Yadav and Ritu — tested positive for COVID-19 just before the start of the tournament. Yadav, a 73kg class judoka, and Ritu (52kg) tested positive in the second test conducted […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Jaishankar meets his Kyrgyz counterpart on sidelines of SCO meeting

3:37 pm September 9, 2020

Moscow: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said he held a fruitful interaction with his Kyrgyz counterpart Chingiz Aidarbekov here on the sidelines of the SCO meeting during which they agreed to further enhance their strategic partnership in all spheres. Jaishankar arrived here on Tuesday on a four-day visit to Russia to attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Shanghai […]

Kyrgyz court orders ex-president detained until Aug 26

2:24 pm August 9, 2019

Bishkek: A court in Kyrgyzstan has ordered former president Almazbek Atambayev held in custody until August 26, a spokesman said Friday, after he was detained in a major security operation at his home that sparked unrest by his supporters. The Central Asian state, which has seen two revolutions in less than two decades, is on […]

Kyrgyzstan President gifts traditional hat, coat to PM Modi

11:18 pm June 16, 2019

Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov has gifted a traditional Kyrgyz hat and a coat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit here for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. President Jeenbekov, who met Prime Minister Modi on Friday ahead of the SCO Council of Heads of State meeting, also presented him a ‘Samovar’, a […]

Pak PM Imran trolled online for seating gaffe at SCO summit in Bishkek

10:16 pm June 14, 2019

Bishkek: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan broke the diplomatic protocol at the opening ceremony of the SCO Summit here when he sat down even as all other leaders, including his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, were standing, an embarrassing gaffe for which he was trolled online. In a video shared on the official Twitter handle of […]