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J-K admin to resolve problems of families of veterans, slain soldiers on priority: LG advisor

Situation totally peaceful in J&K: Police

2:29 pm August 6, 2019

Jammu: The situation in all three regions of Jammu and Kashmir is totally peaceful, amid unprecedented security cover and restrictions, top officials said on Tuesday. There are no untoward reports from anywhere in the state, Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said from Srinagar, a day after the Centre revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special status […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN urges India, Pak to exercise restraint

11:16 pm August 5, 2019

United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is following with concern the tense situation in the India-Pakistan region and urges all parties to exercise restraint, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said here on Monday. “We are following with concern the tense situation in the region… We urge all parties to exercise restraint,” Dujarric said at the […]

Pakistani Parliament debates whether to expel French envoy

Pakistan ‘rejects’ India’s move to scrap Article 370, says will counter it

10:43 pm August 5, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday strongly rejected the Indian Government’s decision to scrap Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and vowed to exercise all possible options, including appealing to the UN, to counter India’s “illegal” and “unilateral” step. The Indian government on Monday abolished Article 370 and moved a separate bill to bifurcate the state into two separate union […]

PM Modi to address annual UN General Assembly session on Sept 28

1:46 pm August 1, 2019

United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the annual UN General Assembly (UNGA) session on September 28, according to a provisional list released by the UN of the world leaders scheduled to speak at the 74th session of the United Nations. Modi is also expected to attend multiple high-level summits on the margins of […]

Reagan made racist remarks in taped conversation with Nixon

10:44 pm July 31, 2019

Washington: Then-California governor Ronald Reagan made racist remarks about Africans, calling them “monkeys” in a newly-discovered taped conversation with US president Richard Nixon. The tape of the October 1971 phone call was unearthed by Tim Naftali, former director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, and his findings were published online on Wednesday in The Atlantic […]