RAWALPINDI: The Pakistani Army yesterday asked India to share “actionable evidence” of its allegations that the bodies of two Indian soldiers were mutilated in the disputed region of Kashmir. The director generals of military operations (DGMO) for the two sides spoke to each other for the second time in two ...
Read More »Kajol says she ate beef, quickly clarifies buffalo, not cow
MUMBAI: A leading Indian actress who had posted a video of a beef dish that her friend had prepared, and was trolled on social media for the same, had to quickly clarify that the dish was actually made of buffalo meat and not cow, which is revered by Hindus in ...
Read More »India reject Erdogan comments on Kashmir
NEW DELHI: In a recent television interview, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan advocated a “multilateral” solution to the Kashmir dispute – and this is only one of his positions that may cause diplomatic tension with India. President Erdogan made the comments during an interview with India-based news channel ahead of ...
Read More »Mob in India lynches two Muslims over suspected cow theft
GUWAHATI: A mob in India beat to death two Muslims who were accused of trying to steal cows for slaughter, police said on Monday, the latest incident in a surge of violence blamed on hardline Hindu groups. Some Hindu groups are demanding a ban on the slaughter of cows, which ...
Read More »After losing ICC vote, BCCI would be foolhardy to skip Champions Trophy
NEW DELHI: After losing ICC vote, BCCI would be foolhardy to skip Champions Trophy. There can be no greater pain than being made to feel alone in a room full of people, no worse feeling than being let down by folk who turned their back after walking some distance together ...
Read More »Indian steel tycoon Sajjan Jindal calls on PM Nawaz in secrecy
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Amid diplomatic tiff between Pakistan and India over Kulbhushan Jhadav, the secret arrival of an Indian delegation led by business tycoon Sajjan Jindal and their unannounced meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz in Murree has stirred a political storm in the post-Panama verdict mess. While rumours were rife of ...
Read More »BCCI Loses Governance, Revenue Votes At ICC Meet
DUBAI: BCCI, the so-called “godfather” of international Cricket, was left isolated as a majority of the full members of ICC outvoted BCCI’s position on the new proposed constitution of ICC to abolish the infamous “Big 3” model. The only support India got in the ICC meeting in Dubai during voting ...
Read More »Facebook, Twitter, other social media banned in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have banned Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp after the Indian government said social media services were “being misused by anti-national and anti-social elements”. It is the first time the government has taken such a step, although it regularly blocks mobile internet signal in the Kashmir Valley. Internet ...
Read More »Video: ‘Taliban linked with RAW, NDS,’ Taliban spokesman confesses
ISLAMABAD: Former Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan has revealed that the Pakistani Taliban have close ties with RAW in a confessional video released today. In the statement, he also elaborates the reasons why he surrendered to the Pakistan Army. “I have been the spokesperson of TTP Mahmod Agency, TTP and ...
Read More »BFI will not allow its boxers for Amir Khan’s pro-league
NEW DELHI: Amir Khan is all set to promote a boxing league in India in tie-up with the International Boxing Association (AIBA) but the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has ruled out allowing any of its pugilists in the event. The Super Boxing League (SBL) will roll out from July 7 to August ...
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