New Delhi: India has banned direct or indirect import of all goods from Pakistan with immediate effect in the interest of national security and public policy, following the Pahalgam terror attack last month which killed 26 tourists, according to a government order. The decision will...
New York: US President Donald Trump has said that Harvard University would lose its tax-exempt status, repeating his intent to enlist the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in his feud with the university and upend its finances. "We are going to be taking away Harvard's Tax...
Islamabad: Several Pakistani YouTubers and former cricketers have voiced deep concerns over a recent ban imposed by Indian authorities, saying it will deliver a major blow to their earnings and online visibility. Many Pakistani content creators, especially those focused on cricket, have built thriving platforms...
Washington: The White House plans to cut staffing at the CIA and other intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency, Trump administration officials told members of Congress, The Washington Post reported Friday. A person familiar with the plan but not authorised to discuss it publicly...
Jerusalem: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said Friday that it had intercepted two missiles fired from Yemen. In the latest incident this afternoon, air raid sirens were activated in northern Israel, as the IDF stated that it is examining the outcome of interception efforts targeting...
Islamabad: Over 1000 madrasas across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been shut down for at least 10 days, the local authorities announced Friday. Reliable sources confirmed to IANS that the madrasas across PoK have been shut down because of the looming fear of an attack by...
London: Pakistan has a past with extremist groups and suffered because of this, Pakistan Peoples Party chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said while answering a question on Islamabad backing terror outfits. Bhutto-Zardari was asked in an interview with Sky News Thursday whether he agreed with Defence Minister...
United Nations: The UN Security Council could meet “sooner rather than later” to discuss the situation between India and Pakistan, and this would be an opportunity to express views and to help diffuse tensions, UNSC President said, voicing concern over rising tensions between the nuclear-armed...
New York: US Vice-President J D Vance has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “tough negotiator” and accused New Delhi of taking advantage of America, while predicting that India could be among the first countries to strike a trade deal to avert reciprocal tariffs. In...
Islamabad: Pakistan is planning to issue a formal diplomatic notice to India against its unilateral move to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, a media report said Friday. The decision was made after initial consultations between Pakistan's ministries of Foreign Affairs, Law, and Water Resources, reported...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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