BABRI DEMOLITION CASE: ALL 32 ACCUSED INCLUDING LK ADVANI...
September 30 ,2020
The Babri mosque demolition was not planned, a judge in Uttar Pradesh said today, acquitting all 32 accused including BJP leaders LK Ad...
BANGLADESH AND USA SIGN AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT
September 30 ,2020
The governments of Bangladesh and USA today signed an air transport agreement today.
The signing programme was held at the office of t...
UN CHIEF RAISES CONCERNS ON SRI LANKA IN REPORT TO UNHRC
September 30 ,2020
UN Secretary General António Guterres has raised concerns on Sri Lanka, in a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council (UN...
PAKISTAN REJECTS INDIA’S REMARKS ON GILGIT-BALTISTAN ELECT...
September 30 ,2020
Pakistan has categorically rejected “unwarranted and irresponsible remarks” made by India’s Ministry of External Affa...
BADAKHSHAN DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF KILLED IN TALIBAN ATTACK
September 30 ,2020
Abdul Zahir, police chief of Kohistan district in Badakhshan, was killed on Tuesday night in a Taliban attack in the district, police s...
MORNING BRIEF, 30 SEPTEMBER
September 30 ,2020
It is time to heal the wounds of the past: With a mixed parentage of a Pashtun father and Tajik mother, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah is...
Singapore Airlines turns A380 into fine-dining restaurant
September 30 ,2020
Diners will be attended to by sommeliers who will recommend pairing wines for the meals. (Courtesy of Singapore Airlines)...
BANGLADESH GETS $3M ADB GRANT FOR COVID-19 VACCINE
September 30 ,2020
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bangladesh government on Tuesday signed an agreement for a $3 million grant for procuring urge...
WATER-SHARING ISSUES: DELHI TO WORK FOR PROMPT RESOLUTION
September 30 ,2020
India has agreed to hold the Joint River Commission (JRC) meeting on solving outstanding issues relating to water sharing, especially t...
BABRI MASJID ORDER TODAY, IN THE DOCK ARE ADVANI, JOSHI, B...
September 30 ,2020
Almost 28 years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, a Special CBI Court will Wednesday pronounce its judgment in the conspiracy c...
WHO CHIEF LAUDS PAKISTAN FOR SUPPRESSING COVID-19 WHILE KE...
September 30 ,2020
World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has once again praised Pakistan's response to the coronavirus, saying...
PAKISTAN HAS NO FAVOURITES IN AFGHANISTAN: FM QURESHI
September 30 ,2020
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday said Pakistan has no favourites in Afghanistan and Islamabad does not want to meddle i...
Palestinian Intifada: How Israel orchestrated a bloody tak...
September 30 ,2020
The second Intifada – commonly referred to by Palestinians as al-Aqsa Intifada – began after then-Israeli opposition leader...
What to watch for during the first Trump-Biden debate
September 30 ,2020
One candidate who plays by the rules, another who does not. One candidate who has spent weeks preparing, another who has not. One candi...
At the UN, Pakistan PM Imran went all-in on human rights
September 30 ,2020
Last week, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan addressed the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Address...
Poor quality ammo, mines supplied by state-owned factory h...
September 30 ,2020
The Indian exchequer has incurred losses to the tune of Rs 960 crore because of “poor quality” ammunition and mines supplie...
China-India tensions put New Delhi at the margins of the S...
September 30 ,2020
High in the mountains of Ladakh, Asia’s economic giants India and China came to blows in June in their disputed border area, the...
Geopolitics of Sri Lankan Tamil problem
September 30 ,2020
Mahinda and Modi
The virtual summit between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapa...
Afghan team told to be flexible in negotiating with Taliba...
September 30 ,2020
Afghanistan’s senior leadership has told its team in Doha to be flexible in negotiating with the Taliban in order to seize the op...
‘Safe zones’ plan shows Bangladesh is accepting Rohingya r...
September 30 ,2020
The government of Bangladesh this week called on the international community to establish “safe zones” within Myanmar to al...
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