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THE murmurs over the missing flags of the Congress and especially its ally IUML at Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow in Wayanad on Wednesday continue to grow – the absence underlining the party’s uneasy balancing act as it tries to retain its Muslim vote without alienating other communities.Both the BJP and ...

Omar Abdullah | Photo Credit: ANI National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah ruled out a pre-poll alliance with INDIA bloc ally Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday. PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti termed the development as “a painful setup for the people“.The announcement has brought ...

The Taliban’s presence at the massive October jamboree in Beijiing to celebrate the 10th year of China’s ambitious trade plan, the Belt and Road Initiative, is part of Beijing’s regional strategy.This was one of only a handful of foreign visits made by the Taliban since taking power after Nato’s ...

A tit-for-tat dismissal of diplomats ensued, complicating US-led efforts to build a united bloc of allies and partners in a deeply polarised geopolitical landscape.Manjari Chatterjee Miller of the Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank in Washington, said that if Trudeau “releases credible evidence for his allegations, the assassination ...

ISLAMABAD: At least 43 people were killed and 200-odd wounded in a suspected suicide attack on Sunday targeting a workers' convention of the right-wing Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), an ally of Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's PML-N, in the northwestern tribal district of Bajaur, bordering Afghanistan. A local party leader, identified ...

Suella Braverman’s rhetoric about child sexual abuse and grooming gangs has cost her the support of an influential Conservative backer, Steve Baker, in a sign her hardline approach to culture war issues could hamper her chances of becoming Tory leader.Baker, a Tory MP on the Brexiter right of the ...

Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray during the press conference held at Shivsena Bhavan in Dadar on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray lashed out at his BJP detractors on Tuesday, even as he downplayed his ally, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) president Prakash ...

Amid heightened tensions between neighboring Asian powers that are home to the world's two largest populations, India has grown closer to the United States and other Western-aligned nations, while becoming increasingly wary of a rising China.But even as New Delhi takes unprecedented steps toward shoring up relations with the ...

General Pervez Musharraf, the controversial former Pakistani president who came to power in a bloodless coup and led his country during the early stages of Washington’s ‘war on terror’, passed away in Dubai at the age of 79 on Sunday.He had been suffering from amyloidosis, a rare incurable condition ...

Fawad Chaudhry was arrested after the Election Commission of Pakistan accused him of threatening its head and other officials. He is a supporter of Khan who was ousted by a no-confidence vote in April. Source link