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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan responded strongly to criticism regarding the conduct of its parliamentary elections, which took place amidst sporadic militant attacks and a complete shutdown of mobile phone services. The Foreign Ministry defended the vote, stating that it was peaceful and successful.The US State Department expressed concern about the elections, ...

New Delhi: “I am the president of NCP,” veteran Sharad Pawar asserted on Thursday after a meeting of the party’s Working Committee which approved the decision to expel Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare and nine others who joined hands with NDA recently. Briefing the media here, party leader P C ...

New Delhi, Jun 10 : Reacting to objections from two former chief advisors who sought to have their names removed from the political science textbooks due to “irrational cuts and large deletions,” the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Friday emphasised its right to make changes ...

Political stakes in the long disputed region have been higher than ever since 2019 when New Delhi revoked autonomy to the half of Kashmir it administers. Source link

Washington: India will not be an ally of the United States but will be another great power, a top White House official said Thursday asserting there is no other bilateral relationship that is being "deepened and strengthened" more rapidly than between the two countries over the last 20 years. ...

Islamabad: Afghanistan's Taliban government firmly rejected media reports about the presence of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar in the war-torn country, saying such terrorist organisations can operate on Pakistan's soil - and even under official patronage. The Taliban's interim Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid made the strongly-worded remarks after ...

  Washington: The Indian government has taken some steps to restore normalcy in Kashmir, a senior US diplomat has told American lawmakers, while asserting that the Joe Biden administration is keeping a close eye on the security situation, including militant threats in the region.   The Indian Parliament had ...

NEW DELHI — Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar Sunday told the foreign ministers of Central Asian countries that their “concerns and objectives” in Afghanistan are “similar”, and flagged “a truly inclusive and representative government, the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking, ensuring unhindered humanitarian assistance and preserving the ...

  Karachi: Pakistan has not offered any military bases to China in the strategic Gwadar port, National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said while reiterating that any country can invest in the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project since “we are not closed to anybody.” The Gwadar ...

A new Congress president will be elected between August 21 and September 20, 2022, the party announces. In a clear message to the reformists or the group of 23 (G-23) letter-writers, who had sought internal reforms in the Congress, party president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said she was a ...