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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is likely to step down on Wednesday as the coalition government led by him is all set to dissolve Pakistan's National Assembly prematurely to get extra time for holding the general elections scheduled for later this year. The five-year tenure of the lower house ...

As many as 31 antiquities have been stolen from centrally protected monuments and sites in the last 10 years, the government said in Lok Sabha last week. Out of these, 27 objects are yet to be recovered, with no information about their illegal shipping abroad available, it added. The ...

NEW DELHI: Four months after he was disqualified, Rahul Gandhi returned to Parliament to a hero’s welcome from his party, with his membership of the Lower House restored following the Supreme Court staying his conviction in a defamation case. The former Congress chief is now set to be the ...

The Government Railway Police on Monday added charges of kidnapping and promoting enmity on grounds of religion against Railway Protection Force Constable Chetan Singh, who shot dead three Muslim passengers and his senior officer on July 31 in a moving train, reported The Indian Express.Last week, Singh had killed ...

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, India’s theme for its ongoing G20 Presidency, is a phrase originating from the ancient Sanskrit text Hitopadesha and roughly translates to ‘the whole earth is one family’. It’s also the central idea that has instructed the design of the newly built Bharat Mandapam, which will host the ...

SRINAGAR/JAMMU: Security forces killed a heavily armed terrorist when he was attempting to cross the Line of Control from the Pakistan side in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday, while a gunfight with terrorists hiding in the woods near a village in Rajouri district of Jammu division continued for ...

NEW DELHI: There is a presence of approximately three terrorist groups in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri and Poonch districts- each of these groups consists of two to three ultras, a senior official said.Additional Director General of Police Mukesh Singh asserted that security forces are determined to wipe out terrorism ...

SRINAGAR: Protests and contrasting sentiments were witnessed in J&K on the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the former state into Union territories, reflecting the continuing divide on the decision that stripped its statehood and special status on August 5, 2019.The Peoples Democratic ...

NEW DELHI: On the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the revocation of Article 370 and 35-A in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP on Saturday highlighted how the region has flourished and become more peaceful, while opposition parties staged protests demanding restoration of statehood of Jammu and Kashmir.On August ...

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested on Saturday after a trial court in Islamabad pronounced him guilty of corruption, reported Dawn.The case pertains to Election Commission of Pakistan’s criminal complaint against Khan for not disclosing details about money he had earned from selling state gifts. The gifts, ...