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Pakistan on Saturday summoned the Charge d'Affaires of the Indian High Commission and rejected India's assertion that Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed was planning to carry out attacks in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of local elections there. The move came hours after India summoned the Charge ...

Delhi’s air quality was recorded in the poor category on Friday morning, while central government agencies said it is likely to improve marginally due to favourable wind speed. The city’s air quality index was 292 at 10 am. Its 24-hour average AQI was 283 on Thursday, 211 on Wednesday ...

A day after Diwali, Delhi and the national capital region on Sunday witnessed light to heavy rainfall under the influence of a fresh Western Disturbance, leading to a slight drop in the temperatures and bringing respite from rising pollution levels, according to India Meteorological Department.Higher wind speed aided dispersion ...

The Government of India on Thursday categorically denied that it has reached out for dialogue with Pakistan, dismissing a suggestion by a senior Pakistani official that the Modi government had sent “messages” for a conversation to the Imran Khan government in the past year.Also read: Editorial | Bad to ...

It's a busy weekend for Ahmad Ghani as he drives through New Delhi's Lajpat Nagar neighborhood (pictured above). Although Ghani is recovering from a COVID-19 infection, as the head of the Afghan Refugee Committee in India, he can't afford to be idle. Today he is helping mediate divorce proceedings ...

A Kashmiri version of the popular ‘bhajan; “Vaishnav Jan To” is being released on the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on Friday to spread the message of peace that has eluded the region for the past 30 years. The bhajan, a 600 year old devotional poem by Gujarati ...

BEIJING: China loves to change the goalpost. Pushed on the defensive by India’s military manoeuvres, its tone became rather shrill on Tuesday when Beijing again sought to needle New Delhi by saying that it does not recognise the union territory of Ladakh ‘‘illegally established by India.’’Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...

Amnesty International suspended human rights work in India after an Indian government investigative arm froze the organization's bank accounts, according to a statement released Tuesday. "This is an egregious and shameful act by the Indian government, which forces us to cease the crucial human rights work of Amnesty International India ...

The India Meteorological Department on Friday said that the southwest monsoon will start retreating from west Rajasthan by the end of next week, PTI reported.The department said that conditions were likely to be favourable in the next two days for the withdrawal of monsoon, adding that the north Indians ...

The agency made eight arrests in West Bengal and three in Kerala. (File photo for representation) Sources said the inter-state module has been operational for some time. The group was planning to carry out terror attacks at vital installations in India. CNN-News18 Last Updated: September 19, 2020, ...