In a fresh setback to the Mumbai attack trial, a Pakistani court has dismissed the government’s petition seeking voice samples of 26/11 mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects in the case. The prosecution had filed an application in the Islamabad High Court seeking voice samples of the suspects to compare it with the communication intercepted by Indian intelligence and […]
» Read morePakistan has arrested 45 Indian fishermen and seized their five boats for allegedly violating its territorial waters off the coast of Sindh province, officials said on Wednesday. The arrests were made on Tuesday after Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) took action against the intruders in the southern province. “The fishermen were arrested in the Arabian Sea and handed over to […]
» Read moreRepublican presidential front runner Donald Trump has commented on India for the first time after he entered the presidential race, saying that the country is doing great and no one is talking about it. “India is doing great,” Trump told in an interview on Monday. After hitting the presidential campaign trial, this is the first time that Trump gave a […]
» Read moreVemula Naga Mani Kumar, father of the University of Hyderabad research scholar Rohith Vemula who committed suicide, demanded on Tuesday that the government order an inquiry by a sitting judge into his death. Contrary to the claims that caste discrimination was behind the suicide, Mr. Mani Kumar told a press conference here that there was a bigger issue that needed […]
» Read moreLiberalising the passport system, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday announced the government’s decision to do away with police verification for the issuance process, for first-time normal category passport applicants. The applicants can acquire passport faster with other government-issued identity papers. The new system prioritises issuance of normal passports, leaving police verification for a later date. “If you submit […]
» Read moreFrench companies are likely to invest almost $10 billion in India in the next five years and a major portion of this will be in the industrial sector making France an important player in the Indian government’s Make in India initiative to boost the manufacturing sector, the visiting French Minister for Finance and Public Accounts Michel Sapin said on Monday. […]
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