External Affairs Ministry today said the use of the term ‘Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir’ by US government merely affirms India’s position that Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin has been involved in cross border terrorism. The Ministry said in a statement that similar term has been used in the US …
Read More »EC announces date for vice presidential elections; voting & result on August 5
The Vice Presidential election will be held on the 5th of August and counting will take place on the same day. Announcing the schedule in New Delhi today, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said, the poll will be notified on 4th July with 18th July being the last date for …
Read More »PM Modi expresses disappointment over growing incidents of violence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep disappointment over the increasing incidents of violence in the country and said non violence is a basic life style of India. He was speaking at the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Shrimad Rajchandraji, a Guru to Mahatma Gandhi, organised at Abhay Ghat near …
Read More »Modi arrives in Portugal
Lisbon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Saturday on the first leg of his three-nation tour that will also take him to the US and the Netherlands.Modi’s visit follows his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa, who traces his origin to Goa, to India in January this year.”I will pay a …
Read More »Shawwal moon sighted in Saudi Arabia
Eidul Fitr will be celebrated in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and several countries in Europe on Sunday as the Shawwal moon was sighted on Saturday, DawnNews reported.The Saudi royal court announced that the first day of Shawwal would fall on Sunday, according to local media reports.In Pakistan, the …
Read More »Pakistan issues first third-gender passport for transgender activist
The government has issued its first third-gender passport to a transgender activist in Peshawar who hailed the move as a step forward for the community. Activist Farzana Riaz said the new passport would help her campaign globally on behalf of her community, who are also known as khawajasiras — an …
Read More »ALLAMA RAJA NASIR CONDEMNS SHIA KILLINGS IN QUETTA, KARACHI
Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen secretary general Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari has condemned the fresh wave of terrorist attacks on Shia Muslims in Quetta and Karachi saying that after Parachinar killings, provincial capitals of Balochistan and Sindh have been made killing field for Shia Muslims where government has lost it writ. Speaking at …
Read More »Multi level parking at 17 places for future needs: CS
Hyderabad, June.7 (PMI): Chief Secretary S P Singh today directed the officials to conduct joint inspections for the construction of multi-level parking facilities for better traffic management in the city. Addressing a meeting with officials at the Secretariat heren SP Singh said multi level parking complexes are being constructed keeping in …
Read More »TWO HELD FOR MAKING ADULTERATED MILK PRODUCTS
Hyderabad, June 7 (PMI): The police raided a house in Meerpet and arrested two persons for making adulterated ghee and milk products and supplying the same to various hotels in the city. The duo was stated to have been indulging in preparing ghee and other products from adulterated milk in a house …
Read More »TDP MLC REMANDED IN LAND SCAM
Hyderabad, June.7 (PMI): Telugu Desam MLC Deepak Reddy and two others arrested in connection with yet another multi-crore land scam in and around the city and other places inTelangana State were today remanded to judicial custody for 14 days and sent to Chanchalguda Central Jail. Deepak Reddy, who is the son-in-law of …
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