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Washington: Former President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to intervene in his fight with the Justice Department over classified documents seized from his Florida home as part of a criminal investigation into his handling of government records. Trump filed an emergency request asking the
Washington: President Joe Biden intends to nominate Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to be the US representative on the World Health Organization's executive board, administration officials told Reuters. Murthy has served as the top US doctor under Biden and under former President Barack Obama. He will continue
Uttarakhand: At least 25 people were killed after a bus carrying wedding guests veered off the road and fell into a deep gorge in northern India, police said on Wednesday. The vehicle was travelling along a treacherous mountain highway in Uttarakhand state when it careened over
Islamabad: Pakistan categorically rejects Indian External Affairs Minister’s highly irresponsible and gratuitous remarks made at Vadodara, India insinuating at Pakistan’s so-called involvement in “international terrorism”. His unfounded remarks are yet another manifestation of the Indian leaders’ obsession to concoct facts with respect to terrorism for
New Delhi: India’s Ministry of External Affairs has denied permission to an opposition parliamentarian to travel to Pakistan where he was to participate in a conference to remember human rights legend Asma Jahangir, The Hindu said. “I wanted to participate in the meet out of respect
New Delhi: Last year, during country wide sit-in protest of Sikhs in India, few intelligencia contemplated that the Sikh Regiments will revolt against Indian government, if aggressive measures are adapted against the Sikh community. The point was taken as a serious concern by Indian government and
London: Rumour had it that a Muslim girl had been kidnapped and a Hindu temple had sent masked thugs into combat. Add in local fury over an India-Pakistan cricket match, and Hindu and Muslim men were soon fighting on the streets of central England. It was
Gujarat: In a new low, Indian police tied Muslim men to a pole and publicly flogged them with canes after they were arrested for allegedly throwing stones at a Hindu religious event, Navratri Garba, in Gujarat state. Viral videos show policemen in plain clothes were beating
Arunachal Pradesh: A pilot of the Indian Army was killed Tuesday as a helicopter crashed in the Arunachal Pradesh state, NDTV reported citing the military. As per the details, the army aviation chopper crashed in a forward area near Tawang at around 10am this morning, while
United Nations: Pakistan drew world community’s attention to the threat posed to peace and security in South Asia by India’s “ultranationalist and hegemonic” policies, that, among other objectives, seek to crush the legitimate Kashmiri quest for self-determination with an occupation army of 900,000 troops. “Peace and
Uttarakhand: Ten people are confirmed dead after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas, police said on Wednesday, with 18 other members of the expedition still missing. Several dozen climbing trainees were caught in Tuesday morning’s snowslide near the summit of Mount Draupadi ka Danda-II
Muzaffarabad: People in a large number took to the streets in different areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) to protest against the ongoing visit of Indian Home Minister to Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The Indian Home Minister, Amit Shah who landed in