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A senior government functionary explained that the permission was sought in the routine course. (Photo: ANI)

Pakistan turns down India's request to allow airspace for PM Modi

Earlier this month, Pakistan even disallowed President Ram Nath Kovind’s plane to use its airspace.

18 Sep 2019 8:36 PM

Addressing his first press conference after assuming the office in the Modi 2.0 government in May, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also hit out at Pakistan, saying India has a 'unique challenge' from one neighbour and it would remain a challenge until that neighbour becomes a normal neighbour and acts against cross-border terrorism. (Photo: Instagram | PTI)

Pak urges international community to take serious cognizance of India's statement on PoK

Pakistan's statement came hours after India said PoK is its part and one day it expects to have 'physical jurisdiction' over it.

18 Sep 2019 10:29 AM

‘Whether Pakistanis carried out in letter and spirit what International Court of Justice wanted them to do, I think the answer is obvious to all of you but nevertheless there was the well-being factor in our mind,’ he said. (Photo: ANI)

Ascertaining well-being of Kulbushan Jadhav was priority: External Affairs Minister

Jaishankar said that India considered various factors after Pakistan was unwilling to provide unhindered, effective access to Jadhav.

17 Sep 2019 7:42 PM

A Pakistani Hindu dental college student was found dead in her hostel room in Pakistan's Sindh province with a rope tied to her neck, a media report said on Tuesday. (Representational Image)

Hindu medical student found dead in Pak's hostel room, brother claims foul play

Police is yet to ascertain whether the girl committed suicide or was murdered.

17 Sep 2019 2:00 PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: ANI)

Police case against students for protesting at Imran Khan rally: report

Khan, in his speech at the rally, targeted India over the scrapping of special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

16 Sep 2019 8:06 PM

Pakistani Army violated ceasefire by resorting to mortar shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said on Monday. (Photo: File)

Pak violates ceasefire along LoC in J&K's Poonch

Officials said an army column was on ambush duty near LoC when two mortar shells exploded near them, causing injuries to a 'few personnel'.

16 Sep 2019 10:22 AM

A Pakistani pop star Rabi Pirzada, whose video of threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Kashmir issue with snakes and crocodiles went viral, has been fined for keeping exotic animals at her beauty salon. (Photo: ANI)

Pakistani popstar lands in legal trouble after threatening PM Modi with snakes, python

The officer said Rabi Pirzada had regularly been uploading videos and photographs of these animals, which prompted action against her.

16 Sep 2019 9:48 AM

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Sunday warned Pakistan to stop supporting terrorism and added that it should be ready to lose Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK). (Photo: File)

‘Pakistan should be ready to lose PoK,’ says Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani

The Chief Minister also reminded Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan about the 1971 war in which Bangladesh was liberated.

16 Sep 2019 8:09 AM

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday praised Pakistan saying that he received a very warm welcome on his visit to the neighbouring country and added that people are happy in the Islamic nation as against the common belief in India. (Photo: File)

Sharad Pawar praises Pakistan, says 'people are happy there'

He said BJP-led central government was spreading fake propaganda against Pakistan for political gains.

15 Sep 2019 3:34 PM

Pakistan could lose in a conventional war with India which could then be consequential in view that the two neighbouring countries are nuclear-armed, country's Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday. (Photo: File)

Pak could lose conventional war with India: Imran Khan

Islamabad has downgraded its diplomatic ties and suspended bilateral trade with India as a way to remonstrate.

15 Sep 2019 1:00 PM

Pakistan should stop promoting terrorism otherwise no one will be able to prevent its disintegration, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. (Photo: File)

'They will disintegrate if...': Rajnath Singh warns Pakistan to curb terrorism

Singh also said Pakistan was unable to digest India's decision to abrogate Article 370 provisions and went to the UN to mislead it.

15 Sep 2019 8:56 AM

On September 10-11, Indian troops killed a Pakistani Sepoy Ghulam Rasool of their Punjab Regiment in Hajipir sector of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the sources said. (Photo: File)

Pakistan raises white flag to retrieve bodies of its two soldiers along LoC

The Indian Army on Saturday released a 1.47-minute video of the incident which showed Pakistan military personnel raising the white flag.

14 Sep 2019 7:54 PM

A group of American lawmakers have expressed "grave concern" over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the US ambassadors in New Delhi and Islamabad to "de-escalate tensions" between India and Pakistan. (Photo: File)

US lawmakers 'concerned' about Indo-Pak relations, urges to 'de-escalate tensions'

Signatories to letter are lawmakers Ilhan Omar, Raul M Grijalva, Andy Levin, James P McGovern, Ted Lieu, Donald Beyer and Alan Lowenthal.

14 Sep 2019 9:13 AM

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday said it is in Pakistan's interest to hand over PoK to India as several reports suggest people in the occupied territory are unhappy and want to be part of this country. (Photo: File)

Union minister Ramdas Athawale warns Imran Khan, says 'if you don't want war...'

Asked if his party will put up candidates against ally BJP in Haryana, he evaded a direct reply, saying, we will fight against the Congress.

14 Sep 2019 8:28 AM

Conceding his defeat after failing to get "expected" support from the international community over Kashmir issue, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that India has made Kashmir a part of the country after the abrogation of Article 370. (Photo: File)

Pak PM says, ‘Expected much more support from world on Kashmir'

Islamabad has been left red-faced after its desperate attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue fell flat.

14 Sep 2019 8:16 AM

Cumulative exports during the ongoing fiscal year are likely to reach USD 26.187 billion, up from USD 24.656 billion in the financial year 2019. (Photo: ANI)

Pakistan's trade deficit falls by 38 per cent in July-August

The constant decline in the trade deficit showed that imports have also plummeted despite a meager growth in exports.

13 Sep 2019 2:03 PM

Reacting to the Kashmir issue again, Khan on Thursday claimed that 58 countries had joined Pakistan in the Human Rights Council 'reinforcing' the demand of the international community on India to lift the restrictions and 'protect Kashmiris' rights'. (Photo; File)

In solidarity with Kashmir, Imran Khan to hold rally in PoK’s Muzaffarabad today

Faisal said Prime Minister Khan in his public address in Muzaffarabad would make a 'policy statement on Kashmir.'

13 Sep 2019 10:22 AM

A senior Indian diplomat on Thursday met UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet in Geneva and conveyed India's concerns on the threat posed by cross border terrorism emanating from Pakistan. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

India raises concern over terrorism emanating from Pakistan at UN

Pakistan has launched a diplomatic offensive against India on the Kashmir issue.

13 Sep 2019 9:06 AM

‘Balochistan is ruled by the Pakistan army directly from Islamabad. The people are exploited by the Central government and their resources were taken away from them and used in other parts of Pakistan,’ added Hamdam. (Photo: ANI)

There has never been democracy in Balochistan: BHRC vice chief Hassan Hamdam

‘The situation is very bad in Balochistan as Pakistan is kidnapping, killing and dumping people every day,’ Hassan Hamdam said.

12 Sep 2019 6:12 PM

‘Pakistan sponsored terror continues to be up to mischief. According to SSP Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir ): A truck carrying arms and ammunition has been recovered in Kathua, more details are awaited,’ Singh tweeted. (Photo: ANI)

Jitendra Singh slam Pakistan after truck loaded with arms seized in Kashmir

A truck carrying arms and ammunition was seized from the Kathua region of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday by security forces.

12 Sep 2019 3:41 PM

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