Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir, and no country is backing it on the current issue, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday amid Islamabad’s efforts to internationalise the Centre’s move to abrogate provisions of Article 370.
Day: August 29, 2019
Good governance and zero corruption are needed for sustainable economic development in the country, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday. Speaking at the 60th SKOCH Summit here, he exuded confidence that India will become a five trillion dollar economy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the next five years.
Asserting that Kashmir is an internal issue for India, Indian-American lawmaker Ro Khanna who recently joined the Pakistani Congressional Caucus has said that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan needs to cool his heated rhetoric.
Top-ranked defending champion Novak Djokovic fought through shoulder pain to reach the third round of the rain-hit US Open on Wednesday while Roger Federer shook off another slow start to advance.
The fast-rising Elavenil Valarivan of Cuddalore in Tamilnadu claimed her maiden senior World Cup gold medal, finishing on top in the women’s 10m air rifle competition but fancied teammates Anjum Moudgil and Apurvi Chandela ended outside the medal bracket at the ISSF Rifle/Pistol Stage event in Rio de Janeiro.
Former Bangladeshi students are turning to social media to detail allegations of ‘rampant’ sex abuse at the hands of teachers and older pupils in Islamic schools, breaking their silence on a taboo topic in the conservative country.
TANGEDCO has announced that electricity supply will be suspended in few places in city Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm for maintenance work in Velacheri, Avadi, Thiruvanmiyur, Palavakkam, Neelankarai and Shastri Nagar.
Police here have begun investigations into an alleged threat message received through social media purportedly from Pakistan asking India to withdraw its troops from Jammu and Kashmir and also threatening Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Madras High Court today dismissed a petition seeking the release of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts.