Month: October 2024

S Jaishankar’s Huddle With Indian Diplomats In Pak Includes A Morning Walk

October 16, 2024 admin

Islamabad: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar took a leisurely morning stroll within the Indian High Commission campus in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday. He was on an official visit to Pakistan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation conclave. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Mr. Jaishankar stated, “A morning walk together with colleagues of Team…

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Pakistan college says alleged rape that sparked protests didn’t happen

October 16, 2024 admin

Policemen stand guard beside torched vehicles during a demonstration to condemn the alleged rape of a female student in Lahore on October 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Senior directors of a Pakistan college said on Wednesday there was no evidence that a student had been raped on campus after reports that spread online sparked days of…

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British Singer Liam Payne, Former One Direction Star, Found Dead In Argentina

October 16, 2024 admin

Buenos Aires: British singer Liam Payne, a former member of the group One Direction, died Wednesday aged 31 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina, police in Buenos Aires said. “Liam James Payne, composer and guitarist, former member of the band One Direction, died today after falling from the third floor…

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India On Justin Trudeau’s Deposition

October 16, 2024 admin

New Delhi: In a late night post by the Ministry of External Affairs, India affirmed its stand on the massive diplomatic row with Canada. Putting the responsibility of the disastrous diplomatic fallout squarely on Justin Trudeau, the foreign ministry reiterated that “Canada has presented us with no evidence whatsoever”. In its terse-but-sharp response to Mr…

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Saudi cartoonist gets 23-year prison sentence: rights group

October 16, 2024 admin

Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A Saudi artist has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison over political cartoons that allegedly insulted the Gulf kingdom’s leadership, his sister and a rights group said this week. The case against Mohammed al-Hazza, 48, adds to concerns about freedom of expression under Crown…

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3 Killed As Truck Rams Into Car On Highway In Rajasthan’s Alwar: Cops

October 16, 2024 admin

The truck was at a high speed when the accident happened, the police said. (Representational) Jaipur: Three men were killed when a truck hit a car while overtaking it on the Delhi-Mumbai Express National Highway in Alwar district of Rajasthan in the early hours on Wednesday, police said. The truck was at a high speed…

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Supreme Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Man Guilty Of Killing Daughter

October 16, 2024 admin

The bench observed that appellant hails from a poor nomadic community in Maharashtra. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the death penalty of a man, who murdered his pregnant daughter for performing an inter-caste marriage against her family’s will and sentenced him to 20 years in jail instead. A bench of Justices B…

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3 Arrested Over Rape Of Minor Girl In Maharashtra, 4th Accused Missing

October 16, 2024 admin

Case has been registered, say cops (Representational) Thane: Police have arrested three persons and are on the lookout for another in connection with the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl in Thane city, an official said on Wednesday. Four persons targeted the teenager and her cousin when they were walking on a road along a…

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US President Joe Biden Announces $425 Million Arms Aid To Ukraine

October 16, 2024 admin

Ukraine: US President Joe Biden announced a $425 million arms package for Kyiv Wednesday in a call with President Volodymyr Zelensky, ahead of a farewell visit to Berlin to discuss Ukraine, the White House said. The package includes air defense and armored vehicles, said a readout of the call, adding that President Biden had briefed…

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Did not want to blow up India ties: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

October 16, 2024 admin

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testifies at the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa on October 16, 2024. Photo: The Canadian Press via AP Conversations with India around the G-20 Summit in 2023 in New Delhi about the killing of Khalistani activistHardeep Singh Nijjar were based on intelligence and not proof, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…

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