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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka to slash costs for I-Day celebrations

Colombo | Friday, 2023 4:45:09 AM IST

Amid criticism by political opponents and activists, Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday directed to slash the cost of the 75th Independence Day celebrations (February 4), primarily due to the severe economic crisis facing the island nati ... read..

Pak to recover plots from influential people as austerity measures

Islamabad | Friday, 2023 1:15:09 AM IST

Pakistans National Austerity Committee (NAC) has suggested that multiple plots of land be reclaimed from individuals in positions of power and influence, such as civil and military bureaucrats, judges, and other members of society, media reports said. ... read..

Pakistan has become a banana republic: Imran Khan

Lahore | Thursday, 2023 4:45:09 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday took a jibe at the country's Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Sikandar Sultan Raja, following the arrest of senior PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry, saying that Pakistan has become a banana republ ... read..

Pakistan deploys US-trained snipers against dacoits in Sindh

Karachi | Thursday, 2023 4:45:09 AM IST

The police in Pakistans Sindh, currently engaged in an armed operation against dacoits hiding in the riverine areas of the province, have summoned 10 snipers who had been trained by American snipers, as they look to step up the efforts to purge the dacoit ... read..

India, Pakistan came 'too close' to nuclear conflagration: Pompeo (2nd Ld)

New York | Thursday, 2023 3:15:09 AM IST

India and Pakistan came "too close" to a nuclear conflagration during the 2019 confrontation with both sides believing the other was preparing to deploy nuclear weapons, according to former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. ... read..

India, Pakistan came 'too close' to nuclear conflagration: Pompeo (Lead)

New York | Thursday, 2023 1:45:09 AM IST

Pakistan hikes interest rate to 17%, highest since Oct 1997

Karachi | Tuesday, 2023 1:15:09 AM IST

In line with market expectations, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday jacked up the benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points to 17 per cent the highest since October 1997, reports said. ... read..

Pakistani girl illegally staying in Bengaluru arrested

Bengaluru | Monday, 2023 1:45:09 AM IST

A 19-year-old Pakistani girl, who allegedly forged her identity to stay illegally in India, has been arrested in Bengaluru, police said on Sunday. ... read..

Heroin-carrying hexacopter drone shot down in Punjab

Chandigarh | Monday, 2023 1:45:09 AM IST

In a joint operation with the Border Security Force (BSF), Punjab Police shot down a sophisticated hexacopter drone, loaded with 5 kg heroin, during a search operation launched along the border with Pakistan in Amritsar district on the intervening night o ... read..

Seven killed, over 50 injured as van, school bus collide in SL

Colombo | Saturday, 2023 4:15:09 AM IST

Seven people were killed and over 50 others, including school children, were injured when a bus collided with a van in the Central hills of Sri Lanka on Friday. ... read..

US covertly sponsoring IS, says Russia

Moscow | Saturday, 2023 3:45:09 AM IST

The US has been reaching out to armed groups that oppose the Taliban and secretly giving money to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), as per Russia's Presidential envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, media reports said. ... read..

Imran blames ex-Army chief for manufacturing economic crisis

Lahore | Saturday, 2023 1:15:09 AM IST

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday blamed former Pakistan Army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa for the enormous economic and political challenges facing the country, claiming that the crises started brewing the day his gov ... read..

Time for PoJK to reunite with India?

New Delhi | Friday, 2023 3:15:09 AM IST

In October last year, India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that India's northward development journey had just begun and would end only when "we... reached the remaining parts of (POK) Gilgit-Baltistan", illegally occupied by Pakistan since 1947. ... read..

Hardliners adamant to push Pakistan towards bankruptcy, make Sharif retract his peace offer

Islamabad | Friday, 2023 2:45:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's assertion that Pakistan has "learnt its lessons" and wants to live in peace has not gone well with the parallel power systems in his country. ... read..

Jaishankar arrives in Colombo, as India assures IMF of strong support to crisis-hit SL

Colombo | Friday, 2023 1:15:09 AM IST

India's External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, arrived here on Thursday amid written assurance given to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of India's strong support for Sri Lanka's debt restructuring process. ... read..

Former SCBA president shot dead inside Peshawar High Court

Islamabad | Tuesday, 2023 1:45:09 AM IST

In a shocking incident of targeted killing, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and senior lawyer Latif Afridi was shot dead inside the Peshawar High Court (PHC) bar room. ... read..

BSF thwarts Pakistani drone's arms drop attempt in Punjab

New Delhi | Monday, 2023 2:15:08 AM IST

The Border Security Force (BSF) has foiled another Pakistani attempt to smuggle drugs and weapons to India, by shooting down a drone in Punjab's border region, officials said on Sunday. ... read..

Shehbaz Sharif will have to take trust vote: Imran Khan

Lahore | Sunday, 2023 4:45:09 AM IST

In what appears to be a tit-for-tat move, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Saturday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will have to take a trust vote, media reports said. ... read..

Calling on friendly countries for more loans embarrassing: Shehbaz Sharif

Lahore | Sunday, 2023 4:15:09 AM IST

Expressing regret over his calls for funds to friendly countries, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that it really embarrassed him to ask for further loans, media reports said. ... read..

Thirteen including medical students arrested for peddling drugs in Mangaluru: Police

| January 13, 2023 1:33:50 AM IST

Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 13 (ANI) Thirteen alleged drug peddlers including medical and dental students have been arrested here, police said on Thursday. ... read..

Union MoS Home reviews India-Myanmar border security, fencing work

Imphal | Wednesday, 2023 1:45:08 AM IST

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai reviewed the prevailing security situation, operational preparedness, and ongoing construction work of the border fence along the 400-km-long India-Myanmar border in Manipur, officials said on Tuesday. ... read..

India modernising Sri Lanka's railway line to enhance mobility

Colombo | Tuesday, 2023 2:45:09 AM IST

India has launched modernisation of the 130km-long Northern railway line as part of the $1 billion project to upgrade Sri Lanka's over century-old railway line. ... read..

Pakistan pushes narco-terror strategy in Kashmir Valley

Srinagar | Tuesday, 2023 2:15:09 AM IST

Pakistan's ISI's C Wing is constantly changing its strategy on Kashmir. ... read..

Gen Bajwa, some other generals involved in ousting PTI govt, claims former minister

Islamabad | Sunday, 2023 2:45:09 AM IST

PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that "some army generals", as well as then army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, were actively involved in removing the PTI government, media reports said. ... read..

BSF seized drugs valued at Rs 58.35cr, held 59 Rohingyas in 2022

Agartala | Wednesday, 2023 2:15:09 AM IST

The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized various drugs, gold and other contraband valued at Rs 58.35 crore and apprehended 370 people including 59 Rohingyas and 150 Bangladeshi nationals in different operations in 2022, officials said on Tuesday. ... read..

Imran Khan told General Bajwa that he had been a playboy

Lahore | Tuesday, 2023 2:15:09 AM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he once told then Army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa that he had been a playboy in the past, media reports said. ... read..

Ex-Pak Army officer claims Pakistani actresses used as 'honey traps' by country's establishment

New Delhi | Tuesday, 2023 1:15:11 AM IST

A retired Pakistani military officer and YouTuber has alleged that some actresses were used as 'honey traps' by the country's powerful establishment, according to media report. ... read..

BSF caught 22 Pakistani fishermen, seized heroin in Guj in 2022

New Delhi | Tuesday, 2023 1:15:10 AM IST

The Border Security Force's (BSF) Gujarat Frontier achieved great success in thwarting infiltration and drug smuggling in 2022, arresting 22 Pakistani fishermen on the international border in the state and seizing heroin, valued at Rs 320 crore, in differ ... read..

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