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NEW DELHI: Amid growing tension between India and China, owing to the latter’s military assertiveness, the countries on Tuesday held the latest round of border talks to discuss the continuing border standoff in Eastern Ladakh. Naveen Srivastava, additional secretary East Asia, Ministry of External Affairs and Hong Liang, director-general of the Boundary & Oceanic Department […]

NEW DELHI: Amid growing water scarcity and against the backdrop of strained ties, India and Pakistan reiterated their commitment to resolve cross border river water sharing issues through discussions under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960. The two-day 118th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC), comprising the Indus commissioners of India and Pakistan, was […]

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday questioned Jammu and Kashmir former Chief Minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah in connection with alleged irregularities in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) case. According to ED officials, the National Conference chief arrived at the ED office in Srinagar around 11 am and was […]

NEW DELHI: Two days after Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala was murdered in broad daylight in Punjab’s Mansa, the Delhi Police on Tuesday brought dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi for questioning from Tihar Jail. According to Delhi Police officials, Bishnoi, who has been lodged in Delhi’s high-security Tihar Jail has been taken up for […]

NEW DELHI: There are no cases of monkeypox virus reported in the country, as of May 31. But the Union health ministry is not leaving anything to chance as it issues guidelines with the virus spread to 24 countries including the United States, Europe and African nations. The lessons from the COVID are coming in […]