By Sajjad Hussain Islamabad, Apr 19 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s 34-member Cabinet was sworn in on Tuesday after several days of delay, with Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani administering the oath to new ministers as President Arif Alvi did not attend the ceremony. The ceremony was scheduled to be held on Monday, but President Alvi […]
Chennai, April 20 (BPNS) With Sri Lanka engulfed in an economic crisis, the inflow of refugees from the island nation continues to Indian shores. The latest is the arrival of a single mother and her two children at Dhanushkodi on Wednesday morning. Tamil Nadu marine police on a tip-off from local fishermen recovered the mother […]
Leader of the Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM), Zafar Sahito who lives in exile in the United States of America has said that Pakistan was a state created by fake ideology and for some international benefit to the British, and now it has become a liability for everyone and is on the verge of disintegration. […]
Chennai, April 10 (BPNS) 21 Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka have reached Rameswaram during the early morning hours of Sunday. The refugees were found at a sand mound at Dhanushkodi near Rameswaram. Indian Coast Guard and Tamil Nadu Marine police took them into custody and they are being interrogated at the Mandapam police station. Mandapam […]
Chennai, April 9 (BPNS) With the arrival of four more Sri Lankan Tamils into the state, the Tamil Nadu Government is preparing itself for more refugees hitting the shores of the state. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin has already sent directives to the various state government departments to prepare themselves for the arrival of […]
Washington, Apr 5 (AP) The last time President Barack Obama was in the White House was on Jan. 20, 2017, when he left to escort his successor bent on overturning Obamacare to the U.S. Capitol to be inaugurated. Obama returns to the White House on Tuesday for a moment he can savour: His signature Affordable […]
Bandung, Apr 5 (AP) An Indonesian high court granted an appeal from prosecutors and sentenced an Islamic boarding school principal to death for raping at least 13 students over five years and impregnating some of them. Herry Wirawan had been convicted by a three-judge panel at Bandung District Court in February and sentenced to life […]
By Lalit K Jha Washington, Apr 5 (PTI) The White House has reiterated that it is not in India’s interest to “accelerate or increase” imports of Russian energy and other commodities while offering to work with New Delhi to help it reduce its reliance on imports from Moscow. Responding to questions on the visit of […]
Islamabad, Mar 31 (PTI) Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday summoned a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC), the highest forum for discussion on security issues, a day after he effectively lost majority in Parliament after a key partner of the ruling coalition joined the ranks of the Opposition which had tabled […]
Chennai, March 31 (BPNS) Three Indian fishermen hailing from Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu were arrested by Sri Lankan navy on Wednesday late night for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in Sri Lankan waters. In a statement on Thursday, Tamil Nadu fisheries department said that apart from arresting the three fishermen, the […]
