A 50-year-old Muslim man was beaten to death in a village in India after rumors that he would have eaten beef, banned practice among Hindus, said Wednesday the police arrested six people. Mohammad Akhlaq was dragged out of his house, in the village of Dadri about forty kilometers west of New Delhi, and assaulted by...
NEW YORK: There is nothing “out of the ordinary” if Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif waved at each other, it was officially stated here. “The Prime Minister greatly values his relationship with Prime Minister Sharif and if they have waved at each other I don’t see anything out of the...
NEW YORK: President Barack Obama on Monday agreed with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Kashmir is a bilateral issue to be resolved between India and Pakistan as they held talks here. “There was a broad acknowledgement that this is a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan and people were happy for India and Pakistan...
UNITED NATIONS: Amid a chill in bilateral relations, waving at each other was all that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif did on Monday as they attended the UN peacekeeping summit. Assembling for the Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping hosted by US president Barack Obama, Modi walked into the conference hall first....
MUMBAI: India’s Hon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was gifted a cricket jersey during his recent trip to Ireland because he is a cricket-fan, according to Warren Deutrom, the Cricket Ireland CEO. Speaking exclusively over his mobile from Dublin, he said, “we were contacted by the Taoiseach’s office, who asked whether we would be able to...
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not have a bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif during his current visit to the US, officials said. “As of now there is nothing, no bilateral meeting on the schedule,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup told reporters here. Modi and Sharif are staying in...
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will stay at the same hotel here, as speculation grows on whether the two leaders will meet when they arrive in the city for the landmark 70th UN General Assembly session this week. Modi, who arrives on Wednesday evening, will stay at the...
NEW DELHI: At least twenty-seven people died and 100 others injured Tuesday when two crowded express trains derail while crossing a bridge submerged by recent floods in India’s Madhya Pradeh state, according to official sources. Rescue teams have been trying all night to clear the stranded passengers on these two trains, going in opposite directions...
WASHINGTON: The US has said that they applaud the other day’s meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi – the Indo – Pak counterparts. However, it was also said that they are “cautiously hopeful” about the same and the resultant improvement in the ties between the two neighbors. “We are cautiously hopeful that...