Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| China urges India, Pakistan to ease tens | Beijing, Feb 28 (TIWN / IANS) China on Thursday urged India and Pakistan to resolve their problems through dialogue in the wake of escalating tensions between them. | 28-Feb-2019 |
| Imran Khan ready to talk peace to Modi: | Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is ready to talk to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi over telephone "to extend an invitation of peace", Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday. | 28-Feb-2019 |
| Indian pilot to be freed Friday as 'peac | Islamabad, Feb 28 (TIWN / IANS) The captured Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot will be freed on Friday "as a peace gesture", Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Thursday. | 28-Feb-2019 |
| ICC assures BCCI of security during Worl | Dubai, Feb 28 (TIWN / IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday assured BCCI that all security concerns at the upcoming ODI World Cup, in the wake of Pulwama terror attack, will be addressed adequately.According to sources in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), at the ICC meeting here, Board's CEO Rahul Johri had raised concerns about security at the World Cup, scheduled to be held in England and Wales. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Canada urges India, Pakistan to engage i | Ottawa, Feb 28 (TIWN / IANS) Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has urged India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint to avoid any further military escalation over rising tensions between the two countries. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| UN chief holding discussions 'with diffe | United Nations, Feb 28 (TIWN / IANS) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is having discussions "at different levels with different parties" about the tense India-Pakistan situation, his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Wednesday. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| India demand immediate, safe return of p | New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India on Wednesday said Pakistan has committed an "unprovoked act of aggression" by targeting Indian military posts with its air force and sought immediate and safe return of an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot in its custody. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Supporters of terrorism must be held acc | Wuzhen (China), Feb 27 (IANS) India, Russia and China on Wednesday "strongly condemned" terrorism in all its forms, stressing that extremist groups cannot be used in political and geopolitical goals and those committing or supporting terrorist acts must be held accountable and brought to justice. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Commercial flight operations resume: DGC | New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Commercial flights resumed at all Indian airports after being suspended on Wednesday, an official with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Imran again invites India for talks, war | Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday again invited India for talks and urged that "better sense should prevail" amid escalating tensions between the two neighbours. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Nepal's Tourism Minister, 6 others die i | Kathmandu, Feb 27 (IANS) Nepal's Tourism Minister Rabindra Adhikari and six others died in a helicopter crash in the country's Taplejung district on Wednesday, authorities said. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Text of India's statement over Pakistan | New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Following is the text of the statement made by External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Wednesday: | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Pakistan closes major airports, airspace | Islamabad, Feb 27 (IANS) Pakistan has closed its airspace for commercial flights, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced on Wednesday amid escalating tensions with India. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| US House of Representatives votes agains | New York, Feb 27 (IANS) While US President Donald Trump is half-way around the world in Vietnam for a nuclear summit with North Korea, the House of Representatives has voted against his national emergency declaration for building a $8.1 billion wall along the Mexican border. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Pakistan summons Indian High Commissione | Islamabad, Feb 26 (TIWN / IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday summoned the Acting Indian High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia to the Foreign Office to loge its protest over the Indian Air Force (IAF) strikes on terrorist training camps across the Line of Control (LoC), the media reported. | 26-Feb-2019 |
| Pakistan to raise 'Indian LoC violation' | Islamabad, Feb 26 (TIWN / IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday decided to raise the issue of "India's violation of the Line of Control" (LoC) at international forums after the IAF struck the Jaish-e-Mohammed's (JeM) biggest training camp in Balakot in Pakistan. | 26-Feb-2019 |
| IAF hits JeM's biggest training camp: In | New Delhi, Feb 26 (TIWN / IANS) Twenty days after a suicide bomber killed 40 CRPF troopers, India on early Tuesday struck the Jaish-e-Mohammed's (JeM) biggest training camp at Balakote in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, killing a very large number of terrorists and their trainers. | 26-Feb-2019 |
| US, China 'very, very close' to signing | Washington, Feb 26 (IANS / TIWN) US President Donald Trump has expressed optimism about the prospects for a trade agreement with China, a day after he delayed a scheduled increase in tariffs on Chinese imports. | 26-Feb-2019 |
| Kim arrives in Vietnam for second summit | Hanoi, Feb 26 (TIWN / IANS) North Korea's Kim Jong-un on arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday in his heavily armoured train, a day ahead of his two-day summit with US President Donald Trump here where the two leaders were expected to build upon their agreement to "work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula". | 26-Feb-2019 |
| Damage caused by IAF strike not known: O | Srinagar, Feb 26 (TIWN / IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that one cannot possibly speculate on what will happen next following the Indian Air Force (IAF) strike across the Line of Control (LoC) as there was no information of the damage caused. | 26-Feb-2019 |
| Bangladesh plane hijacker was 'listed cr | Dhaka, Feb 25 (IANS) Police in Bangladesh on Monday said that the man who was shot dead after attempting to hijack a plane carrying 156 people using a toy gun, has been identified as a "listed criminal" as his name featured on the law enforcement database. | 25-Feb-2019 |
| Indian expat wins McLaren in UAE after r | Abu Dhabi, Feb 25 (IANS) An Indian expat worker in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) won a McLaren 570S Spider supercar after renewing his phone registration, the media reported on Monday. | 25-Feb-2019 |
| Pakistan Foreign Minister delays Japan t | Islamabad, Feb 25 (IANS) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has postponed his trip to Japan due to the "sensitive situation in the region" following the February 14 attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama that killed 40 CRPF troopers, his office announced on Monday. | 25-Feb-2019 |
| Vietnam deports Kim Jong-un impersonator | Hanoi, Feb 25 (IANS) An impersonator of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un on Monday said Vietnamese authorities were deporting him from the country, just 24 hours before Pyongyang's leader was expected to arrive here ahead of his summit with US President Donald Trump. | 25-Feb-2019 |
| Ex-national security officials to issue | Washington, Feb 25 (TIWN / IANS) A bipartisan group of 58 former national security officials will issue a declaration on Monday saying that "there is no factual basis" for President Donald Trump's proclamation of a national emergency to build a wall on the US-Mexico border. | 25-Feb-2019 |
| Saudi Arabia appoints Princess as envoy | Riyadh, Feb 24 (TIWN / IANS) Saudi Arabia has named Princess Reema Bint Bandar Bin Sultan Al Saud as the Kingdoms first female ambassador to the US, the media reported on Sunday. | 24-Feb-2019 |
| 5 killed in Venezuela-Colombia border vi | Caracas/Bogota, Feb 24 (IANS) At least five people were killed and hundreds injured as violence broke out along the Venezuela-Colombia border, where international aid intended for Caracas is awaiting transport. | 24-Feb-2019 |
| Vote on in referendum on US military bas | Tokyo, Feb 24 (IANS) Voting was underway on Sunday in a referendum on the relocation of US military base in Japan's Okinawa prefecture. | 24-Feb-2019 |
| Landmine kills 24 in Syria | Damascus, Feb 24 (IANS) At least 24 civilians were killed on Sunday following a landmine explosion in Syria's Hama province. | 24-Feb-2019 |
| Indian woman killed in Dubai road accide | Dubai, Feb 24 (IANS) An Indian woman was killed and her husband was critically injured after their car crashed into a truck in Dubai, the media reported on Sunday. | 24-Feb-2019 |
| Venezuela completely closes border with | Caracas, Feb 23 (IANS) The Venezuelan government has completely closed its border with Colombia in the face of alleged threats to its sovereignty from the neighbouring country, from where the opposition plans to bring in international humanitarian aid into Caracas. | 23-Feb-2019 |
| Trump: India, Pakistan facing 'very dang | Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that there is a "very dangerous situation" between India and Pakistan following the Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir suicide bombing that killed 40 CRPF troopers and indicated that Washington was trying defuse the heightening tensions between the two neighbours. | 23-Feb-2019 |
| Blasts, gunfire strike Nigeria as voters | Abuja, Feb 23 (IANS) A town in northeast Nigeria was on Saturday reportedly struck by blasts and gunfire as voters across the country headed to the polls for the general election following a last-minute postponement of the vote a week ago. | 23-Feb-2019 |
| In a first, India to attend OIC meeting | New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) India, for the first time, will attend a the meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as "guest of honour" with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj invited to address the inaugural plenary of its council of ministers meeting next month. | 23-Feb-2019 |
| China: Forced aid entry into Venezuela c | Beijing, Feb 22 (TIWN / IANS) China on Friday said that the forced entry of humanitarian aid into Venezuela could lead to conflict and warned that Beijing opposed military intervention in the country. | 22-Feb-2019 |
| North Korea warns of food crisis ahead o | United Nations, Feb 22 (IANS) North Korea has warned that it is facing a food shortfall and issued an international appeal for help to combat it as the country has been forced to cut rations after drought and floods led to a poor harvest, worsening the impact of UN sanctions. | 22-Feb-2019 |
| Modi receives Seoul Peace Prize, makes v | Seoul, Feb 22 (TIWN / IANS) In a veiled attack on Pakistan on cross-border terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that time has come for the global community to join hands to completely eradicate terrorist networks and their supply channels and to counter terrorist ideology. | 22-Feb-2019 |
| EC lodges police complaint over fake NRI | New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) on Friday lodged a police complaint against unknown persons for spreading "fake news" about non-resident Indians (NRIs) being allowed to vote online in the coming Lok Sabha elections. | 22-Feb-2019 |
| Hillary Clinton meets Biden over 2020 el | Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met former Vice President Joe Biden to talk about the 2020 presidential election, the media reported. | 22-Feb-2019 |
| Trump bars woman who joined IS from US r | Washington, Feb 21 (TIWN / IANS) President Donald Trump has said that an Alabama woman who left the US in November 2014 to join the Islamic State (IS) terror group will not be allowed to return despite her public plea to come back and stand trial in America. | 21-Feb-2019 |
| Modi in Seoul: To accept peace award, un | Seoul, Feb 21 (TIWN / IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the South Korean capital on Thursday for a two-day state visit where he will unveil a Mahatma Gandhi bust, besides accepting the Seoul Peace Prize and having business and political engagements. | 21-Feb-2019 |
| 70 dead in massive Dhaka fire | Dhaka, Feb 21 (TIWN / IANS) Seventy people have lost their lives and 56 are injured in a massive fire in Bangladesh that has engulfed several multi-storey buildings in the Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka. | 21-Feb-2019 |
| Fire kills 69 in Bangladesh capital | Dhaka, Feb 21 (TIWN / IANS) Death toll from the building fire in an old part of Bangladesh capital Dhaka has risen to 69 with scores others injured, fire service officials said on Thursday. | 20-Feb-2019 |
| Guterres calls for calming tension; Isla | United Nations, Feb 20 (TIWN / IANS) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for de-escalating the tense situation in the subcontinent following the terrorist attack in Pulwama that killed 40 Indian security personnel. | 20-Feb-2019 |
| White House plans to cancel federal fund | Washington, Feb 20 (IANS) The White House has said that it plans to cancel about $929 million in federal grant money for California's high-speed rail project and announced that it would seek a return of $2.5 billion in funds that were already allocated for the project. | 20-Feb-2019 |
| UN asks for escorts for military observe | United Nations, Feb 20 (TIWN / IANS) The UN has asked the Indian government for additional escorts for its military observers in Kashmir after one of its vehicles was stopped by a group of protesters in Jammu, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said. | 20-Feb-2019 |
| British-Bangladeshi IS bride to lose UK | London, Feb 20 (IANS) Shamima Begum, a British teenager of Bangladeshi descent who ran awayin 2015 to become an Islamic State (IS) jihadi bride, will be stripped of her UK citizenship, her family lawyer said. | 20-Feb-2019 |
| Saudi Crown Prince receives ceremonial w | New Delhi, Feb 20 (TIWN / IANS) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is on his first state visit to India, on Wednesday received a ceremonial welcome by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here. | 20-Feb-2019 |
| Jadhav's activities manifestation of Ind | The Hague, Feb 19 (TIWN / IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday hit back at India in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) when it accused Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav of indulging in terror and subversive activities on its soil which were an "actual manifestation of Indian policy". | 19-Feb-2019 |
| Will act if Pakistanis involved in suici | Islamabad, Feb 19 (TIWN / IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday pledged that his government will act against any Pakistani national found involved in the suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir if India provided "actionable intelligence". | 19-Feb-2019 |