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Harish Salve, who fought India's case at the International Court of Justice against the death penalty given to Kulbhushan Jadhav by Pakistan, has charged Re 1 as fee, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today.Her tweet came in response to a tweet by one Sanjeev Goyal, who said India...
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The BJP-led NDA government is handling the Kashmir issue diplomatically and India will ultimately prevail there, BJP president Amit Shah today said adding that merely abrogating Article 370 will not solve the problem in the valley.Shah said the prime minister is keeping a keen eye on Kashmir and...
23:02
JUST IN: Petrol price cut by Rs 2.16 per litre, diesel by Rs 2.10 a litre, effective midnight tonight.
22:32
Hinting that India will strike back against Pakistan in response to beheading of its soldiers, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said it should not be presumed that nothing is happening.The surgical strike took 10-15 days of preparations. Please do not presume that nothing is happening...
22:06
Security forces today busted a terrorist hideout and recovered arms and ammunition in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir.Based on a specific intelligence input, a joint operation was launched by the army and the police in Horanmarg forest in Kishtwar district, defence spokesman said.The...
21:43
The floodgates are about to open. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Beijing over the weekend to participate in the One Belt, One Road summit, and the top item on his agenda is to finalise the Long Term Plan for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.Pakistan's Dawn has acquired...
21:30
The International Court of Justice denying permission to Pakistan to play a confessional video of Kulbhushan Jadhav during the public hearing was a setback for Islamabad, India's lead attorney Harish Salve said.During the hearing, Pakistan had sought permission to play the purported video...
21:14
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned North Korea's latest missile launch as dangerous but warned against intimidating Pyongyang.Speaking in China, Putin called for a peaceful solution to the ongoing tensions on the Korean peninsula, Russia's Sputnik news agency reported.I would like to...
20:59
Rise in India's Foreign trade
20:42
The government today said there was no serious impact on the country from a global ransomware cyberattack, except for a few isolated incidents in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, and steps were being taken to deal with any future threat.Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the...
20:07
The army on Monday denied that the court of inquiry had given a clean chit to an officer who had tied a local youth in front of a vehicle last month to avoid attack from stone-pelters. In the wake of media reports saying that the COI had exonerated and even appreciated Major Nitin Gogoi for...
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After both parties -- India and Pakistan made its case at the Hague in regards to the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, the ICJ president Ronny Abraham said that the court would render its order as soon as possible. He further added that the date will be duly communicated to the parties. The sitting...
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Pakistan accuses India of ambushing it by bringing this case and rejects the need for urgency on this case. QC Khawar Qureshi is presenting Pakistan's case.>> India's 'kangaroo court' charge is bizarre>> There has been deafening silence and no response from India on Pakistan's...
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>> It is unfortunate that India comes to this court, adamant that Jadhav is an Indian national but does nothing to establish that at all>> India's allegation that Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran is nothing but far fetched>> Pakistan won't respond to the charge of breach of Vienna...
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JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: ICJ has refused Pakistan's request to play Jadhav's confessional videos.
19:05
After India made its case in front of the International Court of Justice, now Pakistan responds on the Kulbhushan Jadhav case. Khawar Qureshi, representing Pakistan at the ICJ said that the ICJ should dismiss the case. There is no urgency and the jurisdiction in this case is limited and...
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After India made its case at the International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, Pakistan is presenting its case. A-G Ashtar Ausaf presents Pakistan at the ICJ.>> India has used this platform for its political theatrics>> We remain committed to path of peaceful...
18:18
The floodgates are about to open. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Beijing over the weekend to participate in the One Belt, One Road summit, and the top item on his agenda is to finalise the Long Term Plan for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Dawn has the details of...
18:11
The hearing of the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old Dalit woman in Sonipat will be conducted in a fast-track court, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said today. Such kind of heinous crimes would not be tolerated at any cost in a civilised society and the guilty would be...
17:42
With the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearing the case of former naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by Pakistan on charges of being a spy, his friends continued to pray for him.The stay on execution has lit a ray of hope. But now everything depends on...
17:11
AIADMK (Amma) faction leader TTV Dinakaran today sought in a special court the copy of a CD which allegedly has audio recordings of phone conversations between him and a co-accused in the Election Commission bribery case. The response of Dinakaran, who is in judicial custody, came on the Delhi...
17:02
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he is not in the race for the Prime Ministerial candidate in 2019.Main nahin hoon 2019 mein PM pad ka dawedar, Nitish Kumar said at a press conference in Patna.The JD-U leadership has been repeatedly projecting Nitish Kumar as the PM candidate of...
16:58
Benchmarks Sensex and NSE Nifty closed at fresh lifetime highs of 30,322 and 9,445, respectively, today as lower inflation numbers and better- than-expected quarterly earnings drove investors. The 30-share barometer closed at an all-time high of 30,322.12, up 133.97 points, or 0.44 per cent. It...
16:50
Saddam Mansuri, a 35-year old Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) operator was reportedly caught by officials trying to make an Aadhaar card using the name of slain al Qaeda terrorist Osama Bin Laden. According to a report by Times of India, Mansuri, who runs an Aadhaar...
16:13
A Haryana District court on Monday sent the two accused in the brutal Rohtak gang-rape case, to seven days in police custody. The accused will be produced before the Sonipat District court next on May 22.Meanwhile, ensuring speedy justice by fast track courts, Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar...
15:57
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he is not in the race for the Prime Ministerial candidate in 2019.Main nahin hoon 2019 mein PM pad ka dawedar, Nitish Kumar said at a press conference in Patna.The JD-U leadership has been repeatedly projecting Nitish Kumar as the PM candidate of...
15:22
With the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearing underway over the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by Pakistan on charges of being an Indian spy, Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir on Monday said that India will make sure he is not sentenced...
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The ICJ judge closes the session for India. Pakistan will present its case later in the day.
15:06
In other news: The maiden session of the newly elected UP Assembly began on a tempestuous note today with opposition members throwing paper balls at Governor Ram Naik during his address and marshals trying to dodge them with files. This is the first assembly session after the BJP government led...
14:54
A young Kulbhushan Jadhav.
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Update on the Jadhav hearing at ICJ: --Harish Salve says Kulbhushan Jadhav was abducted and the confession that he was a spy, forced. --India seeks annulment of Pakistan's verdict. India's position has been consistent that Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran and confession was extracted in military...
14:21
Update on the Jadhav hearing at ICJ: India's counsel Harish Salve presenting the case. Highlights... -- Fear Pakistan will hang Kulbhushan Jadhav before UN court order.-- Human rights which are treated as basics have been thrown to the wind by Pakistan. -- Pakistan repeatedly denied consular...
14:12
The situation is grave, hence approached this court at such short notice: Harish Salve at International Court of Justice. Salve (pictured) is the counsel for India.
14:09
VD Sharma, the co-agent presents his points, followed by Harish Salve, the counsel. Salve, presenting India's case, says, the situation is grave and urgent. India made innumerable requests to Pakistan for consular access which Pakistan has repeatedly denied, Harish Salve says. Pakistan has...
14:00
India's agent Deepak Mittal (pictured) tells ICJ that the trial of Kulbhushan Jadhav in a Pakistan court was farcical, urges for provisional measures. He said Pakistan is in violation of the Vienna Convention. There is an 'immediate threat' that the death sentence of Kulbhushan Jadhav may be...
13:49
The one-day hearing will involve two sessions of an hour-and-a-half, according India and Pakistan an opportunity to make their case, starting with India. Pakistans session will follow thereafter. The courts judgment, which could follow as early as in a few days or take several months, is binding...
13:47
Dr Deepak Mittal, who is the Agent of the Republic of India, speaking now. The India side is also represented by:VD Sharma, Joint Secretary, MEA as co-AgentHarish Salve as CounselKajal Bhat, First Secretary, Embassy of India in the Netherlands as AdviserChetna N Rai as Junior Counsel.
13:45
Ronny Abraham, who is the president of the International Court of Justice, is a French academic and practitioner in the field of public international law who was elected to the International Court of Justice, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of judge and former President Gilbert...
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The Pakistan side will be represented by its UAE consul Moazzam Ahmad Khan.
13:38
The hearing begins at the International Court of Justice.Jadhav has been sentenced to death by Pakistan on charges of being an Indian spy. India and Pakistan to present their arguments in the trial. The ICJ has put a stay on the death sentence given by Pakistan to Kulbhushan Jadhav after an...
13:34
At the ICJ, Hague, Supreme Court lawyer Harish Salve, who will be representing India, is inside the courtroom. India and Pakistan will meet in the International Court of Justice after 18 years. The International Court of Justice in The Hague will shortly hold public hearings on the case of...
13:26
No, ICSE results 2017 have NOT been announced today, despite contrary reports.The Board has confirmed that ICSE results were not going to be released today. The Board has urged students and parents to check for official updates at cisce.org.
13:10
The government today told the Supreme Court that it will come out with a law to regulate marriage and divorce among Muslims if triple talaq is held invalid and unconstitutional by the court. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar:...
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Gujaratis need not be ashamed of the lack of martial tradition. They contribute to their country in other ways. And, of course, they can also claim that while they may not have produced many martyrs, they produced the greatest one: Gandhi, says Aakar Patel. Read the column here.
12:59
The Indian delegation leaves for the International Court of Justice (ICJ), at the Hague, which will hear the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by Pakistan on charges of espionage.Reports say that Jadhav, who has been denied consular access, is alive. The...
12:49
Bakhtawar Bhutto warns that people could die as a result of strict new penalties for those who eat publicly during Ramzan. Read
12:01
Pathankot terror attack martyr Kulwant Singh's younger brother and his wife were allegedly thrashed by a travel agent and his accomplices over a monetary dispute, the police said today. Hardip Singh and his wife, Kulwinder Kaur, were beaten up outside a shop in an area falling under Bhaini Mian...
11:53
The horrific torture, gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old Dalit woman has sent shockwaves across Haryana's Rohtak, bringing back memories of the brutal Delhi rape of a young woman on a bus in December, 2012. The woman's mutilated body was found by her family on 11 May after she went missing for...
11:22
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has initiated proceedings to determine whether ICJ has jurisdiction to adjudicate a matter referred to it by India relating to the death sentence given to an Indian national, Kulbhushan Jadhav, in Pakistan.India claims that by disallowing consular access...
11:18
A day after a video surfaced where a man was being brutally beaten up by a group of cow vigilantes, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh on Monday said that he has ordered an inquiry in the matter and will ensure justice is done in the case.The MP Minister said that the guilty once...
11:13
I can't share his recent photographs with you, says a CRPF officer grimly, as we discuss Hidma Madvi. He will find out the person who leaked his photographs to us through the location, his dress, the people around him in these photographs. He will then hunt down the informer and eliminate him...
11:03
Triple Talaq hearing: The Supreme Court considers the plea of Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, says issues of polygamy and 'nikah halala' will remain open for future adjudication. The SC also says that due to paucity of time it will only be dealing with the issue of triple talaq and will keep...
10:43
The Ek Do Teen song was shot for many days. Listening to it so many times during the shoot, we knew it would be a big hit. When Tezaab released, Madhuri had gone to the US for a holiday. When she returned to Mumbai, there was a large crowd waiting for her at the airport, calling out 'Mohini,...
10:29
Superstar Rajinikanth met his fans today after a gap of nine years at the Raghavendra Wedding Hall in Chennai. Fan clubs shared pictures of the 66-year-old, dressed in black, from the venue. Rajinikanth last organised a meet-and-greet session with his fans in 2008. The superstar told his fans...
10:17
New French President Emmanuel Macron is set to name a prime minister and visit German Chancellor Angela Merkel on his first full day in office. The 39-year-old centrist leader laid out his ambitious plans for France as he took power yesterday, promising to restore France's shattered...
09:53
Trade unions of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) have called for the suspension of bus services from today. The staff unions have been demanding the release of funds for the arrears of the employees along with retirement benefits and Provident Fund. However, the seven...
09:30
Ousted All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader T T V Dinakaran and his aide Mallikarjuna will be produced before a Delhi court today after expiry of their judicial custody.On May 1, Dinakaran and Mallikarjuna were sent to the judicial custody till May 15.The Delhi Crime Branch earlier...
09:08
President Pranab Mukherjee will call on Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Muthuvel Karunanidhi in Chennai on May 23 and greet him in advance for his 94th birthday. The President will be on a two day visit to Tamil Nadu on May 23 and 24. DMK leaders including Kanimozhi -- Karunandihi's youngest...
09:00
North Korea has said that its Sunday's test-fire of a ground-to-ground ballistic missile proved the missile is capable of carrying a large nuclear warhead.North Korea's state news agency KCNA said in a report on Monday that country's leader Kim Jong Un, supervised the launch of the Hwasong-12...
08:54
India's refusal to join China's high-profile Belt and Road initiative is 'regrettable' but New Delhi's boycott will not at all affect the cooperation in infrastructure development among its neighbouring countries, a report in a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Monday.The two-day Belt and Road...
08:13
A cross border infiltration bid was successfully foiled by the Border Security Force troops in Gurdaspur, Punjab, who gunned down a Pakistani intruder.This comes after a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist was arrested from along the Indo-Nepal border yesterday.Earlier on...
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