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Pak expels Indian envoy, to suspend trade with India

Islamabad (2 MIN READ): Pakistan’s top civil and military leadership on Wednesday decided to downgrade diplomatic relations, expel the Indian High Commissioner and suspend bilateral trade with India in the wake of New Delhi’s move of revoking special status for Jammu and Kashmir. The decision was taken at a second session of National Security Committee (NSC) […]

‘Akhand Bharat’ banners appear near Pak Parliament, PM Imran Khan’s residence

Islamabad (2 MIN READ): Hundreds of flex banners bearing an Indian parliamentarians remark about acquiring Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Balochistan appeared near the National Assembly here a day after India reclassified Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) as a Union Territory. India on Monday asserted Kashmir was not a bilateral issue but an internal one as it scrapped […]

Congress split out in the open over Article 370

New Delhi (3 MIN READ): The Congress on Tuesday was split down the middle over the scrapping of Article 370 as a large number of leaders, mainly the young brigade, supported the government’s move while the old guard, backed by Rahul Gandhi, opposed it. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Milind Deora, Jaiveer Shergill, and Deepender Hooda favoured withdrawal of […]

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari (File)

Manish Tewari’s ’50 shades of grey’ remark sends twitterati into frenzy

New Delhi (2 MIN READ): In a fresh twist to the current divide in the Congress, Party MP Manish Tewari’s allusion to erotic novel ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ while debating Article 370 in Parliament on August 6 sent twitterati into a frenzy simply because there was no reference to context. Vehemently opposing the government’s decision […]