NEW DELHI (AA) – India has resumed e-visa services to Canadian nationals, government sources said, easing a diplomatic row over the killing of a Sikh leader in British Columbia in June. The sources did not provide any more details. In October, India began reissuing visas to Canadian nationals for entry, business, medical, and conferences – [&h...
Malé, Maldives – – AFP President Mohamed Muizzu of the Maldives has vowed to expel Indian troops deployed in the strategically located archipelago, in his first speech to the nation after being sworn into power. Muizzu, 45, did not name India — but promised he would deliver on his election promises, key among them a […...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A senior leader of India’s main opposition Congress party has hit out at the international community, calling the death toll of 11,000 from Israeli strikes on Gaza “a deplorable and disgraceful milestone.” “…over 11,000 people killed in Gaza of which almost half are children. One child is being killed every ten […...
ANKARA (AA) – India’s counter-terrorism law enforcement agency has arrested 44 people in raids across the country under an operation that it said was “aimed at dismantling illegal human trafficking support networks,” including in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. A spokesman for the National Investigation Agency said synchronized ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti accused the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) on Saturday of being behind terror attacks in Pakistan. Bugti condemned Friday’s bombing of an Islamic religious gathering and said nearly 55 people were killed. “We know each and e...
ANKARA (AA) – Indian officials are “examining the authenticity” of a communication issued by the Afghan Embassy which said the mission is closing operations in New Delhi. Indian government sources said to the media that the “authenticity” of the communication purportedly issued by the embassy and its contents are ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US officials raised allegations by Canada that link India to the killing of a Canadian Sikh activist during a meeting with New Delhi’s foreign minister in Washington, the Indian top diplomat said Friday. “They obviously shared US views and assessment on this whole situation,” External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaish...
Meerut, India – AFP It’s curious paradox. In Hindutva-inspired, BJP-led India where Muslims have been lynched on mere suspicion of slaughtering cows, the demand for cricket balls made using the animal’s hides far exceeds supply. Leatherworker Bunty Sagar’s labours are frowned upon by many fellow Indians even if he makes...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday said that his country wants peace with all neighbors, including India, but Kashmir remains “key to peace” with New Delhi. In his address to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, Kakar said Pakistan desires peaceful and productive relation...
ANKARA (AA) – India has said it is “temporarily unable to process visa applications” in Canada because of “security threats” being faced by its missions in the Northern American nation. “You are aware of the security threats being faced by our High Commission and Consulates in Canada. This has disrupted thei...
