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New Delhi, Sep 28: India today said the SAARC Summit in Islamabad has to be postponed as it and three other countries have pulled out of the meet. However, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said a formal announcement to this effect will be made by Nepal, the current Chair of the SAARC. The current rule is that if any one head of State or Government decides not to participate in

New Delhi, Sep 28; The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Madhya Pradesh government over reported deaths of 116 children due to malnutrition-related ailments in Sheopur district in the last five months. The NHRC has issued the notice to the Chief Secretary of the state and sought a detailed report on the matter within four weeks. The Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of

Pathankot, Sep 27: High alert was today sounded in Pathankot following inputs about suspicious movement of some people and a massive search operation has been launched on Pathankot-Dalhousie road. Around 400 security personnel including SWAT team were deployed for conducting the search operation by the Punjab police in the district where terrorist from across the border had struck the IAF airbase

New Delhi, Sep 27: Former Director General Corporate Affairs B K Bansal, who was facing a CBI probe in a corruption case, allegedly committed suicide along with his son at their residence in East Delhi. The development comes nearly two months after his wife and daughter committed suicide by hanging themselves from the ceiling fans at their residence in Nilkanth Apartments. The two had left

United Nations, Sep 26: In a sharp rebuke to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's "tirade" on Kashmir, India today said those accusing others of rights violations must introspect as it censured Pakistan for the first time at the UNGA for perpetrating the "worst form of state oppression" in Balochistan. Taking a veiled dig at Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in her address at the 71st UN

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday faced ire from a local during a road show. A man hurled shoe at the Congress vice-president during a road show in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur. The shoe missed the mark. The man who hurled the shoe has been identified as Hari Om Mishra. He is a local journalist. He has been detained by police. Reportedly, the shoe attacker was upset with Rahul

Sriharikota, Sep 26: PSLV C-35, carrying India's SCATSAT-1 meant for ocean and weather studies and seven other satellites including from the US and Canada, today lifted off from the spaceport, here. Besides SCATSAT-1, the 44.4 metre tall ISRO's workhorse PSLV rocket is carrying two Indian university satellites, three from Algeria and one each from the US and Canada. For the first time in its

Sep 26: Escalating tension over Kashmir region is presenting a challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who needs regional peace to reach his principal goal of economic revival in the country. But Indian citizens have been clamouring for a response to what they say is a provocation by Pakistan. The tension reached a boiling point on the early morning of Sept 18 when militants attacked an army

Islamabad, Sep 25: Pakistan today rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assertion that it was exporting terror, saying the remarks were part of a "well thought out vilification campaign" to distract attention from Kashmir. Pakistan Foreign Office, in a statement, said Prime Minister Modi in a public meeting in Kerala "tried to malign Pakistan". "It is unfortunate that Indian leadership continues

New Delhi, Sep 25: Months after theMinistry of Home Affairsconducted an internal enquiry into the missing files related toIshrat Jahan encounter case, a formal police investigation has been launched into the matter. The home ministry has filed an FIR with Delhi Police to formally probe how, why and under what circumstances crucial files went missing. The probe is set to escalate the fight between