About Us Our Team Write For Us Features Books Advertise with Us Contact us
E-paper

World

Bangladesh imposes mobile phone ban on Rohingyas'

Bangladesh has banned telecommunication companies from selling mobile phone connections to Rohingya refugees, citing security concerns for the latest restrictions, officials said today.

Bangladesh's four mobile phone providers were threatened with fines if they provide any of the nearly 430,000 newly arrived refugees from Myanmar with phone plans while the ban is in force.

"For the time bei

Pakistan rejects what India has said in UNGA '

Pakistan today rejected all the 'charges' that were levelled by the Indian Foreign Minister and one of its representatives in the United Nations. Addressing the 72nd session of the General Assembly in the United Nations (UN) today, Dr Lodhi asked the world community to stop India from violating the ceasefire in the region. She categorically rejected India's sweeping allegations about Pakistan's i

Saudi Arabia pledges to press ahead in combat against terrorism '

Saudi Arabia has said that the threat of terrorism was among the most serious challenges facing the international community. Adel Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Minister for Foreign Affairs, told the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, stressing that his country would continue to work to counter the scourge, as well as extremism in all forms and manifestations. “The crisis in Qatar had jeopardised his c

US Defence Secretary’s visit to further cement India-US defence and strategic partnership '

In a reiteration of the US commitment to remain an enduring strategic partner of India, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is paying a three-day visit to New Delhi from September 26 to 28. It will be the first Cabinet level visit under the President Donald Trump’s new administration at the White House. Apart from meeting his Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman, who only recently took charge of the

Pak Navy successfully fires anti-ship missile from helicopter'

The Pakistan Navy today successfully test-fired an anti-ship missile from a helicopter in the northern Arabian Sea, a navy spokesperson said.

The anti-ship missile fired from the Sea King helicopter into the open sea successfully hit its target, Dawn newspaper quoted the spokesperson as saying.

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah witnessed the missile firing demonstration.

US Defence Secretary Mattis to be in India next week on 3-day visit '

In a first Cabinet-level visit after the take over of President Donald Trump, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is arriving here on September 26 on a three-day visit during which he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi besides Defence Minister Niramala Sitharaman. This will be a visit ‘’to underscore the enduring US commitment to strategic partner India,’’ the US Defence Department said in a stat

Swaraj to address UN General Assembly tonight'

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is expected to raise issues like the global fight against terrorism, climate change and the Security Council's reform in her address to the United Nations General Assembly tonight.

When Swaraj, 65, takes the podium she would be addressing the UN General Assembly for the second consecutive time. She is expected to deliver her speech in Hindi like the last

'Offensive defence and double squeeze' policy of India will not succeed: Pakistan '

Pakistan has said that India's strategy of “offensive defence and double squeeze” -- aspiring towards regional hegemony -- would never succeed. Responding yesterday to the comments made by Indian delegate Eenam Gambhir in which she had criticised Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, the Pakistani delegate Tipu Usma said that PM Abbasi was

Brand discrimination, after-sales issues hamper Indian business in South Africa” '

A manner of ‘brand discrimination’ against Indian companies and possible after-sales service issues often result in bad business for Indian ventures into South Africa.

These issues came into focus during an interaction session held between corporate honchos and top South African officials in New Delhi last evening.

Deliberating on ‘Emerging Business Opportunities in South Africa’ organised

India calls for global action to counter use of Internet for radicalisation'

Responses to terrorism must be similar across geographies and cultures and differential standards must not be accepted, India has said, seeking global action to tackle the evolving threat of Internet being used by terrorists for radicalisation and terror financing.

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar made the remarks during a high-level meeting at the UN on 'Preventing Terrorist Use of Internet' ho

National Security Advisor Doval's 'double squeeze' strategy will never succeed: Pak'

Pakistan today said that National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's "offensive defense and double squeeze" strategy to make India a regional hegemon will never succeed.

Exercising its right to reply in the United Nations General Assembly, Pakistan said it is "unfortunate" that India has chosen to criticise the statement of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Kashmir "which reflects the sentimen

Russia may complete chemical weapons destruction by September-end'

Russia may complete the destruction of all its chemical weapons stockpiles by the end of September, a top official announced.

"The chemical weapons destruction programme, authorized by the head of state, will be completed ahead of schedule, although our international obligations expire on December 31, 2018... I think that we will finalize it by the end of this month," Mikhail Babich, the chair

Dawood is in Pakistan: Iqbal Kaskar'

Fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim is still in Pakistan, his brother Iqbal Kaskar has told the interrogators from the Intelligence Bureau and the Thane police's crime branch, officials said today.

Thane police arrested Kaskar two days ago in Mumbai in a case of extortion. "Along with crime branch officials, Iqbal is also being questioned by the IB officials for the last two days and he has provi

Pakistan a 'terroristan': India'

Calling Pakistan a "terroristan", India today said it has become "a geography synonymous with terror" with a flourishing "industry" producing and exporting global terrorism.

Exercising its right to reply after Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi raked up the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly, India said it is extraordinary that the state which protected Osama Bin Laden and shel

Pak PM's threat to India: We have short-range nuclear weapons'

New York: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday said that the country has access to short-range nuclear weapons and will use it to counter the Indian Army.

“We have developed short-range nuclear weapons as a counter to the Cold Start doctrine that India has developed. Again, those are in the same command-and-control authority that controls the other strategic weapons," he s

Rohingya jihadis a 'common enemy', says Bangladesh PM's advisor'

Rohingya jihadi groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba-backed Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) are "the common enemy" of Myanmar, Bangladesh and India, says Hassan Toufique Imam, Political Advisor to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Imam, a civil servant-turned-freedom fighter during the 1971 Liberation War, also says that intelligence reports suggest that Pakistan's ISI is trying to use

Rohingyas illegal immigrants, not refugees: Rajnath'

The Rohingyas were illegal immigrants and not refugees who had applied for asylum in India, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today.

Addressing a seminar organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Singh asked why some people were objecting to the deportation of Rohingyas when Myanmar was ready to accept them.

"The Rohingyas are not refugees. They have not come here after

Indus Water Treaty can be resolved within its agreement: Abbasi'

The disputes between India and Pakistan over the Indus Water Treaty can be resolved within the context of the agreement itself, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said.

Abbasi, who was responding to a question on the Indus Water Treaty, said there were provisions in the treaty on how to resolve the disputes.

"It's a legal issue now. And it can be resolved within the context

Nawaz Sharif skips Pakistan court hearing on corruption cases'

Islamabad: Ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif today failed to appear before a court hearing corruption cases against him as he was in London to take care of his ailing wife.

The accountability court is hearing the corruption cases filed against 67-year-old Sharif after the Supreme Court on July 28 disqualified him in the Panama Papers scandal.

The court, which held its first hearin

Sushma meets PM of Bhutan, Bangladesh

United Nations, Sep 19: India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met with Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh and Tshering Tobgay of Bhutan and five Foreign Ministers in interactions that mostly focused on bilateral issues, according to a ministry spokesperson.

Raveesh Kumar described the meeting with Hasina on Monday as a courtesy call with no substantive discussions.

During the meeting with Tobgay, they discussed development projects that India was sponsoring in the Himalayan kingdom.

In reply to a question, Kumar said that the recent Doklam crisis in which Indian a

Ivanka, Sushma discuss women empowerment

New York, Sep 19: US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj discussed here women empowerment and the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad.

Ivanka Trump, who has the official title of Adviser to the President, tweeted afterwards: "I have long respected India's accomplished and charismatic Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, and it was an honour to meet her today."

"We had a great discussion on women entrepreneurship, the upcoming GES2017 and workforce development in the US and India," she tweeted after the Monday meeting.

Chicago records 500th homicide in 2017

Chicago, Sep 19: Chicago, one of the largest US cities, recorded the 500th homicide of 2017 with 10 people killed over the weekend.

The figure was revealed on Monday by data collected by the Chicago Tribune. The city had reported its 500th homicide last year in August, the deadliest in decades, reports Xinhua news agency.

The latest homicide took place on Sunday night when a 48-year-old woman was shot dead near her home in the city's southwest suburb.

Chicago has had 2,721 people shot so far this year, down 11.9 per cent from 3,087 reported in the same period last year.

As a meas

Hafiz Saeed's JuD to contest 2018 general elections in Pak'

Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Jammat-ud-Dawah will foray into Pakistan's political scene by contesting the 2018 general elections, a senior member of the outfit said, a day after its candidate finished third in a crucial by-poll.

Last month, Jamaat-ud-Dawah, a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group that carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai attack, announced that it was laun

Call for ending sexual exploitation and abuse '

The Special Coordinator on improving the UN response to sexual exploitation and abuse has appealed to the world leaders to lend the political weight of their offices to eradicate the scourge of sexual exploitation and abuse. Ahead of a high-level United Nations meeting on preventing sexual exploitation and abuse, the Organisation's Special Coordinator on the issue is urging global leaders to join

UN refugee chief tells US its funding 'vital''

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today and warned that American funding is "vital" to his mission to help victims of the world's wars.

The pair met at Tillerson's hotel in New York ahead of the United Nations General Assembly, where officials are to debate US demands for reform to the world body's budget -- including cuts to Washington's

Japan funding: Hopes of 'Acchey din' amid skepticism in North East '

Not with standing the hype about Japan pledging a substantial investment for North East India's infrastructure face-lift, regional watchers and those associated with development works say such initiatives in the past to draw funds countries like South Korea, Japan and Singapore have not yielded much results. Those in the know of things in effect cite multiple reasons for lukewarm response in term

Edit & Opinion


More From This Section

Press Release


More From This Section

Ideas & Interaction


More From This Section
The News Now

Latest Tweets

Most Shared Stories


More From This Section

Weather

Cricket

........................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................................................ ............
Copyright © THE NEWS NOW. All Rights Reserved. Powered by Ideogram Technology Solutions Pvt. ltd.