New Delhi: Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Philip Green OAM, on Monday emphasised that there are no plans to increase ‘Quad’ membership, adding that it is "very important" for the countries to frame their relations with China.Addressing an interactive event "Diplomat Diaries", hosted by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in the national capital, Green emphasised the need to have

Pak Huggers: J&K National Conference President Farooq Abdullah and VP Omar AbdullahNational Conference (NC) president Dr. Farooq Abdullah and vice president Omar Abdullah pitched for a dialogue with Pakistan over the Kashmir issue on Monday.“You (India) are talking to everyone. India is even talking to China; a dialogue is ongoing there. Why not that side (Pakistan)? You claim a part of J&amp

The Kashmir Valley is witnessing a change, for the first time in the last three decades, as election campaign rallies are being held in areas which were once considered volatile and no-go zones. A regional political party held an election campaign at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid in the Nowhatta area of Downtown. The same area was once famous for stone pelting and election boycotts.From Srinagar’s

Srinagar: Five India Air Force (IAF) personnel were injured after terrorists ambushed their convoy near Shahsitar in Poonch on Saturday. They were evacuated to the Command Hospital in Udhampur, where one of them, Corporal Vikky Pahade, died of injuries.Security personnel during cordon and search operation after at least one soldier was killed and four were injured as terrorists ambushed an Indian

Munich: A Uyghur rights advocacy organisation, the World Uyghur Congress, released a statement opposing the ongoing Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe, claiming that China’s deepening ties with Russia are ignorance of the human rights abuses inflicted by China on the Uyghur community.Chinese President Xi Jinping made his six-day visit to Europe, marking his first trip to the continent

Karachi: As the purchasing power of a common man in Pakistan nosedives, people are now struggling to have daily needs as they face the challenge of skyrocketing inflation and severe unemployment.People in Pakistan’s major cities like Lahore and Karachi suffer to stay afloat, sacrificing one or the other component of their daily needs to survive.Rashid a resident of Karachi stated, "We cannot