KABUL — The Taliban have offered a three-month ceasefire in exchange for the release of 7,000 insurgent prisoners, an Afghan government negotiator said Thursday, as the militant group continues a sweeping offensive across the country. “It is a big demand,” said Nader Nadery, a key member of the government team involved in peace talks with […]
RAMALLAH — The Israeli army arrested dozens of Palestinian students suspected of terror activity in the West Bank village of Thermos Aya, north of Ramallah, on Wednesday. The army says the suspects belong to a Hamas student cell at Ramallah’s Birzeit University, and that some of them “were directly involved in terrorist activities.” The university […]
NEW DELHI — A whopping 85 per cent of the higher education students in India believe they had a learning loss, according to a survey by TeamLease EdTech. The survey, titled “Covid 19 Learning Loss in Higher Education”, showed that while students feel that the loss is between 40 per cent and 60 per cent, […]
NEW DELHI — Continuing his criticism against the Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today alleged that the Centre destroyed in seconds what took centuries to build. Rahul posted his remark on his Twitter handle while cornering the government over a range of issues including vaccine shortage, confrontation China along the LAC, unemployment, price hike, […]
ANKARA — Turkey is determined to eradicate all terrorist organizations targeting the country, Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun stated, underlining that the Turkish people will not allow any harm to the country, its democracy and sovereignty. Speaking on the 2016 failed coup attempt by the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ), Altın told Daily Sabah that July […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Jammu Kashmir Government and the Committee formed for fixation and regulation of fee of private schools known as Fee and Fund Regulatory Committee (FFRC) while hearing a writ petition filed by a federation of private schools namely National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA). The court […]
NEW DELHI — Supreme Court on Wednesday said messages exchanged on social media platform have no evidential value and that the author of such WhatsApp messages cannot be tied to them, especially in business partnerships governed by agreements. According to a report by Times of India, a bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and […]
SRINAGAR — Gulshan Nazir, mother of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday as the investigating agency has not responded to a letter written by the widow of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, seeking details of the case in which she was to be […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf said on Wednesday that it was India’s responsibility to start the dialogue with Islamabad by “reversing” its actions in Jammu and Kashmir. India abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 on August 5, 2019 and bifurcated it into two Union territories. According to […]
SHARJAH — His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, has ordered to release 225 prisoners from the Punitive and Reformative Institutions in Sharjah, based on their good conduct, on the occasion of Eid Al Adha. Major General Saif Al Zari Al Shamsi, Commander-in-Chief of […]