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Thai PM quashes coup rumours
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Feb 11 (ANI): Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha quashed rumours of a coup attempt on Monday, decrying rumours of an impending coup as "fake news".
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Gujjar quota stir in Rajasthan: Bhanwar Lal urges protesters not to resort
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Rajasthan Minister Bhanwar Lal on Monday urged the protesting Gujjar community, demanding five per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutes, not to resort to violence and protest peacefully.
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US acting Defence Secy arrives in Afghanistan on surprise visit
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 11 (ANI): Patrick Shanahan, the US' acting Defence Secretary, made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday.
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Afghan government offers offices to Taliban
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] Feb 11 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said that his government is ready to allow the Taliban to open an office in Kabul, Kandahar or Nangarhar provinces to bring "lasting and honourable peace to the country".
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Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation embarks on a six-nat
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 11 (ANI): Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Sunday embarked on his six-nation visit to facilitate a peace process that protects the national security interests of the United States and brings all parties in Afghanistan tog
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Rajasthan: Gujjar reservation stir causes massive disruption of road, rail
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): Members of the Gujjar community, to further their demand for 5 per cent reservation in government jobs and education, caused massive disruption of rail services, even as the state government appealed for peace.
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Afghan Government slams Russia for allowing UN blacklisted Taliban to atte
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul (Afghanistan), Feb 9 (ANI): The Afghan government, which was not invited in last week's Moscow talks, slammed Russia for allowing the United Nations-blacklisted Taliban members to take part in the talks.
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US hopes to reach peace deal with Taliban before July elections
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 9 (ANI): U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, on Friday (local time) hoped that the Taliban reaches a peace agreement with the United States before the Afghan Presidential elections slated to be held on July 20.
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Sena medal for Lance Naik Wani
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, who is a recipient of Ashok Chakra, the nation's highest peacetime award, was on Thursday posthumously presented with Bar to Sena Medal (Gallantry) by the General Officer Commanding in Chief of Northern Command L
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Afghan President expresses concern over violence by Pakistani forces again
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb 7 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday voiced serious concern over the violence perpetrated against peaceful protestors and civil activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan and warned that it could have “long-standing negative consequen
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Afghan politicians, Taliban say talks to continue
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Feb 7 (ANI): An Afghan delegation led by former president Hamid Karzai and representatives of Taliban say that they would continue their peace talks following two days of negotiations in Russia. About 40 Afghan politicians, excluding government officials, met on February 5-6
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Kerala floods: Tharoor seeks Nobel Prize for fishermen, lauds their 'deeds
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 06 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor wrote to Norwegian Nobel Committee's chairperson recommending Kerala fishermen for the Nobel Peace Prize for the "deeds of courage" they displayed during rescue operations undertaken during the 2018 Kerala floods.
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