The senior administration officials present at the swearing in included US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Under Secretary of State for Management Patrick F Kennedy, Director of the State Department's Policy Planning Council, Dr Anne-Marie Slaughter, and Pradeep Ramamurthy, Senior Director for Global Engagement at the National Security Council.
Dominic Xavier offers his take on Raj Thackeray's latest political ploy and wonders if this Thackeray versus Thackeray skit will help the BJP finally achieve its goal of ejecting the Maha Vikas Aghadi government from a state that has largely been insulated from the communal disharmony sweeping across parts of north India.
Most of them are fishermen lodged in various jails in the country.
It is the holy month of Ramadan and in normal course, the bazaars should have been chock-a-block full with shoppers. Instead, there are security forces patrolling the streets trying to save themselves from arsonists and ensuring that the curfew is not disrupted.
Amid clamour to try him for treason, former President Pervez Musharraf who has been living outside Pakistan since mid-April, has said he will return to the country only when conditions are "pleasant".
Muslims across the country offered prayers on the occasion, which marks the end of month-long fasting of Ramzan.
Amid a spike in Covid-19 infections in some parts of the country, the Centre on Wednesday asked states and Union territories to consider imposing local restrictions in public observance of the upcoming festivals and limit or do away with mass gatherings for effective control of the pandemic.
The reconciliatory talks between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas, scheduled to be held on Tuesday in Egypt, have been postponed for one month, official MENA news agency said.
Chairmen of both factions of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq addressed the gathering at Eidgah while chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Mohammad Yaseen Malik addressed the gathering at the TRC.
The petitioner contended that various interpretations regarding the sighting of the moon have hurt the religious emotions of the people and 'harmed national prestige,' the Pak Tribune reported.
The ban on the Short Message Service (SMS) in Jammu and Kashmir has turned out to be a boon for the few greeting card outlets in the city, as their sale has risen sharply ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Aides of President Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto will be holding a final round of talks in the United Arab Emirates from Tuesday to "devise a strategy for the coming general election," a media report said. The talks were earlier scheduled after Eid-ul-Fitr, but after Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and PML-N president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain ruled out any truck with the PPP for the polls, the meetings were urgently arranged.
Saudi Arabia has assured Nawaz Sharif that it will take up the issue of his "exile" and "deportation" with Pakistan after Eid-ul-Fitr, the deposed premier's party has claimed.
Referring to the bomb blasts in Delhi on the eve of Diwali and Eid, Sir Ghulam Noon praised resident of the Indian capital for showing terrorists that they could not be cowed down by acts of terrorism.
CPI-M also condemned the alleged custodial killing of a youth in Pakharpora village of Badgam district and demanded stern action against the erring personnel.
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan between November 15 and 30, his son said in London on Tuesday. Sharif was deported to Saudi Arabia on September 10 within hours of setting foot on Pakistani soil after a seven-year exile. Sharif's son Hassan Nawaz said his father and uncle Shahbaz Sharif will return home together
A number of Union ministers including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad reached the residence of Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in New Delhi to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday.
Tensions broke out past Monday midnight over putting up of Islamic flags on the Jalori gate circle
The Shias, however, celebrated Eid following citing of the moon on Thursday.
The rupee breached the key 45.90-dollar barrier and slumped to a nine-week low of Rs 45.9250/9350 per dollar at the close of trade on Tuesday, dragged down by customary month-end dollar demand amidst fears of a slowdown in foreign fund inflows.
Former minister of state for home, Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo who had resigned in the aftermath of the August 9 Kishtwar communal clashes has been re-inducted in the Jammu and Kashmir council of ministers on Saturday.
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The event was given a miss as the relations between the two countries are strained at present.
This is the 23rd incident of ceasefire violation in June.
This is the 22nd incident of ceasefire violation this month.
The crowd at the mosque was larger than usual, unsurprisingly because it happened to be the last "Jumma" (Friday) of the holy month of Ramzan.
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11 BSF troops have so far been killed in cross-border firing incidents along the IBr in J&K this year.
Clashes between protesters and law enforcing agencies were reported from Sopore, Anantnag, Rajpora, Shopian towns and Safakadal area of the city.
Justice Jasmeet Singh, who was hearing a plea by the Delhi Waqf Board seeking a direction to open the mosque for the holy month, clarified that no "Tablighi activities" and lectures can take place on the premises and only prayers can be offered.
He recalled that democracy-lovers had fought a big battle against the Emergency.
The city's main mosque will have a section especially dedicated to the women.
Religion is not just about following one's own path but also respecting those believing in other religions, Kumar said.
Addressing a large gathering at the Gaddafi Stadium, the Lashkar-e-Tayiba founder called for unity among Muslim community "to fail the design of infidels".
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