Month: February 2019

European Union Asks India, Pak To De-Escalate Tension After Pulwama Attack

Source- ndtv.com The European Union (EU) has asked Pakistan to take “clear and sustained” actions targeting not only all UN-listed transnational terrorist groups but also individuals claiming responsibility for attacks in the wake of the Pulwama terror strike. The statement came amid heightened tension between the two nuclear-armed arch-rivals after the February 14 suicide attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad that

India Cites Pulwama At UN Court, Says Pak Using Kulbhushan Jadhav As Pawn

Source- ndtv.com India on Wednesday denounced Pakistan at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, arguing that it was using Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian national sentenced to death for alleged spying, as a “pawn” to divert attention from its own conduct — state sponsorship of terrorism. Drawing the court’s attention to last week’s terror attack

Supreme Court punishes CBI’s Nageshwar Rao

Source- telegraphindia.com The Narendra Modi government’s preferred trouble-shooter in the CBI was on Tuesday convicted of contempt by the Supreme Court for defying a transfer ban and sentenced to confinement in the court till it rose at 4 pm. Additional director M. Nageshwar Rao, now the virtual No. 2 in the CBI and twice chosen by