India
Pakistan warns cable operators against airing Indian channels
Dhaka, Aug 23 (UNB) - Pakistan’s electronic media watchdog has warned the cable TV operators of Lahore region against airing Indian channels and content, days after it banned the airing of advertisements featuring Indian artists, reports The Indian Express.
Indian investigators arrest key opposition leader
New Delhi, Aug 22 (AP/UNB) — Federal investigators on Wednesday arrested a key opposition Indian National Congress party leader at his home in the Indian capital in a suspected money laundering case.
Matter related to Jammu and Kashmir internal issue of India: Dhaka
Dhaka, Aug 21 (UNB) - Bangladesh has described the matter related to Jammu and Kashmir as an internal issue of India.
Ban on Sreesanth for alleged spot-fixing to end in August 2020
Dhaka, Aug 21 (UNB) - Tainted Indian pacer S Sreesanth’s ban for alleged spot-fixing will end next August, BCCI Ombudsman D K Jain has ordered, observing that the cricketer is well past his prime having already served six years, reports The Indian Express.
At least 2,300 detained in locked-down Indian-ruled Kashmir
India, Aug 21 (AP/UNB) — At least 2,300 people, mostly young men, have been detained in Indian-administered Kashmir during a security lockdown and communications blackout imposed to curtail unrest after New Delhi stripped the disputed region of statehood, according to top Kashmir police and arrest statistics reviewed by The Associated Press.
PM’s Delhi visit to see signing of many documents
Dhaka, Aug 20 (UNB) – Bangladesh and India are preparing to sign a number of bilateral documents during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India in the first week of October to further bolster their bilateral ties.
"Not proud as an Indian": Amartya Sen's critique of Kashmir move
Dhaka, Aug 20 (UNB) - Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen on Monday vehemently criticised the government's move on Kashmir, saying it not only emphasised majority rule "as opposed to it sustaining the rights of all human beings". "I don't think ultimately you will have any resolution in Kashmir without democracy," he told NDTV in an interview.
Jaishankar pays tributes to Bangabandhu
Dhaka, Aug 20 (UNB) – Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman here on Tuesday.
Dhaka, Delhi working on formulas to share 54 common rivers’ water
Dhaka, Aug 20 (UNB) - Visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Tuesday said Bangladesh and India are working to find “mutually acceptable formulas” to share water from 54 shared rivers with keeping India’s commitment to resolving Teesta issue unchanged.
Have many things to discuss, says Jaishankar on arrival
Dhaka, Aug 19 (UNB) - Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Monday night said Bangladesh and India have many things to discuss to take the relationship between the two neighbouring countries to a higher level.