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Let 'oppressed' minorities in Pakistan decide whether they want to live with the country or not: MQM Founder

London (UK), Mar 25 (ANI): Muttahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder leader Altaf Hussain has once again laid his demand for the right of self-determination and that minority communities like Mohajirs, Balouchs, Pashtuns and other oppressed nationals want to live with the country or not. He laid this demand while speaking to a gathering at the Kenton Hall on the occasion of MQM's 35th Foundation Day. His address was heard and viewed live across the world by the followers, activists, affiliates and sympathisers. Altaf also slammed Pakistan for fraudulently commemorating Pakistan Day on 23rd march each year and claimed that Pakistan had fraudulently taken the Lahore Resolution as Pakistan Resolution that was presented and passed at Manto Park Lahore on 23rd March 1940. The Lahore Resolution never mentioned Pakistan but had carried suggestions for giving autonomous state status to Muslim Majority provinces in undivided India and those provinces are still with India as its integrated parts.

With sword fights and martial arts, Punjab celebrates annual 'Hola Mohalla' festival

Anandpur Sahib (Punjab), Mar 23: Sikh devotees celebrated the annual spring festival of 'Hola Mohalla' on Thursday with a display of sword fights and martial arts in Anandpur Sahib city in Punjab. Thousands of spectators, including foreign tourists, gathered at the Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib 'Gurudwara', a famous Sikh shrine, to see men display their bravery and skills in ancient warfare known as 'Gatka' and sword fighting in a colourful ceremony. Tourists were delighted to witness the festivities and they enjoyed being in Punjab on the occasion. Devotees also offered prayers at the holiest shrine of Sikhism, the Golden Temple in the evening to mark the occasion. The festival commemorates the transformation of Sikh community into a martial fraternity by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru (leader) of the Sikhs. It coincides with Holi, the Hindu festival of colours.

New Zealand to ban all military-style weapons

Christchurch (New Zealand), Mar 21 (ANI): New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced ban on weapons in the wake of shooting at twin mosques in Chirtchurch. She said, "New Zealand will ban all military style semi automatic weapons, we will also ban all assault rifles, all high capacity magazines and parts with the ability to convert firearms into a military-style semi-automatic weapon." Twin mosque terror attack in Christchurch killed 50 people. The gruesome act was carried out by gunman under a span of 36 minutes during the Friday prayers.

Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi arrested in London

New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said that diamond merchant Nirav Modi has been arrested in London, and would be produced in Westminster Court later today. On Monday, a London court issued an arrest warrant against diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India for an alleged loan default case.

Consulate General of India in Nepal's Birgunj organizes 'Festival of India in Nepal' to celebrate Holi

Birgunj (Nepal), Mar 20 (ANI): Ahead of Holi, Consulate General of India organised a cultural festival in Nepal's Birgunj on Tuesday. Event was titled as 'Festival of India in Nepal'. Numerous guests attended the festival and were entertained with Maithili song and dance performed by experts. This cultural festival clearly shows the healthy relations of Indo-Nepal.

Watch: Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi evades questions on arrest warrant against him

London (UK), Mar 19 (ANI): Fugitive billionaire diamantaire Nirav Modi was spotted at a restaurant in London on Monday and he evaded questions asked to him about the arrest warrant issued against him. A London court issued a warrant against Modi who is wanted in India for an alleged loan default case. India had already requested the extradition of Modi from the United Kingdom.

Demise of Manohar Parrikar is great loss to all of us: Ram Madhav

New Delhi, Mar 18 (ANI): While speaking to ANI, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Ram Madhav expressed his grief on demise of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. He said, "Manohar Parrikar Ji was a doyen among politicians. His demise is a great loss to all of us, we are greatly grieved by his demise. It's a great loss not only to the party or his family but it's a great loss to the whole nation. He was a Swayamsevak, he imbibed in RSS discipline, dedication, commitment, he had demonstrated them through his life, and until his last breath."

EAM Swaraj unveils plaque dedicating renovated IGM Hospital to people of Maldives

Male (Maldives), Mar 18 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj unveiled a plaque dedicating the renovated Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) to the people of Maldives in Male. IGMH is the first and largest government healthcare facility in Maldives, built with Indian assistance. Swaraj is on a two-day visit to Maldives from today.

Baloch Liberation Tigers claim responsibility for Balochistan railway blast

Nasirabad (Balochistan), Mar 18 (ANI): Baloch liberation Tigers (BLT), a freedom group has claimed the responsibility of blowing up the Jaffar Express Train with remote controlled device in Dera Murad area of Nasirabad in Balochistan on Sunday morning. Four people have lost their lives, while ten others sustained injuries in the blast. Five bogies of the train were derailed as a result of the explosion.

EAM Swaraj holds discussions with her Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid

Male (Maldives), Mar 17 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday held bilateral discussions with her Maldivian counterpart Abdulla Shahid in Maldives capital Male. Both the sides also exchanged Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) after holding delegation-level talks. Swaraj is on two-day visit to the Maldives.

Several groups held anti-Pakistan protest in Toronto

Toronto (Canada), Mar 17 (ANI): An anti-Pakistan protest was held by the members of Pashtun, Mohajir, Sindhi and Kashmiri groups against human rights violations by Pakistan in Toronto on Saturday. They also held a seminar on this issue. All the groups gathered together to show their agitation on this matter.

Islamists misusing blasphemy law to harass Christians in Pakistan

Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 17 (ANI): Pakistani Christians living in parts of Europe held a protest rally in Geneva to raise their voice against Islamic hardliners who are persecuting minorities in the name of blasphemy. The protesters, including women and children carried out a rally from Palais Wilson during the 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council. They demanded the Pakistan government to abolish notorious law misused by the state and non-state actors to target the minorities. Frank John, a Pakistani Christian and Chairman of Drumchapel Asian Forum in NW Glasgow, said "We are unhappy with the functioning of government in Pakistan because the mind-set of `maulvis' (hard line Islamists) towards Christians is immoral. Every day, atrocities are being committed against our children, especially girls, which is not acceptable. Our girls are being kidnapped by misusing PPC 295C and they are converted into Islam". Samuel Aziz, Head of Overseas Pakistani Christian Association in Germany

Stop persecution of Ahmadiyyas in Pakistan, ask community leaders

Geneva, (Switzerland), Mar 16 (ANI): The Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan, which continues to face persecution, is demanding an amendment in the law so that they can live with dignity. At a side event during the 40th session of UN Human Rights session in Geneva, the leaders of Ahmadiyya sect said they have no right to practice their religion, no rights to vote whereas they are being targeted on false cases of blasphemy. Fareed Ahmad, secretary for external affairs, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, UK said, "In the recent elections (in Pakistan) we were denied the right to vote on those elections because to vote in Pakistan we have to state that we are non-Muslim or non-Ahmadi and neither of those choices are something that we can sign on." It was in 1974 when Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Bhutto amended the Constitution to declare Amhadiyyas as non-Muslims. In 1994, General Zia-ul-Haq amended the penal code to introduce the `Ordinance XX' making it a criminal offence for Ahmadiyyas t

This is one of New Zealand's darkest days: NZ PM after gunman opened fire in mosques

Christchurch (New Zealand), Mar 15 (ANI): One person is in custody as multiple people were killed in shootings at atleast two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch today. While addressing a press conference today, Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern spoke on shooting at mosques and said, "This is one of New Zealand's darkest days. It was an unprecedented act of violence. Police has apprehended a person, but I don't have further details of him yet."

4 suspects in custody after shooters target two Christchurch mosques: Police Official

Christchurch (New Zealand), Mar 15 (ANI): While addressing a press conference in Christchurch today, Police Commissioner of New Zealand, Mike Bush spoke on shooting at mosques and said, "Four people are in custody till now in which there is one woman and three men. We are still looking at the circumstances around it. Let's not presume that the danger is gone." New Zealand police have also defused a number of improvised explosive devices found on vehicles after the mosques shootings.

China has goal of propping up Pakistan to indulge in conflict with India: Christine Fair

Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 14 (ANI): American scholar Christine Fair believes that China has blocked India's bid to declare JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist with a goal of propping up Pakistan to indulge in conflict with India. She said, "This is the fourth time China has done that and I think many people were hopeful that Pulwama and the response in Balakot would have been enough to provoke China as it did on proscribing Hafiz Saeed after the November 2008 attacks. The Pulwama attack and the Mumbai attack they are not comparable anyway. So, I never had the expectation that China was going to do anything other than this, for the simple reason, China has a goal of propping up Pakistan to indulge in conflict with India, but, it doesn't want it to go war with India because whenever India and Pakistan go for a war, China is never going to help Pakistan. So, it exposes the limits about Chinese assistance is going to do. So, the ways the Chinese have propped up Pakistan is by supp

CPEC is not economic but geo-strategic project for China: American scholar Christine Fair

Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 15 (ANI): American scholar C. Christine Fair believes that multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor is not an economic corridor but a geo-strategic asset for China to strengthen its military prowess. Speaking at a side event titled "Economic development and HR repercussions: CPEC why Balochistan bleeds?" during the 40th Session of UN Human Rights Council she categorically raised repercussions of CPEC project in Pakistan where the human rights violations are on the rise since after the launch of this ambitious project. While speaking to ANI American scholar C Christine Fair said, "It's not an economic corridor. For economic corridor to be truly economic it needs to be economic viable. And there is nothing viable about this economic corridor. It costs about 6 times much to move crude to Gwadar up into Xinjiang then it does the same crude to ground line of communication. And, moreover Karachi port itself is not at capacity, there is still unused capa

Pakistan is misusing anti-terrorism act in Gilgit-Baltistan, says activist

Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 14 (ANI): A political activist from Gilgit -Baltistan has blamed Pakistan for misusing Schedule IV of anti-terrorism act in the region wherein political activists are being targeted. At an event organised here by Friends of Gilgit-Baltistan, Chairman of Gilgit Baltistan Thinkers Forum, Col (Retd) Wajahat Hasan Mirza said, "Most important thing, unfortunately, is to end Schedule IV which mainly targets the progressive and political cadre of the area. Its enforcement in a disputed territory like Gilgit Baltistan is totally illegal". "The enforcement of schedule IV is the reason why the public is afraid of raising its voice which thereby, restricts them from attending any political gathering. They have to seek prior permission from the Police to even move places. The atrocity is such, that their bank accounts are seized and their property is confiscated as well," he added. "So, one can understand how difficult it is for the people residing in the region to raise

Ajinomoto focusing on food business in Cambodia

Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Mar 14 (ANI): Cambodia is one of the fast-growing countries. The varieties of foods in this country enrich many restaurants and family scene. However, in recent years, dealing with unsafe food is becoming one of the real challenges for Cambodia. Ajinomoto Cambodia is company which has been contributing to making more various cuisines and safe food through "umami" seasonings in Cambodia. Ajinomoto owns a factory in Phnom Penh where it produces pure quality umami seasonings. The factory is not only focusing on producing quality products, but also creating an environment which takes special care of its products such as protecting them from contamination and ensuring high inspection by both employees and machines in order to deliver safe and trusted products to customers. All of their products are produced and organized in quality by Cambodians to deliver safe everyday meals. Ajinomoto Group established "Ajinomoto Cambodia" in 2009. It is supporting various aspects o

Aeon developing retail business in Indonesia

Jakarta (Indonesia), Mar 14 (ANI): Indonesia is developing at a fast pace; motorbike is the major transportation for people here. Currently, motorbike taxi dispatching service through a Smartphone application is getting popular along with cashless payment. "Aeon mall Jakarta Garden City" is huge shopping center having playground equipment facility, many kinds of restaurants and daily grocery stores. In the weekend, many people spend time here as recreation place by incorporating the style of the Japanese hospitality to entertain the customer first. "Aeon Mall", which is Japanese company that develops and operates huge shopping malls in Asian countries, is paying attention to cashless service and motorbike taxi. "Aeon Mall" held joint press conference to announce partnership with "Go Jek", the company that develops applications for consumer. "Go Jek" is the developer and operator of convenient applications for consumers and many kinds of service related to daily life. Consumer is able t