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No OIC member offered to mediate between India and Pakistan: Economic Relations Secretary TS Trimurti

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Mar 1 (ANI): While addressing a press conference in United Arab Emirates's (UAE) Abu Dhabi today, Secretary of Economic Relations in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), TS Trimurti said, "External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj has a series of bilateral meetings with her counterparts including Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Maldives etc. EAM to also call on Foreign Minister of UAE." "2019 is a very special year since OIC is celebrating its golden jubilee, UAE is celebrating 2019 as the year of tolerance and India is celebrating 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi," he added. On being asked if any Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member country offered to mediate between India and Pakistan, he stated that no OIC member has offered to mediate.

To save humanity, we have to stop providing shelter to terrorists: EAM Swaraj at OIC meet

Abu Dhabi (UAE), Mar 01 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addressed at Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conclave as the Guest of Honour. While delivering her speech, EAM Swaraj said, "I come from land of Mahatma Gandhi where every prayer ends with call for 'shanti' that is peace for all. I convey our best wishes, support and solidarity in your quest for stability, peace, harmony, economic growth and prosperity for your people and world: She further added, "If we want to save humanity, we must tell the states who provide shelter and funding to terrorists, to dismantle the infrastructure of the terrorist camps and stop providing shelter and funding to the terror organisations based in that country".

Fight against terror is not confrontation against any religion: EAM Swaraj at OIC meet

Abu Dhabi (UAE), Mar 01 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addressed at Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conclave as the Guest of Honour. While delivering her speech, EAM Swaraj said, "Terrorism is destroying lives, destabilising regions and putting the world at great peril. Terror reach is growing and the toll it is taking is rising. Terrorism in each case is driven by distortion of religion. Fight against terror is not a confrontation against any religion. Just as Islam means peace, none of the 99 names of Allah mean violence. Similarly every religion stands for peace".

I represent the land that is mountain of knowledge, beacon of peace, home to many religions: EAM Swaraj

Abu Dhabi (UAE), Mar 01 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addressed at Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conclave as the Guest of Honour. While delivering her speech, EAM Swaraj said, "I'm honoured to join colleagues from nations that represent a great religion and ancient civilisations. I stand here as representative of land that has been mountain of knowledge, beacon of peace, source of faith and traditions, home to many religions and one of the major economies. I carry the greetings of my PM Narendra Modi and 1.3 billion Indians, including more than 185 million Muslim brothers and sisters. Our Muslim brothers and sisters are microcosm of the diversity of India".

India shares much with OIC members including dark days of colonialism: EAM Swaraj

Abu Dhabi (UAE), Mar 01 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addressed at Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) conclave as the Guest of Honour. While delivering her speech, EAM Swaraj said, "OIC members constitute 1/4th of the United Nations and almost a quarter of humanity. India shares much with you, many of us have shared dark days of colonialism. Many of us saw the light of freedom and ray of hope at the same time, we have stood together in solidarity in our quest for dignity and equality".

Sushma Swaraj reaches Abu Dhabi to address OIC conclave

Abu Dhabi (UAE), March 1 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj reached Abu Dhabi on Friday. She will attend the 46th Foreign Ministers Meeting of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as the Guest of Honour. EAM will also address Inaugural Plenary and hold bilateral meetings.

Terrorism worst form of human rights violation, says Indian Ambassador to Nepal

Kathmandu (Nepal), Feb 28 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to Nepal has said the terrorism is the worst form of human rights violation. He was speaking at an event organized to commemorate the fallen paramilitary policemen of Pulwama attack. Addressing the candlelight vigil event, Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri recalled the sacrifice made by fallen soldiers of Pulwama attack and said terrorism can never can be justified. The candlelight vigil ceremony organized inside the Pension Wing of the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu was attended by pensioners, staff of the embassy and representatives from various missions in Nepal.

JCB supported snow festival in Japan

Sapporo (Japan), Feb 28 (ANI): "Sapporo Snow Festival", is one of the well-known annual winter events in that is held in Sapporo city in Japan. Tourists from around the world gather to witness this event that showcases unique snow arts. The number of tourists coming to Hokkaido is increasing with each passing year and "JCB" which is one of the original credit card companies in Japan that is offering large number of preferential services for foreign members. "DAIMARU" is one of the most popular department stores in Sapporo city. A credit card company, JCB is currently running a campaign called "Lucky Draw Campaign!" at Tax Refund Counter for international JCB members. Customers have the chance to earn JCB gift cards worth up to 20,000 yen or other prizes, on spends worth 20,000 yen using their JCB card in Japan. Rera Outlet Mall in Chitose city is another spot in Hokkaido that provides special offers for JCB customers. By spending more than 3000 yen using the JCB card at any outlet in

'Reasonably attractive' news coming from India, Pakistan: Trump

Hanoi (Vietnam), Feb 28 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday said there was "reasonably attractive" news from India and Pakistan and hoped that it's "going to come to an end". "I think reasonably attractive news from Pakistan and India, they've been going at it and we have been involved and have them stop, we have some reasonably decent news, hopefully it's going to be coming to an end, going on for a long time, decades and decades," Trump said in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Working closely with UNSC to de-escalate tensions between India-Pakistan: Theresa May

London (United Kingdom), Feb 27 (ANI): United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May addressed parliament over the rising tension between India and Pakistan. She said, "UK is deeply concerned about rising tensions between India and Pakistan and urgently calls for restraint on both sides to avoid further escalation. We're in regular contact with both the countries, urging dialogue and diplomatic solutions to ensure regional stability." Indicating towards international mediation between the two countries, she added, "We are working closely with international partners including through the UN Security Council to de-escalate tensions and are monitoring developments closely and considering implications for British nationals."

We are ready for talks on terrorism: Pak PM Imran Khan

Islamabad (Pakistan), Feb 27 (ANI): Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan addressed his nation and neighbouring country, India following the aerial strike by Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). He explained the situation of war in both the countries to his countrymen. Further addressing India he said, "All wars in world history have been miscalculated; those who started the wars did not know where it will end. So, I want to ask India, with the weapons you and we have, can we afford miscalculation." Inviting India for peace talks, he added, "If a war takes place, it will not be in my or Narendra Modi's control. If you want any kind of talks on terrorism, we are ready. Better sense must prevail. We should sit down and talk."

Festival of India in Nepal: Punjabi folk dance turns heads in Kathmandu

Kathmandu (Nepal), Feb 27 (ANI): The third event of the 'Festival of India' in Nepal saw a contemporary folk Punjabi dance performance on Tuesday (February 26) at the Nepal academy hall. The performance by Harinder Pal and troop was a part of the month-long festival organised by the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Embassy of India, Kathmandu and the Indian Ministry of Culture. Nepal's Minister for the Physical Infrastructure and Transport along with his spouse were the chief guests at the event. India and Nepal share unique bonds of friendship characterized by deep rooted people-to-people ties. Since millennia, people of both India and Nepal have nurtured common heritage of art, music and cinema. These cultural bonds have built a solid bridge of friendship and understanding among the people of our two nations. The Festival of India in Nepal aims to strengthen the existing age-old relations, reinforcing sensibilities, affinities and shared cultural bonds between the people of the two

China believes 'Pakistan always opposed to terrorism'

Wuzhen (China), Feb 27 (ANI): China on Wednesday said that it believes that Pakistan has "always been opposed" to terrorism and that both India and Pakistan should exercise restraint and avoid escalation of the situation. "Russia, China and India reaffirmed strong opposition to terrorism. At same time we (China) believe Pakistan has always been opposed to terrorism. China appreciates statements from Indian and Pakistan friends saying they will exercise restraint and avoid escalation of situation." Wang Yi, China's Foreign Minister said at the RIC (Russia-India-China) forum.

Terror outfits like JeM part of Pakistan's 'security apparatus': Sindhi Political Activist

London, Feb 27 (ANI): As India conducted air strikes in Pakistan's Balakot to destroy the biggest terror camp of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), World Sindhi Congress said it is important for the world to understand that terror outfits like JeM are not "proxies" of Pakistan and rather are a part of the country's "security apparatus". "It is really important for us and the world to understand that these extremist outfits which we call proxies of Pakistan. They are not proxies. They are part of Pakistan's security apparatus," said Lakhu Luhana, General Secretary of World Sindhi Congress.

Objective of IAF strike was to act decisively against terrorist infrastructure of JeM: Sushma Swaraj

Wuzhen (China), Feb 27 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said that the strike carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) camps in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) was to act decisively against terrorist infrastructure of JeM. Speaking during the 16th Foreign Ministers Meeting of Russia-India-China (RIC) in China's Wuzhen, Swaraj said, "Following the Pulwama terrorist attack, Pakistan denied any knowledge of the attack and out rightly dismissed claims by JeM. In the light of continued refusal of Pakistan to acknowledge and act against terror groups on its territory and based on credible information that JeM was planning other attacks in various parts of India, the government of India decided to take pre-emptive action. It wasn't a military operation, no military installation were targeted. The limited objective of the pre-emptive strike was to act decisively against terrorist infrastructure of JeM to pre-empt another terror attack

EAM Swaraj meets Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in China's Wuzhen

Wuzhen (China), Feb 27 (ANI): Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Wuzhen and held a bilateral meeting with State Councilor and Yi before attending the 16th Foreign Ministers Meeting of Russia-India-China (RIC). During the meeting Swaraj said, "India-China relations, as you said, is an important relationship for both of our countries. We have made substantial progress in our relations since the informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in Wuhan in April 2018. It is important to both sides to ensure thorough and effective implementation of the guidance given by our leaders. Both sides have made good efforts in this regard and we should sustain this effort. The decision taken by our leaders to maintain strategic communication between them, provide an important foundation for the development of our bilateral relation. This channel of strategic communication between the two of us should always

Surgical strike 'Hindustan ki janta ko mubarak ho': Baloch activist Naela Quadri Baloch

Vancouver (Canada), Feb 26 (ANI): Naela Quadri Baloch, Baloch political activist congratulated Indians on the air strike of Indian Air Force (IAF) on terror launch pads of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in PoK. She saw the whole incident as a ray of hope for terror stricken citizens of Pakistan and Afghanistan. She said, "We Baloch stand with the Indians. Just like you, we are also suffering from the terrorism of Pakistan every day. We are the first ones to suffer from the policies of death of these people. The silence from India increased the terror issue. The surgical strike 2.0 is a move against terrorism. It would not give peace to only India but people from Afghanistan, Balochistan and Sindh also know that this is the time to fight terrorism."

Pakistan is not only producing terrorism, but also exporting it: Pashtun journalist

Heidelberg (Germany), Feb 26 (ANI): Aurangzeb Khan Zalmay, Editor of The Pashtun Times condemned the Pulwama terrorist attack. Being a Pashtun himself, Aurangzeb said that the Pashtun welcome surgical strike conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF). He said, "Being a Pashtun I condemn the Pulwama terrorist attack. After this attack we saw Indians sinking into grief. It was an irreversible loss for Indian jawans. As far as the recent surgical strike is concerned, Pashtun welcome this attack. Pashtun in Pakistan are tired of the atrocities of Pakistani militaries upon Pashtuns. Not only Pashtuns, but also Baloch and Sindhis are suffering from these atrocities. Pakistan is not only producing terrorism, but Pakistan is also exporting terrorism to the world. People want to get rid of terrorism."

People in Kathmandu protest outside Pakistan Embassy over Pulwama attack

Kathmandu (Nepal), Feb 25 (ANI): People staged strong demonstration outside Pakistan Embassy in Kathmandu over Pulwama attack. Security forces were called to control the agitators. Protests have erupted in different parts of the world against Pakistan over deadly terrorist attack in JandK's Pulwama.

Trump, Kim likely to hold joint press conference during Hanoi Summit

New Delhi, Feb 25 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un are expected to address a joint press conference after the much-anticipated second summit between Washington and Pyongyang, reports Yonhap News Agency. The second summit, slated to be held in Hanoi on February 27 and 28, comes after the first landmark US-North Korea summit was held in Singapore in June last year. North Korea had agreed to completely denuclearise during the first meeting - a move which was hailed as a major stride by the international community. The United States has, until now, reinforced that relief in sanctions would only be given after North Korea carries out complete denuclearisation.Both the sides aim at working towards the concretisation of steps for a peaceful Korean Peninsula, including complete denuclearisation, when Kim sits down with Trump in Hanoi this week.