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China on Monday opposed any unilateral actions that complicate the situation’ in Jammu and Kashmir as it maintained that the issue should be “peacefully resolved based on the UN Charter, relevant UN Security Council resolutions and bilateral agreements.” China also said that it was paying close attention to the “current situation in Jammu and Kashmir.’ The remarks were made in a joint statement after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s two-day visit to Pakistan. The two sides exchanged views on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistani side briefed the Chinese side “on the situation, including its concerns, position, and…

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath along with his ministers took lessons on leadership, governance, and management at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) here on Sunday. Yogi and his entire ministerial team took several lessons from senior faculty at the business school as a part of a three-days long leadership development program, Manthan. The session ran from 8 am to 6 pm with the ministers holding group discussions on management and execution of government schemes. The major aim is to develop leadership capacity and achieve goals of good governance. This program ran through 10 hours but there was no sign of…

With the Left-unity on the verge of sweeping the Jawaharlal Nehru Student’s Union (JNUSU) elections, Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s (ABVP) presidential candidate, Manish Jangid has alleged that their fight was not with the students but with the Left-wing teachers in the university. “ABVP’s fight is not with the students this time but with the teachers of the Left-wing, the comrades in the faculty. Teachers have threatened students in the chambers. ABVP has gotten close to 1128 votes this time. It is also the only organization that is fighting on its own: Jangid told here. After the counting of 5050 votes,…

A two-year-old girl died after falling into an overflowing drain in Phanda village of Bhopal, earlier on Sunday. The deceased is identified as Anushka, daughter of Choturam. The incident took place while she went with her elder sister and other friends for playing at a nearby drain. However, she accidentally fell into it. Locals retrieved her and she was rushed to the nearby hospital. However, she was declared dead in the hospital. Follow us on Twitter – twitter.com/StarvisionN Like & Follow us on Facebook – www.facebook.com/starvisionnewsenglish

A strong typhoon with a record level of gusts and torrential rains is expected to make landfall near Tokyo by early Monday morning, reported NHK. The Izu Island chain and part of Shizuoka Prefecture are under the typhoon storm zone. The authorities have issues alert for landslides and other disasters. Japan’s meteorological agency said that Typhoon Faxai was 100 kilometers off Izu Oshima Island and is heading north-northwest at 25 km per hour. Evacuation advisories have been issued for more than 40,000 households or more than 1,00,000 in parts of Kanagawa, Shizuoka prefectures and Tokyo metropolitan areas Extremely rough seas…

Despite President Donald Trump announcing the decision to call off US-Taliban peace talks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said that the administration is still working toward a deal and but it will not proceed until the Taliban delivers on its commitments. The United States’ move came after the Taliban last week took the responsibility for the attack in Kabul in which 10 people, including an American soldier, were killed. Earlier in the day, Trump announced that he is calling off the peace negotiations with the Taliban and is also canceling a ‘secret meeting” with the Taliban representatives at…

Authorities here on Sunday suspended mobile services in Karachi and Nawabshah as part of security measures during Muharram processions. Sindh government has confirmed that mobile service was suspended in 245 areas in Karachi. The province’s Home Department Secretary Abdul Kabir Qazi said that cellular signals were jammed in the areas which are flashpoints” and where major processions and ‘majlis’ (gatherings) are held. The service will be suspended in all areas where processions have been planned, including small towns, reported Dawn. Security has been beefed up in the province to prevent any untoward incidents. Around 70,000 police personnel have been deployed…

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday embarked on an official nine-day visit to Iceland, Switzerland, and Slovenia to enhance India’s political and economic ties with the three European countries. The President, accompanied by his wife Savita Kovind left for Iceland on Sunday evening. Kovind will arrive in Iceland and will hold talks with his Icelandic counterpart Gudni Th. Johannesson and Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir. He will also deliver a lecture at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik on ‘India-Iceland partnership towards making a greener planet’. The second leg of the visit to Switzerland will begin on September 11. The President…

President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel Afghan peace talks will cost more American lives, the Taliban said on Sunday while the United States promised to keep up military pressure on the militants, in a stunning reversal of efforts to forge a deal ending nearly 20 years of war in Afghanistan. The Islamist group issued a statement hours after Trump unexpectedly canceled planned secret talks with the Taliban’s “major leaders” at the presidential compound in Camp David, Maryland. He broke off the talks after the Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack in Kabul last week that killed an American soldier and…

Hong Kong police have fired teargas to disperse protesters in the upmarket Causeway Bay shopping district after demonstrators rallied at the US consulate calling on Donald Trump to “liberate” the territory. Police had clashed with protesters in the Central district as the demonstrations in Hong Kong entered their 14th week. Protesters dispersed to nearby Admiralty, the bar district of Wan Chai and on to Causeway Bay. On Sunday evening activists set up barricades, smashed windows, started street fires and vandalized the mass transit railway (MTR) station in Central. Home to banks, jewelry shops, and luxury shopping arcades, the area was awash with graffiti, broken…