New Delhi: India has has no problem in issuing visas to Pakistani artistes, a Union Home Ministry official said on Friday. File photo of Home Minister Rajnath Singh. “Government of India has no problem in giving visa to any Pakistani artiste,” a Home Ministry official told IANS. “We have no problem in granting visas. If a person applies for visa and he fulfills the conditions, he gets it. It’s not that we don’t have to... 

File Photo – PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping BEIJING, CHINA: In China, the state-run media is continuing a sharply critical analysis of India’s bid to enter the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG, which was thwarted by Beijing last month. A state-run daily today said India is “still stuck in the 1962 war mindset” as it called for a more objective evaluation of Beijing’s stand. “The Indian public... 

India strongly believes that its economic growth must bring benefits to its neighbours, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as a stadium in Jaffna renovated by India was jointly inaugurated by him along with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. While thanking India for its assistance, Sirisena said Lanka was committed to strengthening bilateral relations even though there may be wrong understandings and interpretations at times. “landmark... 

As India rejects every second Pakistani visa application, the percentage of applications  rejected reaches a whopping 53 percent, as compared to the 24 percent rejection rate in  2015 and 17 percent in 2014. India rejects 50% visa applications from Pakistan The increase in the number of declined visas led the Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale to look into the reasons for all the requests being turned down. “I would be grateful if... 

Buzzing LIVE news for Delhi Assembly elections result 2013: Arvind Kejriwal defeats three-time CM Sheila Dikshit in New Delhi constituency by 22,000 votes Sheila Dikshit, Delhi’s chief minister for 15 years, resigned after the Congress was routed in assembly elections, with she herself set to lose to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal. Dikshit submitted her resignation to Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung as vote count showed that the Congress...