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Law and order: Pakistan is the world’s “third worst” country, says WJP

October 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a dubious distinction, the World Justice Project (WJP) has ranked Pakistan at number 140, as the “third-worst” nation in terms of law and order, among the 142 countries surveyed. Mali and Nigeria are the only countries ranked lower than Pakistan in terms of law and security. The WJP Rule […]

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Pakistan: Ex-PM Imran’s wife Bushra gets bail, released, in Toshakhana case

October 24, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Bushra Bibi, the controversial wife of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, was released from prison nearly nine months after the couple was sentenced in a case linked to the illegal sale of state gifts, the media reported on Thursday. While Khan has remained behind bars since August […]

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Roving Periscope: “Quit by Oct 28… or else,” angry Liberals MPs’ ultimatum to Trudeau

October 24, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid the continuing crisis with India, and after last week’s reports that several Liberal MPs asked Justin Trudeau to resign, a fresh rebellion broke out in the ruling party on Wednesday when at least 24 of his party lawmakers, panicked at the prospects of losing power next year—or even before—demanded the […]

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Roving Periscope: Now, British PM Starmer denies ‘interfering’ in US presidential polls!

October 23, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Responding to Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign’s accusation that his Labour Party is ‘interfering’ in the US presidential election, scheduled for November 5, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer downplayed it, saying on Wednesday that his party’s “volunteers” had gone to America even in previous presidential elections. The Trump campaign filed […]

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BRICS’24: “No place for double standards in countering terror,” says PM Modi

October 23, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Emphasizing the need to prevent the youth from radicalization, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday flagged the war on terrorism, reiterating India’s support for dialogue and diplomacy, not war, to sort out issues. “To counter terrorism and terror financing, we need the single-minded and firm support of all… there is […]

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Ukraine: PM Modi meets Putin, reiterates India’s position on war

October 22, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Hours after he landed in Russia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reiterated India’s position that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict should be resolved peacefully and New Delhi is ready to provide all possible cooperation towards it. The war started with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and has since […]

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Canada: “No role in Nijjar murder case,” says recalled Indian envoy SK Verma

October 21, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While Canada has named him as a ‘person of interest,’ recalled Indian High Commissioner to Ottawa Sanjay Kumar Verma has strongly denied his involvement in the murder of a Khalistani Sikh leader in British Columbia in 2023. Verma, and five other diplomats whom New Delhi recalled last week—although Ottawa claimed […]

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Roving Periscope: Infested with terrorists, Canada turning into Pakistan-II

October 19, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Canada, like Pakistan, may have turned into a proxy of the USA, becoming America’s toolkit for geopolitical manipulations, harboring ‘non-state actors’ against unfavorable elected governments, and attempting a regime change. With the tacit support of Washington and London, Ottawa’s recent brinkmanship against New Delhi is an example of how nations […]

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Roving Periscope: After using Canada as a proxy against India, the US tries to frame an ex-Indian official in the Pannun case

October 18, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: On May 2, 2011, the US Navy SEALs shot and killed Osama bin Laden, who founded the Islamist terror group al-Qaeda, at his compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. The US charged Osama, born in Saudi Arabia and studied in the United States and the United Kingdom, with masterminding the […]

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Canada: India tightens screws, singles out Trudeau for damaging bilateral ties

October 17, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the buffeted Justine Trudeau, ahead of the next year’s parliamentary elections, acknowledging that he had no hard evidentiary proof when he alleged the involvement of the Indian government’s “agents” in the Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing, New Delhi has hardened its stance against Ottawa and singled out the current Prime […]