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Omar Abdullah detained at US airport for 2 hours for checks
Rediff.com17 Oct 2016The former Jammu-Kashmir chief minister was subjected to a "secondary immigration check" upon his arrival in the United States.
Hate crime charges filed against attackers of Sikh man
Rediff.com15 Oct 2016Khalsa was driving home on the night of September 25 when a group of men in car threw a beer can at his vehicle.
Portugal's Antonio Guterres officially elected as UN secretary general
Rediff.com13 Oct 2016The 15-nation UN Security Council had last week voted for Guterres by acclamation and forwarded his name to the General Assembly.
5 women accuse Trump of sexual assault
Rediff.com13 Oct 2016Trump denied the allegations and said he would sue the NYT if it reported them.
Round 2 of the big US fight goes to Clinton
Rediff.com10 Oct 2016Even though the Democrat nominee won, polls showed that Trump had exceeded expectations.
Pakistan a 'fly-by-night operator', misusing UN: India
Rediff.com9 Oct 2016Minister in India's Permanent Mission to the UN, Srinivas Prasad, strongly rejected remarks made by Pakistan's envoy to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi, in which she had said that the non-implementation of UN Security Council resolutions for a plebiscite in Kashmir is the "most persistent" failure of the UN.
Paris climate pact to enter into force on November 4
Rediff.com6 Oct 2016"This is a momentous occasion," the secretary-general said after the deal was ratified by 72 countries accounting for more than 56 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
UN chief asks India, Pakistan to resolve issues through diplomacy
Rediff.com1 Oct 2016Ban Ki-moon calls on the governments of India and Pakistan to address their "outstanding issues, including regarding Kashmir, peacefully through diplomacy and dialogue". The statement added that Ban's good offices are available to India and Pakistan, if "accepted by both sides".
UN panel hasn't 'directly observed' firing across LoC
Rediff.com1 Oct 2016the UN Secretary General's spokesperson stressed that the UN chief would welcome any proposals to de-escalate the tensions between the nuclear-armed neigbours.
Sushma Swaraj to address UNGA on Monday; strong response to Pakistan expected
Rediff.com25 Sep 2016Swaraj is expected to give a stinging response to Sharif's UN General Assembly speech, in which he had focused elaborately on Kashmir.
Pakistan is 'terrorist state', carries out war crimes: India to UN
Rediff.com22 Sep 2016India said Pakistan was a democracy deficit country and practises terrorism on its own people.
'Down Down Pakistan', 'Free Balochistan' chants for Sharif outside UNGA
Rediff.com22 Sep 2016The protestors converged across the street from the world body's headquarters to condemn atrocities and human rights violations by Pakistan just as Sharif was addressing the General Debate of the General Assembly.
Talks and guns don't go together: India's message to Pak
Rediff.com22 Sep 2016Glorification of Burhan Wani by Pak PM at the world forum is an act of self-incrimination, says M J Akbar.
No peace between India & Pak without resolving Kashmir issue: Sharif
Rediff.com22 Sep 2016Sharif raises Kashmir issue at UNGA, renews plebiscite demand.
Nations engaged in 'proxy wars' must end them, says Obama at UNGA
Rediff.com20 Sep 2016It was Obama's eighth and final address to the UN General Assembly as the US President
Sharif meets Kerry; seeks US intervention in Kashmir
Rediff.com20 Sep 2016Sharif met US Secretary of State John Kerry in New York during which he raised the Kashmir issue.
NY blast suspect arrested after shootout with cops
Rediff.com19 Sep 2016Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man suspected in bombings in New York and New Jersey, is now in custody after a shootout with police, CNN reported.
Day after bombing, New Jersey rocked by explosion
Rediff.com19 Sep 2016The explosion was the second in New Jersey since Sunday. It came as developments continued moving quickly more than 24 hours after a bombing injured 29 people in Manhattan.
India's top women bankers most powerful outside US
Rediff.com13 Sep 2016SBI's Bhattacharya is ranked second on the list, while ICICI's Kochhar is 5th and Axis's Sharma is 19th in the Fortune list
Woman wearing hijab set on fire on New York city street
Rediff.com13 Sep 2016The woman, who has not been identified, was walking on the city's Fifth avenue when an unidentified person set her blouse on fire using a lighter.