Trump’s deal with Pakistan raises a big question: Does India’s arch-rival really have large oil reserves? Here’s what we know

Trump’s deal with Pakistan raises a big question: Does India’s arch-rival really have large oil reserves? Here’s what we know

Just hours after slapping 25% tariffs on India, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a new energy deal with Pakistan on Wednesday, framing it as a joint project to tap what he called the country’s “massive oil reserves.” Trump’s remarks, shared on Truth Social, included a surprising hint: that Pakistan might one day sell oil to … Read more

J&K High Court seeks MHA response on long-term visa status of deported Pakistan woman

J&K High Court seeks MHA response on long-term visa status of deported Pakistan woman

Rakshanda Rashid’s daughter Fatima Sheikh had told The Hindu earlier that her mother was taken to the Attari border in Punjab by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and expelled from the country on April 28. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday (July 10, 2025) sought a response … Read more

Aaditya Thackeray slams BJP for clearing Pakistan to play in hockey tournament

Aaditya Thackeray slams BJP for clearing Pakistan to play in hockey tournament

Shivsena UBT leader Aaditya Thackeray. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray slammed the Centre on Friday (July 4, 2025) for allegedly providing a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to Pakistan to participate in the Hockey Asia Cup tournament being held in Bihar. Questioning the double standards of the BJP-led Central government, … Read more

बॉर्डर एक, दुश्मन तीन… पाकिस्तान को आगे कर भारत से लड़ रहे थे तुर्की और चीन?

बॉर्डर एक, दुश्मन तीन… पाकिस्तान को आगे कर भारत से लड़ रहे थे तुर्की और चीन?

भारतीय सेना के डिप्टी चीफ ने शुक्रवार को एक बहुत बड़ा खुलासा किया. इसके बाद ये बात सामने आई है कि भारत ऑपरेशन सिंदूर के बाद एक ही फ्रंट पर तीन-तीन दुश्मनों से एक साथ लड़ रहा था. एक साथ तीन दुश्मनों से लड़ना आसान नहीं होता, लेकिन भारत ने तीनों को ना सिर्फ धूल … Read more

Suicide attack kills 16 soldiers in Pakistan

Suicide attack kills 16 soldiers in Pakistan

A suicide attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed 16 soldiers and wounded more than two dozen people, including civilians, local government officials and police officers told AFP. “A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy,” said a local government official in North Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, who asked not … Read more

5 children among 14 injured in mortar shell explosion in Pakistan

5 children among 14 injured in mortar shell explosion in Pakistan

At least fourteen people including five children were injured on Saturday as a mortar shell fired from an undisclosed location hit a house in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan border, according to sources. The mortar shell exploded in the house in the Kachhi Kamar village of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Kurram district, partially damaging it. … Read more

Not an ideal democratic government: Khawaja Asif praises Pak’s hybrid model

Not an ideal democratic government: Khawaja Asif praises Pak’s hybrid model

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and a close aide of ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) president and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said the country is being governed under a “hybrid model” in which the military enjoys the major power share. This is the second time this week that Asif, a prominent member of … Read more

Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan shares stage with JuD leaders at a rally

Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan shares stage with JuD leaders at a rally

Pakistan‘s Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan has shared the stage with top leaders of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) at a rally organised by the banned group led by Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. Khan, a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader who reportedly has close ties with the military, attended the rally in Kasur on … Read more

Top military officials from India, Pakistan share views at Shangri-La Dialogue

Top military officials from India, Pakistan share views at Shangri-La Dialogue

In this image via X/@HQ_IDS_India, Sunday, June 1, 2025, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan interacts with General Romeo S. Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines, on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. The two discussed defence cooperation, maritime security, and strategic collaboration in the Indo-Pacific. | Photo … Read more