NEW DELHI: India on Thursday hit out at Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issues at a virtual meeting of multilateral grouping CICA, and advised Islamabad to cease its “overt and covert” support to cross-border terrorism. In a sharp reaction, the Ministry of External Affairs said Pakistan has misused another forum by continuing its “spurious narrative” … Read more
INDORE: Eleven Sindhi community men with a refugee status in India are stranded in Pakistan along with their newly married wives due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown and end of their visa term. Their families originally hail from Pakistan but they are now settled in different Indian cities though they are yet to be granted citizenship. … Read more
New Delhi: The Armed Forces Tribunal has stayed proceedings against two senior officers accused of shooting down a Mi 17V5 chopper over Budgam erroneously after the Balakot airstrikes last year. The AFT said that prime facie there appeared to be faults in the court of inquiry process. The principal bench of the tribunal has asked … Read more
New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s eleventh hour decision to cancel his visit to all weather ally Pakistan has raised eyebrows and many in the South Asia neighbourhood, rattled by the People’s Liberation Army moves along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in India’s Eastern border in the Himalayan region, believe there is more than … Read more
NEW DELHI: France backed USA, UK, Germany and Belgium on Wednesday blocked Pakistani efforts to designate two Indian nationals, under 1267 sanctions committee of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Pakistan had initiated a move in the UNSC with China’s support to designate four Indians as terror operatives. Earlier Sino-Pakistani efforts failed to designate two … Read more
India is unlikely to send a tri-services military contingent to take part in a multilateral war game in Russia next month which is to be participated by China and Pakistan, government sources said on Saturday. Last week India had conveyed to Russia that it will participate in the strategic command-post exercise to be held in … Read more
JAMMU: A top BSF official said on Saturday that a major underground tunnel that was found in Samba, originating from Pakistan, was constructed with the knowledge and “hand” of the neighbouring nation. The remarks of BSF Inspector General (Jammu frontier) N S Jamwal came after the Border Security Force (BSF) detected a tunnel just beneath … Read more
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the UN following Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to UN (New York), Munir Akram’s claim on Twitter that he presented a statement at the Security Council on a day the UN’s highest body was not open to non-members. ET had first reported on Tuesday that in a … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a significant decision, Bangladesh has decided to construct a monument for the Indian soldiers who died in 1971 during the country’s struggle for independence from Pakistan. This comes amid Dhaka’s push to reinforce ties with India notwithstanding recent efforts by Beijing and Islamabad to woo it. Bangladesh War Liberation Minister Mozammel Haque … Read more
A large section of the global young population led by India is confident of their future despite lower salaries and the possibility of a further hit on jobs and income due to the Covid-19 pandemic as they are prepared to adopt to a new world to work harder and use digital technologies, a survey by … Read more