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
NEW DELHI: The Sino-Pak attempt to internationalise the Kashmir issue through the United Nations has once again met with a failure, after a UN Security Council meeting, convened by China to discuss the matter under ‘Any Other Business’, ended without any outcome. “Pakistan’s attempts to internationalise this issue through the United Nations has once again … Read more
Amid the border tension with China, NCP President Sharad Pawar has said China is a “bigger threat to India” than Pakistan. China’s military might is “ten times greater” than India, the former defence minister said, adding that Beijing has “weaned away” India’s neighbours to its side. The Centre should try to put international pressure on … Read more
By Swapan Dasgupta It is unlikely that anyone in the Indian government seriously considers the terms of the India-China military disengagement in the Ladakh sector of the Line of Actual Control to be anything but a temporary truce. While agreeing to halt its creeping aggression in the short run, China has also made it clear … Read more
NEW DELHI: India Thursday said it was exploring legal options in the case relating to Indian death-row convict Kulbhushan Jadhav, a day after Pakistan claimed that he refused to file a review petition against his sentence by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage. “At this stage, we are assessing our legal options. We … Read more