NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday welcomed the Centre’s decision to bring in Shashi Tharoor to lead a delegation of MPs tasked with exposing Pakistan-sponsored terrorism on international platforms.Taking to X, the Kerala Congress claimed that the government chose Tharoor for the role due to a “talent vacuum” within the BJP, asserting that the nation…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday was irked by successive attempts through PIL to stop alleged deportation of Rohingya Muslims within a fortnight and told senior advocate Colin Gonsalves that he can’t be filing PIL after PIL on the same issue without any new fact to seek modification of SC’s May 8 decision refusing…
A proposed US bill, dubbed ‘The One Big Beautiful Bill,’ threatens to impose a 5% remittance tax on non-US citizens, including H-1B and green card holders, sending money abroad. This could significantly impact the Indian diaspora, who remit approximately $32 billion annually to India. If enacted, Indians in the US could face a $1. Its…
External affairs minister S Jaishankar NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar reiterated Thursday that the only issue which remains to be discussed on Kashmir is return of part of J&K that is under the illegal occupation of Pakistan (POK), while underlining that Indus Waters Treaty will remain in abeyance till Pakistan stops promoting cross-border…
NEW DELHI: Armed forces on Thursday gunned down three terrorists in an encounter in Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir‘s Pulwama.“Three terrorists killed in encounter in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir,” officials told.This comes days after three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists were killed in an encounter with the armed forces under Operation Keller in ShopianThe killed…
Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah INDORE: Almost five hours after the deadline set by the MP high court, the Madhya Pradesh police at 11.10 pm on Wednesday filed an FIR against state minister Vijay Shah for endangering sovereignty of the nation and making assertions on a class of people likely to cause disharmony. Shah, who…
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday refuted China’s claim on Arunachal Pradesh and strongly objected to its attempt to rename places in the state.Ministry of external affairs, in an official statement, reiterated that China’s “creative naming” will not alter the undeniable reality that Arunachal Pradesh is and will always remain an integral and inalienable part of…
Chinese military on Monday addressed the reports claiming that it sent its largest military cargo plane with arms supplies to Pakistan during its offensive against India last week. The People’s Liberation Army Air Force called it a “rumour” and warned of legal action against those behind this.In a statement published on the official website of…
Pakistan violated ceasefire, hours after reaching agreement NEW DELHI: After three nights of intense aerial warfare, India and Pakistan reached an understanding to end the fighting that President Donald Trump claimed was “mediated” by the US, but which India insisted was achieved bilaterally through director general of military operations (DGMO)-level talks initiated by the Pakistani…
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday blamed Pakistan for violation of the ceasefire deal earlier in the day between the DGMOs of the two countries and said Indian armed forces have been given instructions to deal strongly with any instances of repetition of the violations along LoC and international border. “An understanding was reached this evening…
