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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Reiterates Message of Peace at Colombian Parliament

Columbia:  Spiritual leader Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addressed the Colombian Parliament in Bogotá, revisiting the city where he had earlier played a pivotal role in Colombia’s historic peace process. His 2015 peace intervention, which helped bring about a truce between the FARC rebels and the Colombian government after a 50-year conflict, formed the backdrop…

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India, France begin joint military exercise ‘Shakti’

New Delhi:  A joint exercise between the militaries of India and France, aimed at enhancing operational coordination and focused on joint operations in a sub-conventional environment, began on Thursday, officials said. The eighth edition of the biennial Indo-French ‘Exercise Shakti’ commenced at Camp Larzac, La Cavalerie in France. The Indian Army contingent, comprising 90 personnel,…

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Khalistani extremists using Canada as base for violence in india: Canadian intelligence report

New Delhi:  Politically motivated violent extremism threat in Canada since mid-1980s has manifested through Khalistani extremists seeking to use violent means to create an independent nation state called Khalistan within India’s Punjab, a report by Ottawa’s intelligence agency has said. It said a small group of Khalistani extremists are continuing to use Canada as a…

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