Vijayawada: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Wednesday announced state-wide Tiranga rallies in Andhra Pradesh from May 16 to 18 to honour the Pahalgam terror attack victims and support the Centre’s actions that followed. The decision was taken during a Politburo meeting chaired by TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, where…
New Delhi: The Indian military’s top brass highlighted the synergy between the Army, Air Force, and the Navy during Operation Sindoor, officials said on Wednesday. In a gathering of veterans and representatives of various think-tanks, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan, Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh,…
Indore/Bhopal: An FIR was registered against Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah in Indore district on Wednesday night for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Colonel Sofia Qureshi, following the orders of the High Court, an official said. In a post on X, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said instructions were given to take action against…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the killing of 31 Naxalites along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border underscores that the government’s campaign to root out left-wing extremism is moving in the right direction. In a post on X, Modi said his government is committed to establishing peace in the Naxal-affected region and connecting it…
New Delhi: The Congress is a democratic party in which leaders express their views freely, but Shashi Tharoor has crossed the ‘lakshman rekha’ with his repeated comments on the India-Pakistan conflict, party sources said on Wednesday. The sources made the assertion after a meeting of senior leaders, including Tharoor, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Congress…
New Delhi/Beijing: India on Wednesday outrightly rejected as “vain and preposterous” China’s renaming some places in Arunachal Pradesh and said such attempts will not alter the “undeniable” reality that the state “was, is, and will” always remain an integral part of India. New Delhi’s reaction came in response to Beijing announcing Chinese names for 27…
New Delhi: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday claimed US President Donald Trump had volunteered to mediate in the military conflict between India and Pakistan, but New Delhi outrightly rejected any third-party intervention. At a press conference, the president of the Republican Party of India vacillated between praising the opposition for standing with the government…
Lahore: Pakistan and India on Wednesday exchanged one prisoner each — both security personnel — at the Wagah-Attari border, officials here said. Muhammadullah of the Pakistan Rangers was handed over to Pakistani officials by the Border Security Force (BSF) this morning, they said. According to the state media, Muhammadullah inadvertently crossed into India and was…
New Delhi: During the four-day intense military confrontation, the Indian armed forces intercepted and neutralised swarms of Pakistani drones to push back aerial incursions, while teams of cyber warriors on the ground countered digital intrusions and a wave of misinformation. In fact, even before India decimated nine terror camps in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir and Pakistan under Operation…
New Delhi: The CBI is likely to question the senior management of Shapoorji Pollonji Infrastructure Gujarat Private Ltd in connection with an alleged case of bribery of Rs 85 lakh, in which a Commissioner of Income Tax and a company executive were arrested, officials said Wednesday. Viral Kantilal Mehta, deputy general manager (Taxation) of Shapoorji…
