Srinagar: Pakistan’s nuclear weapons should be brought under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency as they are not safe in such a rogue nation, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. The defence minister’s comments came days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India would not tolerate “nuclear blackmail” by Pakistan and would…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday supported the calls for boycotting trade and tourism with Turkey, saying Indians understand that their hard-earned money should not be spent on those helping enemies of the country. Chandrasekhar said that India had reached out to help Turkey during the earthquake there through its ‘Operation Dost’ in…
Imphal: At least 10 militants were killed in a gunfight with an Assam Rifles unit in Manipur’s Chandel district, officials said. The operation is still in progress, they said. The Army’s Eastern Command said in a post on X on Wednesday, “Acting on specific intelligence on movement of armed cadres near the New Samtal village, Khengjoy…
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…
