New Delhi: In a significant development marking a step towards regional de-escalation, the Indian defence forces on Saturday held a high-level press conference to formally announce the cessation of hostilities with Pakistan and to categorically counter the series of falsehoods and disinformation disseminated by the Pakistani military establishment over the past few days. The ceasefire…
Jammu/Pathankot: Seven persons, including a JCO and a BSF trooper, were killed and several others injured in mortar shelling and drone strikes by Pakistani military early Saturday in India’s border districts where debris of unidentified projectiles were also found and a crater was formed in an agricultural field. However, as the day was drawing to…
New Delhi: Hours after India and Pakistan on Saturday reached an understanding on stopping military actions, the arrangement came under severe pressure with New Delhi blaming Islamabad for breaching it. In a media briefing close to midnight, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri called upon Pakistan to take “appropriate steps” to address these violations and deal with…
New Delhi: Pakistan has violated the bilateral understanding reached this afternoon to immediately stop all firings and military actions on land, air and sea, government sources said on Saturday night. This came hours after India announced the understanding following four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes that brought the two countries teetering on…
Guwahati: The India-Bangladesh border in Assam was being actively monitored, and there has been no unnatural activity in the last 10 days, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. Addressing a press conference, Sarma said patrolling has been intensified along the border. “We have not seen any activity along the border during the last…
New Delhi: The government decided on Saturday that India will treat any future act of terror on its soil as an “act of war” and respond accordingly, top official sources said, in a clear warning to Pakistan amid an intensifying conflict with the country following the terrorist attack in Pahalgam. With this decision, the government…
Hyderabad: Just hours before the Miss World pageant was set to begin here, BRS MLC K Kavitha urged the Telangana government to reschedule the event due to the ongoing military conflict between India and Pakistan. Referring to the rescheduling of IPL matches following the tense situation, Kavitha said the state government should also consider postponing…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting with the top defence establishment to take stock of the emerging security situation amid the intensifying military conflict with Pakistan. Modi met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, the three service chiefs and Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan…
New Delhi: As military confrontation between India and Pakistan continued to escalate, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday and apprised him of the current situation, sources said. “The CDS met the defence minister this morning, during which he apprised him of the current situation,” a source said….
New Delhi: India’s approach has always been measured and responsible and remains so, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday after talking to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The phone conversation between Jaishankar and Rubio came as Indian and Pakistani militaries targeted each other’s installations, escalating the already serious confrontations. “Had a conversation…
