Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Police arrested three persons, including two serving Navy personnel in Khurda district, on the charge of extorting money from Agniveer aspirants during a recruitment drive in November 2024, an officer said on Friday. The arrested persons were identified as Satyam Chahar, currently working at INS Kesari, Andaman and Nicobar, Vinay Kumar Ray, presently…
Mumbai: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said terrorists killed people in Pahalgam after asking about their religion, and Hindus would never do such a thing. “We hope for a strong response,” he said at a public event here on Thursday, three days after 26 people, most of them tourists, died in the terrorist attack in…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu will attend the state funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City this week, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. Murmu will pay a two-day visit to Vatican City beginning Friday. “President Droupadi Murmu will be visiting Vatican City on April 25 to 26 to attend the state…
New Delhi: India on Thursday informed Pakistan of its decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance with immediate effect, saying Pakistan has breached the conditions of the treaty. Sustained cross-border terrorism by Pakistan targeting Jammu and Kashmir impedes India’s rights under the Indus Waters Treaty, India’s Secretary of Water Resources, Debashree Mukherjee, said…
New Delhi: Leaders across party lines on Thursday called for decisive action against terrorism and terror camps, and assured the government of their full support, even as some opposition parties flagged security lapses in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, where 26 people were gunned down by terrorists. During an all-party meeting to discuss the April 22…
Madhubani: In a stern message, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India will identify, track, and punish every terrorist and their backers who were responsible for the attack in Pahalgam “beyond their imagination”. “Today, from the soil of Bihar, I say to the whole world that India will identify, track, and punish every terrorist…
Kyiv: A large-scale Russian missile and drone attack hit Kyiv overnight, killing nine people and injuring another 63, including six children, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday. The Kyiv City Military Administration said on its Telegram channel that Russia struck Kyiv with drones and ballistic missiles. Fires were reported in several residential buildings, said Tymur Tkachenko, the…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said the decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty by India after the Pahalgam terror attack heralds a “new era of assertive diplomacy”. He said suspending the treaty is India striking back, as water security is aligned with national security. Terrorists had struck a prime tourist…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday paid respects to Bharath Bhushan, who was shot dead in the terrorist attack at Pahalgam in Jammu-Kashmir, and urged the central government to eliminate terrorists and ensure that such incidents don’t repeat. Asserting that everyone is with the Centre in its action against the terrorists, he, however, reiterated…
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday said it expects Prime Minister Narendra Modi to chair the all-party meeting scheduled for this evening on the Pahalgam terror attack, and take all political parties into confidence as well as build a collective resolve. Congress general secretary in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, said that on the night of…
