Beijing: The Chinese military Thursday declined to comment on the performance of China-made weapons used by Pakistan in the recent conflict with India. Chinese Defence Ministry Spokesperson Sr. Col. Zhang Xiaogang also played down the reports of India recovering an unexploded PL-15E, a radar-guided beyond visual range missile, stated to be the most advanced rocket…
Panama City: Amid Congress leaders’ swipes at him over his ‘surgical strike’ remarks, party leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said that for those “zealots” fulminating about his supposed ignorance of Indian valour across the LoC, he was “clearly and explicitly” speaking only about reprisals for terrorist attacks and not about previous wars. Tharoor said his…
Moscow: Russia has proposed the next round of peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. Amid speculations about the Vatican or Geneva being the possible venue for the next round of talks with Ukraine, Russia has preferred Turkiye’s Istanbul, which was the venue of earlier…
Singapore/Paris/Kinshaw: All-party parliamentary delegations on Tuesday made it clear that India will not tolerate any nuclear blackmail and will strike precisely and decisively at the terrorist hideouts developing under the cover of nuclear blackmail. During a meeting with Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs, Sim Ann in the city-state, the…
Riyadh: Former Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is part of an all-party delegation to the Gulf region, has been admitted to a hospital and is now under medical supervision, BJP MP Baijayant Jay Panda said on Tuesday. “Halfway into our delegation’s tour, Shri @ghulamnazad has had to be admitted to the hospital. He is…
Paris: France on Tuesday reiterated its solidarity with India in the fight against terrorism emanating from Pakistan and agreed that the democratic world needs to speak in one voice on this issue, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said after the Paris leg of his all-party delegation’s visit to European capitals. The nine-member delegation was joined…
Paris: BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad exhorted members of the Indian community in France to make every effort to showcase Brand India as a beacon of peace that is fighting against the global curse of terrorism. Addressing a gathering of community leaders and prominent members of the Indian diaspora in Paris on Monday evening, the…
Seoul/Kuwait City/Paris: All-party parliamentary delegations Monday briefed leaders of South Korea, Kuwait, Qatar, DR Congo, and Slovenia on India’s renewed doctrine of responding firmly to any act of terrorism and sought their support in bringing to justice the perpetrators, financiers, and supporters of terrorism. A nine-member delegation, led by JD(U) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha, met…
Georgetown: Guyana’s Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Prime Minister Mark Phillips have reiterated their country’s unwavering support to India‘s fight against terrorism, as an all-party parliamentary delegation led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor met them to brief them on India‘s position on the issue. The Indian delegation arrived here on Sunday morning. The delegation called…
Ottawa: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday had a telephonic conversation with his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand, and the two leaders discussed strengthening the relationship between the two countries. Indo-Canadian Anand, 58, was appointed as Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs earlier this month in a Cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney almost…
