Pune: Professional militaries are not affected by temporary losses as the overall outcomes are much more important than such setbacks, Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said on Tuesday. The top military commander said that Pakistan has been following an approach of bleeding India by a thousand cuts, but New Delhi drew a completely…
New Delhi: Leaders from 16 opposition parties demanded a special session of Parliament on Operation Sindoor in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the INDIA bloc parties held a meeting on the issue in the national capital on Tuesday. Leaders from several parties, including the Congress, Trinamool Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party,…
Imphal: Over 56,000 people have been affected by flash floods triggered by overflowing rivers and embankment breaches in Manipur, an official statement said on Tuesday. It said that 10,477 houses have been damaged and 56,516 174 people affected by the floods. One person went missing after being swept away by a river in Imphal East…
New Delhi: India and Paraguay stand united in the fight against terrorism and there is immense possibility to work unitedly to combat shared challenges such as cybercrime and drug trafficking, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. Modi made the remarks at delegation-level talks with Paraguayan President Santiago Pena Palacios. The Pahalgam terror attack figured…
New Delhi: The Congress blamed the JD(U)-BJP government in Bihar on Monday for a rise in crimes against women in the state and claimed that women are not safe there due to the prevailing law-and-order situation. Addressing a press conference here, All India Mahila Congress president Alka Lamba, along with party leader Garima Mehra, alleged…
New Delhi: Congress leader Salman Khurshid, who is a part of India’s diplomatic mission abroad, on Monday said it is “distressing” that people back home are calculating political allegiances and asked if it is “so difficult to be patriotic”. Khurshid, a former external affairs minister, is part of a delegation led by JD(U) MP Sanjay…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India’s fast-growing aviation sector offers an excellent investment opportunity for leading global companies. Addressing the AGM of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) here, Modi said the country aims to increase the size of the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) segment to USD 4 billion by…
New Delhi: Russia is committed to delivering the remaining units of the S-400 air defence system to India by 2025-2026, the country’s Deputy Chief of Mission in India, Roman Babushkin, said on Monday, highlighting that the system performed “very efficiently” during the recent India-Pakistan tensions. Babushkin also hinted at expanding bilateral cooperation with India in…
New Delhi: In a major tragedy, at least three army personnel were killed and six others went missing after a landslide struck a military camp in Chhaten, near Lachen town in Sikkim’s Mangan district, around 7 pm on Sunday, a defence official said on Monday. The landslide was triggered by intense and continuous rainfall in…
Gandhinagar (Gujarat): The BJP has announced its candidates for the assembly byelection in Kadi and Visavadar constituencies in Gujarat. Rajendrabhai Daneshwar Chavda will contest from Kadi, while Kiritbhai Balubhai Patel will contest from Visavadar on BJP tickets. According to the Election Commission, the last date for filing nominations is June 2, 2025. The date for…
