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 York: India appears to have had a “clear edge” in targeting Pakistan’s military facilities and airfields during the recent four-day confrontation, the New York Times reported, citing satellite images. High-resolution satellite imagery, from before and after the strikes, shows “clear damage” to Pakistan’s facilities by Indian attacks, according to the report. “The four-day military…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India’s strides in the world of semiconductors continue after the Union Cabinet approved a Rs 3,706 crore semiconductor plant in Uttar Pradesh. In a post on X, the prime minister said, “India’s strides in the world of semiconductors continue! Today’s Cabinet decision regarding the establishment…
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…
Lahore: Pakistan and India on Wednesday exchanged one prisoner each — both security personnel — at the Wagah-Attari border, officials here said. Muhammadullah of the Pakistan Rangers was handed over to Pakistani officials by the Border Security Force (BSF) this morning, they said. According to the state media, Muhammadullah inadvertently crossed into India and was…
New Delhi: During the four-day intense military confrontation, the Indian armed forces intercepted and neutralised swarms of Pakistani drones to push back aerial incursions, while teams of cyber warriors on the ground countered digital intrusions and a wave of misinformation. In fact, even before India decimated nine terror camps in Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir and Pakistan under Operation…
Hyderabad: The Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today came down heavily on Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for what it described as a brazen disregard for local cultural sentiments during the events organized ahead of the Miss World in Hyderabad’s Old City. The BJP accused the Chief Minister of prioritising pomp and…
New Delhi: The CBI is likely to question the senior management of Shapoorji Pollonji Infrastructure Gujarat Private Ltd in connection with an alleged case of bribery of Rs 85 lakh, in which a Commissioner of Income Tax and a company executive were arrested, officials said Wednesday. Viral Kantilal Mehta, deputy general manager (Taxation) of Shapoorji…
Katra/Jammu: The helicopter service to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district resumed on Wednesday after being suspended for a week due to the military standoff between India and Pakistan, officials said. This came a day after flight operations recommenced at 32 airports, including Jammu and Srinagar, following the suspension of…
