HARYANA, MAY 17 : Jyoti Malhotra, the Haryana-based travel vlogger arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan, enjoys wide popularity on YouTube and Instagram and posted several videos of her visits to the neighbouring country earlier this year. Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested along with six others for sharing sensitive information with Pakistani agents, operates the […]Continue Reading
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Centre names seven MPs to lead delegations for global push against Pakistan; Congress contests picks
NEW DELHI, MAY 17: The Union government has named seven MPs to lead multi-party delegations to key partner countries to increase diplomatic pressure on Pakistan, but Congress is pushing back against the choice of Parliamentarians from its ranks. The government announced on Saturday that Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, BJP MPs Ravi Shankar Prasad and Baijayant […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,MAY 17 : Neeraj Chopra didn’t let out a celebratory roar. There was no fist pump into the warm Doha air, no theatrical flourish as he finally conquered the elusive 90-metre mark. Instead, he simply shook his head and allowed himself a wry smile. Relief, not rapture, coloured his expression. The monkey was off […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 16 : A day after seeking the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) supervision of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday called upon the Washington-based global lender, International Monetary Fund (IMF), to re-think funding to Pakistan. “..I believe Pakistan will spend a large portion of the funds Continue Reading
New Delhi, May 16 : India on Thursday evening revoked the security clearance given for the Turkish-based ground handling firm, Celebi Airport Services Pvt Ltd. The reason cited in the order issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) which comes under the ambit of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, ran thus: – in […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 16 : India on Thursday welcomed Afghanistan’s rejection of attempts to “create distrust” between the two countries as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had the first-ever interaction with Taliban’s acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi. Jaishankar also thanked Muttaqi for condemning the Pahalgam terror attack. In a Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,MAY 15 : President Droupadi Murmu has sought the Supreme Court’s opinion and consideration on 14 constitutional points over a month after the top court’s April 8 verdict fixing a deadline for assent to bills by the President and Governors. Exercising her power under the rarely used Article 143 (1), President Murmu said in […]Continue Reading
BIJAPUR (Chhattisgarh), MAY 15 : Rolo, a two-year-old female sniffer dog of the CRPF, was the only casualty suffered by the security forces during their biggest anti-Naxal operation at the Korgotalu hills as the four-legged soldier was attacked and stung around 200 times by a swarm of bees. Officials told PTI that the canine was […]Continue Reading
IMPHAL, MAY 15 : At least 10 militants were killed in a gunfight with an Assam Rifles unit in Manipur’s Chandel district, officials said. The operation is still in progress, they said. The Army’s Eastern Command said in a post on X on Wednesday, “Acting on specific intelligence on movement of armed cadres near the […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAY 14 : As the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, President Droupadi Murmu was on Wednesday briefed by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and the three service chiefs on the planning and execution of Operation Sindoor, India’s military response to the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April […]Continue Reading
