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New Delhi: In a major blow to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), 15 municipal councillors in Delhi have resigned from the party and launched a new political outfit named Indraprastha Vikas Party.
Police have arrested a YouTuber from Hisar region in Haryana for allegedly sharing Indian military information with Pakistan.
UK-based PoJK activist Amjad Ayub Mirza recently praised India's Operation Sindoor and said the operation showed the country will no longer tolerate cross-border terror.
Former Pentagon official and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Michael Rubin has said India won both diplomatically and militarily in response to the aggression launched by Pakistan recently.
New Delhi.IBNS: The Congress has revealed its Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor was not its choice to lead an all-party delegation to brief the world on India's anti-terrorism stand, shortly after the Modi government bypassed the recommendations to include the format diplomat in the list of cross-party leaders.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said he was "honoured" and "won't be found wanting" when it comes to national service after the Modi government picked him to lead one of seven all-party delegations that will brief the partner nations India's strong message of zero-tolerance on global terrorism in the backdrop of Operation Sindoor.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who backed the Indian Armed Forces' Operation Sindoor and also the ceasefire, has been picked by the Modi government as the leader of a delegation which will carry forth to the world India's strong message of zero-tolerance on global terrorism.
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday indefinitely postponed a scheduled ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan where Turkish Ambassador-designate Ali Murat Ersoy was expected to present his Letter of Credence to the President of India, citing “scheduling” reasons, The Indian Express reported.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP, former diplomat and public intellectual Shashi Tharoor, who strongly supported Operation Sindoor, has been named as a member of the all-party delegation that will visit different countries next week to expose Pakistan-backed terrorism on the global stage.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP, former diplomat and public intellectual Shashi Tharoor, who strongly supported Operation Sindoor, has been named as a member of the all-party delegation that will visit different countries next week to expose Pakistan-backed terrorism on the global stage.
Mumbai: In a significant development at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, the government has signed an agreement with airport ground handling company Indothai to take over the staff and assets of Turkish ground handling giant Celebi, Financial Express reported.
New Delhi: Turkey-headquartered ground-handling firm Çelebi has moved the Delhi High Court against the Indian government’s decision to revoke its security clearance, arguing that the action was taken arbitrarily and without adequate justification.
An Indian climber and another from the Philippines died on Mount Everest, marking the first fatalities in the current March-May climbing season of the world's highest peak, media reports said on Friday.
Srinagar/IBNS: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his predecessor Mehbooba Mufti Friday engaged in a public spat on social media over calls for the revival of the Tulbul Navigation project after the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty.
Indian Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated the new Multi Agency Centre (MAC) at North Block in New Delhi when he said Operation Sindoor is a a unique symbol of the firm political will of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accurate information of intelligence agencies and the infallible strike capability of our three armed forces.
In the weeks following the brutal terrorist strike in Pahalgam on April 22, which claimed 26 lives, India’s northern frontier has been on edge.
Around 800 Indian Army soldiers on Tuesday completed the full rail journey from Delhi to Srinagar, via Katra, the first time such an event took place since the completion of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL).
Bhopal/IBNS: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has said his government will follow the court order on his colleague Vijay Shah's controversial remarks on Indian Army officer Colonel Sofiya Qureshi denying any resignation from the state minister.
Bhuj/IBNS: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday raised an objection against the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s $1 billion funding to Pakistan and urged the international financial organisation to reconsider its decision.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the West Bengal government to clear 25 percent of the pending Dearness Allowance (DA) to its employees within four weeks, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Union Minister and Congress veteran P Chidambaram has expressed his lack of hope for the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national front, INDIA, calling it "frail".
New Delhi/IBNS: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will on Friday visit the Bhuj airbase in Gujarat, a day after giving a strong message to Pakistan over nuclear threats and Operation Sindoor.
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday spoke with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi over the phone, marking his first conversation with a Taliban ministerial-level leader since the group came to power in the South Asian country in 2021.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ended up exposing his country’s vulnerabilities with his visit to Sialkot airbase.
Patna/IBNS: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, courted controversy on Thursday after he met students at a hostel in Bihar's Darbhanga, despite not being granted permission by the police for the same.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government teachers, who lost their jobs after a Supreme Court order over allegations of irregularities in their recruitment process, clashed with police during a protest on Thursday.
New Delhi/IBNS: In a bizarre scene inside a courtroom of the Supreme Court on Thursday, a rape convict, sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, exchanged flowers with the survivor as the two expressed willingness to marry each other.
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday clarified that his remarks in support of the BJP-led Centre during the ongoing India-Pakistan conflict were made in a personal capacity, and did not reflect the official stance of the Congress party.
New Delhi/IBNS: After Islamabad's plea to the Jal Shakti Ministry asking India to reconsider the suspension decision of the Indus Waters Treaty, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday said the same "will continue to be kept in abeyance until cross-border terrorism by Pakistan is credibly and irrevocably stopped".
New Delhi: India on Thursday cancelled the security clearance of Celebi Aviation, a Turkish company providing passenger and cargo ground handling services at Indian airports, media reports said.
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