International

United Nations: Brigadier Amitabh Jha and Havildar Sanjay Singh, who died while serving in peacekeeping missions, were honoured with the Dag Hammarskjold medals. India's Permanent Representative P Harish received the medals Thursday (US time) from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at a ceremony honouring the peacekeepers who...

Washington: The White House said that Israel has signed off on a 60-day Gaza ceasefire proposal as Israeli army continues its military actions in the war-torn area. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed at a press briefing that US Special Envoy to the Middle...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati will lead a delegation accompanying the holy relics of Lord Buddha from Vietnam to India June 2, official sources said Thursday. Kambhampati is scheduled to leave for Vietnam from New Delhi for the purpose Friday, Raj Bhavan sources said....

New Delhi: India Thursday said the issue of trade did not come up in its discussions with the US during the clashes between the Indian and Pakistani militaries, virtually rejecting Washington's repeated claims that its offer of trade to the two sides stopped the conflict....

New Delhi: India Thursday said it expects the US to consider visa applications of Indian students on merit amid growing concerns over the Trump administration halting new student visa interviews. The changes effected by the US in its visa regime have triggered widespread uncertainty among...

Lahore: Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML), the political offshoot of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) of the Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, held rallies in over 50 cities to express its support to the country's military. The PMML gatherings were held under the patronage of...

Tehran: India Thursday said that it remains in touch with the authorities in Tehran for locating three Indian nationals who have gone missing in Iran. "The three Indian nationals who had landed there some time ago are missing. We are in touch with the Iranian...

Seoul: A Navy patrol plane carrying four people crashed on a mountain in South Korea's southeastern city of Pohang Thursday, as authorities said. Soon after, three bodies were retrieved from the rubble. The crash occurred at 1:50 p.m., and witnesses reported smoke rising from the...

Panama: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, Thursday hit back at the ‘zealots’, in an apparent reference to Congress leader Udit Raj and said that his statement on India’s evolving counter-terrorism operation was being distorted and twisted for ‘vested interests’. The Thiruvananthapuram MP, while heading from Panama...

Panama City: Jose Raul Mulino Quintero, the President of Panama and a member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), has expressed "support for India's fight against terrorism," Congress MP Sashi Tharoor said after a delegation of members of Parliament met him. At their "constructive...