Dhaka: YouTube has restricted access to at least six Bangladeshi television channels in India following a takedown request from the Indian government "citing concerns related to national security and public order", Bangladeshi media reported Saturday. The six Bangladeshi television news channels blocked in India are...
Lahore: Pakistan Saturday said it will consider de-escalation if India stops further attacks, as the militaries of the two countries targeted each other's installations, further escalating tensions. "Pakistan will consider de-escalation if India stops further attacks. However, if India launches any further strikes, our response...
In a major counterterrorism breakthrough, India’s Operation Sindoor delivered a devastating blow to Pakistan-based terror networks, with the elimination of six high-value terrorists in precision strikes across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) May 7. These terrorists, all linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) --...
New Delhi: Pakistan Saturday shut down its airspace temporarily, hours after India accused the former of using commercial flights as shields amid drone attacks. The decision, notified through a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM), came amid escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. The move follows...
Lahore: Pakistan early Saturday claimed that its three air bases were targeted by Indian missiles and drones. Pakistan military spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry told a hurriedly called press conference in Islamabad at around 4 am that Nur Khan (Chaklala, Rawalpindi), Murid (Chakwal) and...
Washington: US President Donald Trump wants tensions between India and Pakistan to “de-escalate as quickly as possible”, the White House said Friday. That message has been conveyed to both sides by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is doubling up temporarily as the president’s national...
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday approved the immediate disbursement of about USD 1 billion to Pakistan under the ongoing Extended Fund Facility, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in Islamabad said. “Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed satisfaction over the approval of a USD 1...
New Delhi: India Friday opposed IMF's proposal to extend fresh loans of USD 2.3 billion to Pakistan, saying the funds could be misused for financing state-sponsored cross-border terrorism. New Delhi abstained from voting at the crucial International Monetary Fund meeting, whose outcome was not known...
Lahore: At a time when Pakistan's civil and military leadership is emphasising to respond to India amid military conflict, efforts are being made by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to strengthen back channel contacts to defuse tension with New Delhi, a media report said Friday....
New York: India has ramped up its diplomatic offensive against Pakistan following the military conflict, with its Ambassador to the US Vinay Kwatra saying that the country is at war with the terrorists and will bring justice to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack...
More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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By Dilip Cherian The litany of extensions continues. The latest is Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, whose tenure the Modi...
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