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New Delhi: In a major development, Pakistan and Afghanistan have reached an agreement after several days of violent clashes between both countries. The defense ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan met in Doha on Sunday with the mediation from Qatar and Turkey. Qatar issued a statement following the meeting, saying that during the talks, both sides agreed to halt hostilities. It also mentioned that both parties agreed to hold further meetings in the coming days. However, Qatar delivered a major setback by amending its earlier statement regarding the announcement before Pakistan could properly celebrate the ceasefire. It is important to note that Qatar has removed the mention of the imaginary Durand Line -- which separates Afghanistan and Pakistan -- from its statement about the ceasefire. According to a report by TOLO News, in its initial statement on the Kabul-Islamabad truce agreement, Qatar's Foreign Ministry had referred to the Durand Line as a border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. This sparked widespread backlash in Afghanistan. Qatar's Foreign Ministry has removed the reference to the Durand Line from its official statement on the ceasefire agreement between Kabul and Islamabad. The Qatari Foreign Ministry's website no longer mentions the Durand Line. In a post on social media, former US Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, revealed that Qatar has revised its earlier statement regarding the ceasefire agreement between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afghanistan's Defence Minister, Mullah Yaqoob Mujahid, has said that there was no discussion on the Durand Line during the talks in Doha. Speaking at an online press conference from Doha, he emphasized that the so-called Durand Line was not discussed in any part of the agreement. He added that this issue is a matter between the two countries. The Defence Minister further said that if Pakistan launches any attack, Afghanistan will respond in kind.
NEW DELHI: Axiom-4 crew members, including Shubhanshu Shukla, were welcomed with hugs and drinks as they stepped into the International Space Station on Thursday. The newly launched spacecraft -- the fifth in the Dragon series and named Grace -- successfully completed a soft docking with the International Space Station at 4.01pm while orbiting above the North Atlantic Ocean."At 6:31 am EDT (4:01 IST) on Thursday, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station for the fourth private astronaut mission to the orbiting laboratory, Axiom Mission 4," the National Aeronautics ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 6 (ANI): The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign of the electoral rolls in Bihar is progressing rapidly and recognizing the efforts of the Polling station officials, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar has announced a special incentive of Rs 6,000 for each. This additional honorarium is aimed at acknowledging their hard work and commitment during the intensive revision process. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi, Argentine President Javier Milei Agree to Diversify India-Argentina Trade Basket, Vows to Expand Cooperation in Defence, Security and Mine ...Read More >
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said just two days before the Monsoon Session of Parliament begins, "the Trump missile gets fired" for the 24th time with the same two messages. With US President Donald Trump once again repeating his claims about the India-Pakistan conflict, the Congress on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should now himself make a clear and categorical statement in Parliament on the American leader's claims over the last 70 days. The ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) With US President Donald Trump once again repeating his claims about the India-Pakistan conflict, the Congress on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should now himself make a clear and categorical statement in Parliament on the American leader's claims over the last 70 days. The opposition party's assertion came after Trump said "five jets were shot down" during the conflict between India and Pakistan in May and repeated his assertion that the fighting ended following his intervention. Also Read | Bodoland Lottery Result Today, July 19, 2025: Assam State Lotte ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Former High Commissioner of India To Bangladesh, Veena Sikri on Friday said that Trump's recent address to the nation on the ongoing conflict with Iran underscores that the US President "wants to keep all options open", even as he reiterated familiar talking points on the war and threats against Tehran since the beginning of the conflict. Speaking to ANI, Sikri noted the implications of Trump's speech, noting that most commentators in the United States viewed the speech as a reiteration of positions the president had already voiced on social media and at vari ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met China's top diplomat on Tuesday and hailed the "steady progress" made in improving the bilateral relationship after a yearslong standoff between the nuclear-armed Asian powers. Modi also noted "respect for each other's interests and sensitiveness" in a statement on social media after meeting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. China's foreign ministry said the countries have entered a "steady development track" and the countries should "trust and support" each other. Wang arrived in India on Monday and has met with Foreign Affairs Minis ...Read More >
SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday raided and subsequently searched 32 locations across Kashmir Valley as part of its "continuing investigations against terror conspiracy by Pakistan backed proscribed terrorist organisations and their offshoots to destabilise Jammu and Kashmir". The locations, it claimed, were residential premises of hybrid terrorists and overground workers associated with The Resistance Front (TRF), United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (ULFJ&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers, PAAF and ot ...Read More >
The United States recently updated its travel advisory for India. The Ministry of External Affairs acknowledged the update. The US advises its citizens to exercise caution due to crime and terrorism. Certain areas are marked as high-risk. The advisory level for India remains unchanged. It has been at level 2 for several years.Travel advisories are periodically issued by countries based on their "assessment of various factors", and "we have noted" that the US has updated the travel advisory for In ...Read More >
Jammu, Jul 19 (PTI) The Indian national allegedly abducted by terrorists in the West African country Niger is a resident of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, said his wife on Saturday, requesting the Central government's intervention for his safe release. Sheela Devi said that her husband Ranjeet Singh was working as a senior safety officer at Transrail Lighting Limited, an integrated power transmission and distribution company. She said the family lost contact with him on July 15. Also Read | Bihar Electoral Roll Revision: Nearly 42 Lakh Electors Not Found at Addresses During the Ongoing ...Read More >
US President Donald Trump stated India is completely stopping Russian oil purchases. He also mentioned China will significantly reduce its Russian oil imports. Trump reiterated his claim of mediating a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. India maintains its energy policy serves national interest. The US views India's oil purchases as financing the Ukraine war. US President Donald Trump once again claimed that India is going to stop buying oil from Russia, emphasising that India is cutting back ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Not owning up to its own nationals who enter other countries as terrorists has been a speciality of Pakistan. While India has complained about it for long and still continues to, the same problem appears to have cropped up for Afghanistan as well. Talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan which have entered into an uneasy truce are failing on many fronts. While issues relating to the Durand Line have been the major bone of contention, Afghanistan is now complaining that Pakistan does not want to take its nationals back. For many years several Pakistani terroris ...Read More >
Mumbai: Uddhav and Raj Thackeray will hold a joint protest march of their parties in the city on July 5 against what they allege is imposition of Hindi in the state's schools from Class 1 through the new three-language policy. This will be the first time they will come together on a political platform after Raj Thackeray's decision to quit Shiv Sena to form MNS nearly two decades ago.There has been speculation of a reunion of the estranged cousins for the coming civic polls, and the protest march is being seen as the first step in that direction, reports Chaitanya Marpakwar.Uddhav and Raj had ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday called for peace in the world, saying battles should only happen for the good of humanity and truth, not for "selfish" reasons. Addressing an event here, RSS national publicity and media department head Sunil Ambekar also expressed concern over the safety of Indians stranded in various locations abroad due to the prevailing situation in West Asia. The senior RSS functionary's remarks came amid widening conflict in West Asia after the United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that kille ...Read More >
ISLAMABAD - India snubbed as Quad members Australia, India, and the United States avoid naming Pakistan over attack in Indian occupied Kashmir. Quad alliance called for immediate action to hold accountable those responsible for April attack in Pahalgam, which left 26 tourists dead. In a joint statement issued by US State Department after ministerial meeting in Washington, the foreign ministers of four nations strongly condemned the attack, labeling it an act of terrorism and violent extremism. While statement refrained from naming Pakistan, it stressed need for all UN members to fully cooper ...Read More >
The US has designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a foreign terrorist organization after it claimed responsibility for the deadly Pahalgam attack in 2025. This move, hailed by India, strengthens counter-terrorism cooperation between the two nations. India can now push for Pakistan's relisting on the FATF grey list. The US has designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba which had initially claimed responsibility f ...Read More >
Jammu- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday reviewed the ongoing restoration work of the historic Mubarak Mandi complex, which was the power centre of the Dogra kings in Jammu, and stressed on enhancing its heritage appeal. The Mubarak Mandi Complex is one of Jammu's most significant architectural heritage sites and is envisioned as a comprehensive cultural centre, housing museums, conference venues and heritage hospitality services. Accompanied by Advisor Nasir Aslam Wani and MLA Yudhvir Sethi during the visit, the chief minister was briefed in detail on the multi-phas ...Read More >
New Delhi: Former High Commissioner of India To Bangladesh, Veena Sikri on Friday said that Trump's recent address to the nation on the ongoing conflict with Iran underscores that the US President "wants to keep all options open", even as he reiterated familiar talking points on the war and threats against Tehran since the beginning of the conflict. Speaking to ANI, Sikri noted the implications of Trump's speech, noting that most commentators in the United States viewed the speech as a reiteration of positions the president had already voiced on social media and at various press briefings, ra ...Read More >
ISLAMABAD: Indian Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Rahul R Singh Friday claimed China used the four-day Pakistan-India conflict in May like a "live lab" to test various weapon systems and was providing all possible support to Islamabad in line with its ancient military strategy of killing the adversary with a "borrowed knife". The senior Indian military officer claimed while Pakistan was the "front face", with China extending all possible support to its all-weather ally, Turkiye was also playing a major role by supplying military hardware to Islamabad, adding that India was actually dealing w ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 1 (ANI): Slamming Rahul Gandhi for backing US President Donald Trump Indian economy dead remark, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday stated that the Congress leader was not just anti-BJP, but anti-India too. The last 7 days have exposed Rahul Gandhi badly. People now understand that he is not anti-BJP; he is anti-India. When PM Modi is doing everything gracefully, talking to different nations, Rahul Gandhi is defaming the country... Sarma said while addressing a press conference. This comes after Rahul Gandhi agreed to Trump claims on the India ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 23: The Congress party has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision not to travel to Malaysia for the upcoming ASEAN summit is driven by a desire to avoid being cornered by US President Donald Trump, who is also expected to attend the summit. Instead, PM Modi will participate virtually from India, citing scheduling issues, according to sources familiar with the matter. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, who oversees communications for the party, criticized Modi's absence and speculated on the real reason behind it. Ramesh suggested that while Modi often prais ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at 32 locations across Jammu and Kashmir, targeting a terror conspiracy orchestrated by Pakistan-based outfits. These raids focused on residential premises of hybrid terrorists and overground workers linked to groups like TRF and others affiliated with LeT and JeM. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at 32 locations across Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to probe a conspiracy hatched by Pakistan-based terror outfit ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Thousands of people who gathered at ashoorkhana in Dabeerpura on the 10th day of Muharram (Youm-e-Ashura) took part in the Bibi-ka-Alam procession. The procession commenced from Dabeerpura on an elephant and concluded at Chaderghat. The Shia mourners took out the procession to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Prophet Mohammad's grandson, Imam Hussain, on the 10th day of Muharram. Members of the Shia sect performed matam and participated in processions. The 10th Muharram is the day on which Imam Hussain was martyred in the battle of Karbala by Yazid and his army. The relic made of ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 17 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to remove encroachments on forest lands, including the fruit-bearing trees, all across the state and not limit it to some areas. The order was passed by a division bench consisting of Justices Vivek Thakur and Bipin C Negi on Wednesday after the Advocate General placed on record fresh instructions issued by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, informing that 2,456 apple and other fruit trees have been felled from forest lands in Chaithla village, and 713 and 490 trees in Rohru and Kotgarh forest divisions, r ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) With US President Donald Trump once again repeating his claims about the India-Pakistan conflict, the Congress on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should now himself make a clear and categorical statement in Parliament on the American leader's claims over the last 70 days. The opposition party's assertion came after Trump reportedly said, "We stopped a lot of wars. And these were serious, India and Pakistan, that was going on. Planes were being shot down in the air. I think five jets were shot down, actually." "...But India and Pakistan were going at it, and ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) With US President Donald Trump once again repeating his claims about the India-Pakistan conflict, the Congress on Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should now himself make a clear and categorical statement in Parliament on the American leader's claims over the last 70 days. The opposition party's assertion came after Trump said "five jets were shot down" during the conflict between India and Pakistan in May and repeated his assertion that the fighting ended following his intervention. The US president did not specify whether the jets were lost by either of th ...Read More >
Saturday, 28 June 2025 () India is set to maintain strong economic growth, surpassing G7 nations. This growth is driven by domestic demand and favorable demographics. India's share in global GDP is increasing. Merchandise trade with G7 countries has grown significantly. India is leading global initiatives in clean energy and digital governance. Strategic cooperation with G7 nations will shape future growth. ...Read More >
New Delhi: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made his first public appearance since the 12-day war between Israel and Iran began. Khamenei attended a mourning ceremony on Saturday on the eve of Ashoura. The State TV in Iran showed him waving and nodding to the crowd, which rose to its feet as he entered and sat at a mosque next to his office and residence in the capital, Tehran. It is important to note that there was no immediate report on any public statement made. Iranian officials such as the Parliament speaker were present. Such events are always held under heavy security. The ...Read More >
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. government designated The Resistance Front, considered an offshoot of the Pakistani extremist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a "foreign terrorist organization" over the April 22 Islamist militant attack in India-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday. The Resistance Front, also known as Kashmir Resistance, initially took responsibility for the attack in Pahalgam before denying it days later. Lashkar-e-Taiba ...Read More >
US President Donald Trump was "very involved" in bringing about the cessation of hostilities in the "very dangerous" conflict between India and Pakistan, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed. Speaking at a United Nations Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine on Tuesday, Rubio said the US President had made restoring global peace one of his top priorities. Also Read: Donald Trump targets India for Russia's war, threatens more tariffs "When President Trump took office, he made ...Read More >
India has backed Afghanistan in its latest conflict with Pakistan, expressing full support for Afghan territorial integrity. In a media briefing on Thursday, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told reporters that Pakistan "hosts terrorist organizations" and "sponsors terrorist activities" in the neighborhood. "It is an old practice of Pakistan to blame its neighbors for its own internal failures, and Pakistan is infuriated with Afghanistan exercising sovereignty over its own t ...Read More >