Claiming "no strategic logic" for the United States embracing Islamabad, former Pentagon official Michael Rubin said Pakistan should be designated as a "state sponsor of terrorism." He also objected to Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir's visit to White House in June and said Munir "should be arrested rather than honoured" if he comes to
06 December,2025 10:48 AM IST | Washington DC | ANIThe Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over repeated claims by the US that President Donald Trump brokered peace between India and Pakistan, saying "no wonder the Modi-Trump huglomacy is in deep freeze". US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that President Trump has brokered several peace deals, including the very
03 December,2025 10:25 AM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentNavy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Tuesday said his force’s aggressive posturing during Operation Sindoor in May forced Pakistan Navy to remain close to their ports. In his annual press conference, Admiral Tripathi also said that the Indian Navy maintained a high operational readiness, including in the Western Arabian sea, in the last s
03 December,2025 08:12 AM IST | New Delhi | AgenciesVice-Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, AVSM, NM, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command (WNC), on Tuesday addressed the media ahead of Navy Day 2025. The press conference was held at the newly inaugurated ‘Sumeru’ tower at the Western Naval Command Officers Mess in Mumbai on Monday. Navy Day, observed on December 4 ea
02 December,2025 09:10 PM IST | Mumbai | A CorrespondentThe Delhi Red Fort blast and also the seizure of ammonium nitrate in such large quantities brought back memories of the dreaded Indian Mujahideen. Discussions about homegrown and self-radicalised terrorists are back on the table, and the Indian security agencies have once again a new headache to deal with. There are many similarities betwee
26 November,2025 02:51 PM IST | New Delhi | IANSMaharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said, “Had India taken an Operation Sindoor-like action after the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack, no one would have dared to target the country again.” Speaking at an event at the Gateway of India on Saturday to mark the coming 17th anniversary of the 26/11 attack, Chief Mini
23 November,2025 02:42 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentUS President Donald Trump has again claimed to have solved the conflict between India and Pakistan, repeating his assertion during a meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office. Mamdani flew to Washington DC for his first meeting with Trump in the White House on Friday. Trump said he ¿enjoyed¿ the meeting
22 November,2025 12:23 PM IST | New York | PTIThe Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at the Narendra Modi government over US President Donald Trump repeating his claims that he stopped the conflict between India and Pakistan, chiding, tally "is now 60." Trump on Tuesday repeated his claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan, as he addressed a bilateral meeting with the Saudi Cr
19 November,2025 12:57 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentThe Winter session of Parliament will be held from December 1 to 19, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Saturday, in what the opposition has described as an "unusually delayed" and truncated session. The three-week session will have 15 sittings in all and is expected to be stormy as it comes in the midst of the Election
08 November,2025 07:02 PM IST | New Delhi | PTIUS President Donald Trump has once again reiterated that India and Pakistan "made peace" in May after he threatened the two nuclear-armed neighbours with snapping trade deals if they continued their military conflict, a claim he has repeated several times since then. Addressing the America Business Forum Miami in Florida on Wednesday, Trump also c
06 November,2025 11:44 AM IST | New York | PTIDefence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Wednesday claimed that the trends emerging before the first phase of polling in Bihar clearly indicate that the NDA would return to power with a two-thirds majority. Addressing an election rally in Banka in support of the NDA candidate, Singh said that the NDA government has been in powe
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