A joint military drill by South Korea and the United States has begun in the Korean peninsula against the North, despite Pyongyang’s threat of a nuclear strike. Read More
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today attacked Pakistan and separatists for using stone pelting by youth in Kashmir valley as a new strategy against India. Addressing a rally near Jammu, Jaitley said these stone pelters were aggressors and asserted that there would be no compromise with the national security. Read More
Amid an outrage in Kashmir, the Army on Friday said the actions by its soldiers like the one in which a lecturer was killed will not be tolerated, even as it appealed for calm. Read More
What has added more to the heartbreak is a four-year ban handed to him by WADA, after the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) overturned the clean chit given to him by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). Read More
Amid an intense debate over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments on Balochistan in his Independence Day address, Union External Affairs Ministry on Thursday indicated that the remarks did not constitute a policy shift as being construed.
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Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar expressed his willingness to travel to Islamabad but maintained that Pakistan has no locus standi in addressing any aspect of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir as it was an internal matter of India. Read More
In the wake of increased instances of cyber attacks, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said Reserve Bank is improving its capabilities and also urged the lenders to strengthen their systems. Read More
Prime Minister Narendra Modi came down heavily on terrorism as he targeted Pakistan in his Independence Day speech. Delivering his third speech from the historic Red Fort Monday morning, he said India will not yield to terrorism and extremism. Read More
In his address to the nation on the eve of India’s 70th Independence Day, President Pranab Mukherjee chose to speak about the recent attacks on Dalits and other minorities. Read More
The top leader of Islamic State’s branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in a US drone strike in a southern Afghan province, the Pentagon has said, dealing a major blow to the dreaded terrorist outfit. Read More