NAGPUR: Captain Reena Varughese was a rookie pilot in 2009 when Maoists shot down a helicopter ferrying senior police and polling officials in Laheri on the fringes of Abujmarh, the ‘People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army’ (PLGA) headquarters straddling Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.Fifteen years later, Varughese knew what she was getting into when her 13-seater Dauphin-N Pawan Hans…
NEW DELHI: In what was his first bilateral meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, PM Narendra Modi expressed deep concern over the widening of the conflict in West Asia and reiterated India’s call to de-escalate the situation. The meeting took place amid the looming threat of Israeli retaliatory strikes on Iran, following the missile attack…
Modi and Putin in Kazan Tuesday. ‘We have such a relationship that I feel you do not need any translation,’ Putin told the PM. (Reuters) In their second bilateral meeting this year, PM Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Russia-Ukraine conflict “should be resolved only through peaceful means”, while saying that India fully…
Canada’s New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to journalists before Question Period in the House of Commons foyer on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada October 2, 2024. (Reuters) TOI CORRESPONDENT FROM LONDON: Canadian NDP MPs speaking during an emergency debate in parliament on foreign interference from the Indian government in Canada have called…
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police’s counter-intelligence wing on Tuesday dismantled a recruitment module of Tehreek-Labaik-Ya-Muslim (TLM), a newly formed terrorist outfit believed to be an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), following raids at 10 locations across seven districts.According to a statement by Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK), a Pakistani LeT handler going by the alias of ‘Baba…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Tuesday released a list of 45 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. Raj Thackeray‘s son Amit is set to make electoral debut from Mahim.The party has nominated Sandeep Deshpande to contest from Worli in south-central Mumbai, where he is expected to face off against Shiv Sena (UBT)…
NEW DELHI: It has been six days since the Election Commission announced dates for the Maharashtra assembly elections, but neither the ruling Mahayuti nor the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi has finalised seat-sharing pact for the “maha” battle of ballots. Leaders of both the alliances claim that they are close to sealing a deal, but the…
NEW DELHI: In a diplomatic engagement on the sidelines of Brics Summit, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday stressed upon India’s potential role in resolving the ongoing tensions in the Middle East during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This marked the first meeting between the two leaders since Pezeshkian took office in July…
NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan decided to extend the validity of agreement on Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor by five years to ensure “uninterrupted” travel for Indian pilgrims to the holy Gurdwara in Pakistan, ministry of external affairs said in a statement on Tuesday.Further, the MEA said that in response to ongoing requests from pilgrims concerning…
NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Tuesday released the list of candidates for the upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections as the party was unsatisfied with the seats offered to it by the INDIA bloc allies, which included CM Hemant Soren’s JMM and the Congress party.After breaking ranks with the INDIA bloc in Jharkhand,…
