Making common cause with Asean nations, several of which are involved in maritime disputes with Beijing in South China Sea (SCS), PM Modi Thursday said India and Asean member-states respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and in times of conflict, friendship and cooperation between them is of paramount importance.Addressing the India-Asean Summit at Vientiane,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday admonished Karnataka HC‘s Justice V Srishananda for his controversial reference to a Bengaluru locality as “Pakistan” and his misogynistic comment aimed at a woman lawyer, but spared him of further embarrassment by closing suo motu proceedings as he had tendered an open court apology.A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud…
NEW DELHI: The Kargil War officially concluded 25 years ago on July 26, 1999. Kargil Vijay Diwas, observed annually on this day, commemorates India’s victory over Pakistan and honors the sacrifices of hundreds of Indian soldiers who faced more than just the Pakistani infiltrators to secure victory in Kargil. Kargil War The conflict, which escalated…
NEW DELHI: A total of 80 countries on Sunday jointly called for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in, including India.The joint communique capped a two-day conference at the Burgenstock resort in…
NEW DELHI: It had all the dignity and decorum that one associates with a military ceremony. Except, it was a ‘private’ function. A group of Indian army veterans and their families quietly gathered at the National War Memorial to lay wreaths in memory of the fallen soldiers of ‘Operation Pawan’, which India had launched in…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s recent comments regarding the Katchatheevu island issue, questioning why the PM did not attempt to reclaim the island during his 10-year tenure in power. Kharge accused the PM of displaying his desperation by raising the “sensitive issue” ahead of Lok Sabha…
