Message to world: Strikes were in line with UNSC call to punish terrorists NEW DELHI: Operation Sindoor was in line with the UNSC statement last month underlining the need to bring the perpetrators and the backers of the Pahalgam attack – which was marked by extreme barbarity – to justice and intended to deter more…
NEW DELHI: The United Nations Security Council’s closed-door meeting on rising India-Pakistan tensions expectedly failed to yield any substantive outcome for Pakistan. Indian govt sources said Pakistan’s efforts to internationalise the issue made little headway as UNSC advised Islamabad to resolve issues bilaterally with India and sought accountability for the Pahalgam attack, while expressing concern…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP and former diplomat Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that the recent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on India-Pakistan tensions did not go in Pakistan’s favour, with several member countries raising difficult questions on terrorism and Lashkar-Taiba (Let), a terror outfit under Islamabad’s shelter.Referring…
NEW DELHI: The UN Security Council (UNSC) will hold closed consultations on Monday about the situation between India and Pakistan. Pakistan had asked for an emergency meeting on the issue. Pakistan is currently a non-permanent member of the 15-nation Security Council, which is being led by Greece for the month of May. Pak Army Hit…
NEW DELHI: Mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai attacks Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki, the brother-in-law of Hafiz Saeed and deputy chief of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), passed away in Lahore on Friday after suffering a heart attack. Makki, who had been unwell in recent days, was undergoing treatment for severe diabetes at a private hospital.A Jamaat-ud-Dawa official…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, walks near Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (AP file photo) North Korea launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday, marking its first test in nearly a year. The launch of a weapon that can potentially reach the US mainland, comes just days before the US election, a…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Sunday pointed out India’s strengthened stance on terrorism, saying that there would be a response if similar attacks to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks were to take place again.Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Jaishankar asserted the need for a “double engine government” in Maharashtra, citing the Centre’s…
S Jaishankar at Brics meeting in Kazan NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar, speaking at the Brics Plus Summit on Thursday, reiterated India’s pitch for reforms in the permanent and the non-permanent categories of the UN Security Council.Speaking at the 16th Brics summit in Brics plus format in Russia’s Kazan, Jaishankar also sought reforms…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday addressed the Brics summit in Kazan where he called upon the countries to unite against terrorism and terror financing. He also stressed upon the need for reforms in global institutions like UN Security Council which has been facing backlash for its failure to stop the Israel-Gaza war.“We…
Indian supports UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon India has expressed concern over the safety of peacekeepers following an incident along the Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel. Two United Nations peacekeepers were injured by an Israeli strike while the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) were engaging Hezbollah. The Blue Line, established in the 1970s, has been a…
