Diplomacy back in action in Switzerland as US and Iran struggle to put the process in motion
New Delhi, 20 June— In a move to give diplomacy a chance, mediators Pakistan and Qatar are holding a series of meetings in Switzerland to start the technical talks between Washington and Tehran to put the process of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by US President Dondald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday […]
Protest to continue at Janatar Mantar till Pradhan resigns, announces CJP chief Dipke
New Delhi, 20 June— In an announcement reflecting toughening of stance, Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijit Dipke on Saturday said he will not leave Jantar Mantar until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan puts in his papers while asking Delhi Police to extend permission to let the protest continue. Innovating the till now mode of protest and […]
Popular outrage erupts after a Nagpur student allotted Abu Dhabi as NRRT-UG centre
New Delhi, 20 June—The Opposition trained its guns on the Modi government after popular outrage erupted on Saturday after a NEET-UG aspirant from Maharashtra’s Nagpur was allotted an examination centre in Abu Dhabi for the re-examination to be held on Sunday. Leading the attack, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi charged the […]
TORCHLIGHT PROTEST IN BANGLADESH AGAINST DISRESPECT TO LORD RAM
NEW DELHI: The Hindu community in Bangladesh held a torchlight procession in Dhaka on Friday in a protest against the alleged disrespect to Lord Ram. The students alleged that a violent mob had recently desecrated the statue of Lord Ram by placing a shoe on it, an act they described as a grave insult and […]
PM MODI TO INDUCT THREE INDIA-BUILT SHIPS INTO INDIAN NAVY TODAY
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy is set ot induct three indigenously built ships on June 21. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be presiding over the ceremony in Kolkata on Sunday at the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port. The three ships, INS Dunagiri, INS Sanshodhak, and INS Agray, will be inducted at the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port […]
INDIA TO HOST BRICS MEET ON CYBER THREATS
NEW DELHI: India will host the BRICS National Security Advisers’ Meeting on June 22-23, bringing together senior security officials from member countries to deliberate on a range of evolving global security concerns, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Saturday. The two-day meeting, to be held under India’s chairship of the grouping, will be […]
UDDHAV THACKERAY OFFERS TO RESIGN
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has offered to step down as party president amid a possible fresh wave of rebellion within the party. However, he struck a defiant note, asserting that his workers remained confident and that he was ready to face any challenge as long as he had the support of […]
60 KG SILVER VANISHES FROM RAM TEMPLE DONATIONS
NEW DELHI: Amid the probe into alleged embezzlement of donations and valuables at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, it is learnt that 60 kg of silver bars are missing from the temple’s collection records, deepening the mystery surrounding the handling of offerings. The silver bars were reportedly offered to Ram Lalla during the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ […]
TRUMP CALLS NETANYAHU AS “WARRIOR PM”
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Saturday praised Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and called him a “warrior prime minister” amid reports of a serious fallout between the two leaders over Israeli military operations in Lebanon. Speaking after unveiling a replacement Air Force One aircraft gifted by Qatar near Washington, Trump said that the US and […]
Fragile Truce or Tactical Pause? Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Limits of the Islamabad Deal
In the volatile arena of Middle Eastern geopolitics, few documents arrive with as much fanfare—and fragility—as the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding signed between Iran and the United States. Billed as a 14-point framework to pause military hostilities, the agreement has already encountered its first major test. Less than a day after ink dried, Iranian state […]
