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NEW DELHI: Security agencies on Monday said they have clear proof, including Pakistani government documents, biometric data, and Karachi-made chocolates, confirming that the three terrorists killed after the Pahalgam attack were Pakistani nationals.The three were senior Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives killed in an encounter in Dachigam forest near Srinagar on July 28 during Operation Mahadev. They had…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday slammed leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making defamatory statements against the Indian Army, saying that a “true Indian won’t make such statements”. The top court, however, stayed the defamation case against him, further asking him to make statements responsibly in Parliament instead of on social media.The…

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Monday took on Delhi Police‘s use of the term “Bangladeshi language” for Bengali in an official statement, calling it a direct insult to the “very language in which our National Anthem was written.”“The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as a ‘Bangladeshi…

Space firm Dhruva to launch 1st commercial satellite on SpaxeX rocket BENGALURU: Indian spacetech firm Dhruva Space is set to launch its first commercial satellite mission, LEAP-1, in the third quarter of 2025 aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9. Confirming the development Monday, the firm said the mission brings together payloads from Australian firms Akula Tech and…

NEW DELHI: Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand has said that a living cow should have been taken into the new Parliament building at Central Vista during its inauguration.“If a statue of a cow can enter Parliament, why can’t a living cow be taken inside?” he told reporters on Sunday. He pointed out that the Sengol held by Prime…

Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand NEW DELHI: The debate over the use of the term ‘Saffron Terror’, that resumed after the July 31 verdict in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, has refused to die down. Commenting on the term, Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj said that colour should not be linked with terrorism. He said those who…

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Kamal Haasan advocated for education, terming it as a necessity to break the chains of “dictatorship and Sanatan”. He warned against using any other means, emphasizing that without education, it’s impossible to truly win, as “majority fools” could still make one lose.“Education is the only weapon that can break the…

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs has dismissed the reports claiming central government “reviewing the list of US products exempted from tariffs”. It also rejected the claim saying that the Centre was “suspending or reviewing certain bilateral agreements with the US”.MEA’s fact check unit was reacting to a post by “China in English” that…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump (File Image) US President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested a new way for Russia to avoid the sanctions, and that is to get a deal “where people stop getting killed.” Trump on Friday warned Russia with new sanctions over the Ukraine war. He said, “Russia —…

A top aide to Donald Trump on Sunday accused India of effectively financing Russia’s war in Ukraine by purchasing oil from Moscow, after the United States president escalated pressure on New Delhi to stop buying Russian oil.“What he (Trump) said very clearly is that it is not acceptable for India to continue financing this war…