NEW DELHI: Accusing PM Modi of using the defence forces to “protect his image”, leader of opposition in LS Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said govt “surrendered” before Pakistan by telling it within moments of Operation Sindoor that it did not intend to escalate or attack military installations.He said Modi had “blood of people of Pahalgam”…
NEW DELHI: Charges of lack of “govt accountability” for repeated terror attacks, ceasefire under pressure and govt’s refusal to “name” China echoed in LS as Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and DMK’s Kanimozhi led the charge in targeting BJP over the Pahalgam attack and the conflict with Pakistan.Priyanka mocked that Pulwama,…
NEW DELHI: The three Pakistani terrorists who gunned down 26 civilians, including 25 tourists, in J&K’s Pahalgam in front of their horror-struck families, were cornered and killed on Monday in a joint operation by the Army, CRPF and police in Dachigam area on the outskirts of Srinagar, home minister Amit Shah disclosed in Lok Sabha…
NEW DELHI: India is one of the few nations that have used Article 51 of the UN Charter, which outlines the right of a nation to act in self-defence, former foreign secretary and nominated Rajya Sabha MP Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Tuesday, highlighting that India had struck in the “heart” of Pakistan – Muridke…
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had 541 vacancies, which is 28% of its total 1,901 posts, as of June 30, 2025, junior home minister Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha in reply to a question on Tuesday. The data shows that 77 positions of inspector, 93 posts of sub-inspector and 54 positions of…
NEW DELHI: Home ministry Tuesday told Lok Sabha that the govt has not taken any decision on updating the National Population Register (NPR).As per the original Census 2021 plan, NPR updation was to be conducted alongside the first or house-listing phase of the census. Replying to a question, junior home minister Nityanand Rai said, “No…
NEW DELHI: “All these days we were being asked what happened to the Pahalgam attackers. And now that they have been eliminated by our security forces, they are laughing and asking why now? As if we chose a Monday during the month of Sawan to accomplish the task,” PM Narendra Modi said.The remark came amid…
NEW DELHI: Describing the UN Security Council‘s recent decision to appoint Pakistan as the vice chair of its counter-terrorism committee as “a cruel joke”, defence minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday said the world must put strategic, diplomatic and economic pressure on Islamabad which continues to provide safe haven to terror organisations.Initiating the debate on Operation Sindoor…
NEW DELHI: The debate on Operation Sindoor and Pahalgam terror attack in Rajya Sabha witnessed a heated exchange between opposition and treasury benches after Leader of the House J P Nadda made some “objectionable” remarks against leader of the opposition Mallikarjun Kharge. Nadda later withdrew his remarks after an opposition uproar and also apologised for…
NEW DELHI: The opposition in Rajya Sabha Tuesday demanded that home minister Amit Shah take responsibility for security lapses that led to Pahalgam massacre, while PM Modi come clean on why India agreed to the ceasefire on May 10, when Pakistan was on its knees, and US President Donald Trump’s role in it.Leader of opposition…