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Congress leader Deepender Hooda NEW DELHI: Congress leaderDeepender Hooda on Monday said the government had made a historic mistake by targeting only terror infrastructure and not striking the Pakistani military, asserting that there is no difference between Pakistan’s forces, government, and terrorists.During a debate on Operation Sindoor in Lok Sabha, the Haryana MP said not…

TMC leader Mahua Moitra (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed a chargesheet with the Lokpal in connection with the alleged ‘cash-for-query’ scam involving Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra.In response to directives from the anti-corruption ombudsman, the CBI in March last year filed an FIR against Mahua Moitra….

Rajnath Singh; Thai-Cambodian leaders Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, opening the debate on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha on Monday, firmly denied claims that India halted its military operations under external pressure, calling such suggestions “absolutely baseless.” Operation Sindoor was launched by India on the intervening night of May 6–7 in retaliation for the April…

NEW DELHI: BJP leader Baijayant Panda on Monday took a swipe at Congress during the Lok Sabha debate on Operation Sindoor with a special mention of Shashi Tharoor. As Panda was making statement on government’s actions post-Pahalgam attack, an opposition MP remarked that the discussion was not interesting.In a split second, Panda responded sharply by…

Stobdo hobe, Jobdo hobe (They will be silenced, they will be taken to task). Mamata Banerjee’s war cry at TMC’s annual Martyrs’ Day rally was aimed squarely at the BJP. Her tone this year was far more combative than last year, when the central focus had been the looming shadow of ED investigations into her…

NEW DELHI: Security forces will “take some time” to identify the terrorists neutralised in the anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar, a senior police officer said on Monday.“Operation is still continuing. As per the interior reports, three bodies have been observed and seem to be neutralised. It will take us some time for identification,…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah for failing to issue a proper public apology over his controversial remarks against Indian Army officer Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, calling into question his sincerity and intentions.“This man has been testing our patience… This was the statement he made on the first…

NEW DELHI: As the Parliament on Monday continued debating the government’s military response under Operation Sindoor, a cross-border counter-terror operation after the Pahalgam terror attack, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi sharply criticised defence minister Rajnath Singh’s speech, accusing the government of failing to answer basic questions about the April 22 attack. Singh had earlier hailed the…

NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday targeted the opposition in the Lok Sabha, accusing them of prioritising the wrong questions during discussions on Operation Sindoor.Responding to queries raised by some opposition MPs about possible Indian casualties, Rajnath Singh said their line of questioning did not reflect the nation’s sentiment.“Few members of the opposition…

Defence minister Rajnath Singh NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday led the government’s charge in the Parliament debate on Operation Sindoor, the retaliatory strike targeting terrorists and terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK), after the April 22 massacre in Pahalgam’s Baisaran meadow that left 22 civilians dead.In his point-by-point…