When Pakistan bestowed the honorary rank of field marshal on its army chief Asim Munir, it may have come as a surprise to many who thought Pakistan had finally been delivered a kick in the guts by Operation Sindoor for its relentless use of cross-border terrorism against India.However, to others who have followed the commentary…
NEW DELHI: Centre has identified as priority irrigation and power generation, among other developmental projects, in the Indus River Basin in sync with its resolve to utilise additional waters of western rivers – Indus, Jhelum and Chenab – in J&K and its neighbouring states in a time-bound manner.The decision on how to streamline these projects…
NEW DELHI: Dismissing the need for a written National Security Strategy, chief of defence staff General Anil Chauhan has said India has the requisite organisational structures, processes and policies in place to secure the nation.In his new book “Ready, Relevant and Resurgent: A Blueprint for the Transformation of India’s Military”, the CDS said strategic analysts…
Steve Bannon, a prominent conservative commentator, claimed that “everything changed” for Elon Musk following President Donald Trump’s public denial of a report suggesting Musk would receive a classified Pentagon briefing on potential U.S.-China conflict, as highlighted in an interview with The Atlantic. The report, initially published by The New York Times in March 2025, alleged…
The IIHF Worlds provides way more to 18-year-old Macklin Celebrini than the usual event. Just icing the rink with hockey greats Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon, the Sharks’ rookie is soaking up first-class lessons on and off the ice.Whereas Celebrini should still pretty much be transforming himself into a young pro, he has been demonstrating…
ABU DHABI/TOKYO: The UAE and Japan on Thursday expressed solidarity with India in the war against terrorism as multi-party delegations started reaching out to world capitals to sensitise global leaders about terror emanating from Pakistan, a month after the Pahalgam attack that left 26 people dead.A delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde held…
BENGALURU: Parameshwara met Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah Thursday and asserted that he had no connection to the Ranya Rao gold smuggling case. He called the ongoing ED raids on institutions linked to him “politically motivated”.Later, he said ED teams visited four institutions associated with him – Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Siddhartha Medical Colleges in Tumukuru and…
JAMMU: Sepoy Gaykar Sandip Pandurang from Maharashtra was killed and two other soldiers were wounde Thursday during a gunfight with suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists in dense forests of Singhpora-Chatroo in Jammu division’s Kishtwar district, officials said.Joint teams of Army’s 2 Para Special Forces, Assam Rifles, 11 Rashtriya Rifles, J&K police’s Special Operation Group (SOG), and…
PAHALGAM: On a relatively warm May morning, Mohit Kumar stands beside an empty table at a Pahalgam restaurant, his eyes locked on the road in the hope of sighting a potential customer.Until a month ago, the 38-year-old native of UP’s Bijnor would barely get time to glance outside as he and 21 others waiting tables…
Harvard University has been given 72 hours to comply with the demands of the Trump administration if they want to enroll foreign students. The Donald Trump administration Thursday barred Harvard University from taking international students, calling it a privilege to take foreign students and employ non-immigrants on campus.A hard-hitting letter was sent to the university…
