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NEW DELHI: India has stressed the need to adopt "a zero-tolerance approach towards terrorism in all its forms" for prosperity and development of member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which also includes Pakistan.Defence secretary Giridhar Aramane, who led the Indian delegation at SCO defence ministers' meeting at Astana ...

NEW DELHI: India has indirectly criticised China, stating that the "holds" placed on proposals in the UNSC sanctions committees amount to "disguised vetoes." These actions prevent the listing of Pakistan-based global terrorists, with some Council members avoiding responsibility."The working methods of anybody must respond to the challenges confronted by ...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's focus Tuesday on Congress's efforts to introduce quota for Muslims marks a significant escalation of BJP's "appeasement" charge against the opposition party.PM fired the "Muslim quota" salvo while addressing a rally at Tonk-Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan - his last engagement in the state ...

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday called out the previous Congress-led UPA government over its "justification" that "it would cost more to attack Pakistan than not attacking it" post the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, in which as many as 166 were killed.Jaishankar said the UPA government ...

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Monday attacked Congress leader P Chidambaram's statement that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA) and the three new criminal laws will be revoked if Congress comes to office, calling it as a brazen act of appeasement and the former finance minister's party ...

NEW DELHI: Reflecting a tragic side of society, Union govt has informed Supreme Court that 18,807 orphaned, abandoned and surrendered children are awaiting adoption in child care institutions (CCIs) across India of which nearly 8,800 children have no visitation from their parents.In Nov, the court had asked additional solicitor ...

NEW DELHI: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah accused the Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP on Sunday of inadvertently aiding the BJP by contesting elections against the INDIA bloc in Jammu and Kashmir. Despite being regional rivals, the PDP and the NC had aligned with the opposition coalition but were unable to ...

NEW DELHI: For members of the Sindhi community in India, who left behind their land and their roots in Pakistan in post-Partition era and were forced to begin life afresh in India, the disconnect with their language and culture has been an inevitable casualty. Seven decades down the line, ...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, without directly taking names, took a dig at Pakistan saying that a nation which was a supplier of 'aatank' (terror) is struggling for 'aata' (flour) these days. During an election rally in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, the Prime Minister highlighted India's progress in the ...

NEW DELHI: Refusing to get into remarks by PM Modi and defence minister Rajnath Singh on killings of terrorists in Pakistan, the US said it encourages India and Pakistan to avoid any escalation and find a resolution through dialogue.“The United States is not going to get into the middle ...