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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, commemorating the 24th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas on Wednesday, said that the Kargil war was “imposed” on India and that New Delhi was “backstabbed” by Pakistan. Singh visited the Kargil War Memorial in Ladakh and laid a wreath as a mark of respect for ...

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lays a wreath to pay homage to Kargil War martyrs on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas, at War Memorial in Dras, Ladakh, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, while speaking on the 24th anniversary of India’s victory ...

Before the ink could dry on the cross-border love story of Noida’s Sachin Meena and Pakistan’s Seema Haidar, Anju and Nasrullah have scripted their own Veer-Zaara-style romance.Rajasthan’s Anju, 35, converted to Islam and married Pakistani “Facebook friend” Nasrullah, 29, Tuesday, days after arriving in his hometown in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

NEW DELHI: Anju, the married Indian woman and a mother of two, who had legally travelled to Pakistan via the Wagah-Attari border to meet her "Facebook friend", on Tuesday converted to Islam and married him.34-year-old Anju, who is now Fatima, tied the knot with her 29-year-old Pakistani friend Nasrullah ...

NEW DELHI: Taking strict action against a soldier, who was caught passing secret information to a Pakistan embassy staffer in the national capital about military activities along the northern borders, an Army Court Martial has awarded over 10-years jail sentence to him.The court martial presided over by a lady ...

The Centre is moving to amend the J&K Reorganisation Act 2019 to reserve two seats in the J&K Legislative Assembly for ‘Kashmiri Migrants’ and one for displaced persons from Pakistan occupied Kashmir “so as to preserve their political rights as well as for their overall social and economic development”. ...

NEW DELHI: In a major security lapse that starkly exposed the ineptness of the administration of maximum-security Tihar Prisons complex, Kashmiri secessionist Yasin Malik, who has been convicted to life imprisonment for terrorism, was brought by jail authorities to the Supreme Court on Friday when his presence was not ...

The Centre on Thursday suspended the export of non-basmati white rice to boost domestic supply and keep retail prices under check.The non-basmati white variety constitutes about 25% of all the rice that India exports, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution said. “The prohibition on export of ...

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday said that it is aware of the matter regarding the illegal entry of Pakistani national Seema Haider into India.Responding to media queries about Haider, whose case has gained widespread media attention, ministry of external affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that the issue is ...

NEW DELHI: India's passport ranking has improved to 80 in 2023 from 87 in 2022, giving its holders visa free access to as many as 57 countries, a report said.According to the latest Henley Passport Index, Singapore has replaced Japan for having the world’s most powerful passport, allowing visa-free ...