'Cheap, disgraceful act': BJP, SP slam Pakistan PMO over edited SCO summit photo

IANS | September 2, 2026 2:52 PM

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) BJP and Samajwadi Party leaders on Wednesday criticised the Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for sharing an edited photograph of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting, that left out Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders, calling it a "cheap and disgraceful act".

Iran's IRGC claims attacks on US bases in Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq

IANS | September 2, 2026 1:34 PM

Tehran, Sep 2 (IANS) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday claimed that it carried out attacks on the US Ali Al-Salem base in Kuwait, a military camp housing US Marines in Jordan and destroyed a US surveillance balloon control system at an American base in Iraq, local media reported.

Ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan's sisters not allowed to meet him again

IANS | September 2, 2026 1:13 PM

Islamabad, Sep 2 (IANS) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's sisters were once again not allowed to meet him at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi. The family of Imran Khan's wife, Bushra Bibi, was also not allowed to meet her, local media reported on Wednesday.

ISI cuts local recruitment in J&K, bets on Pakistani terrorists for long-haul operations

Vicky Nanjappa | September 2, 2026 12:08 PM

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Pakistan has significantly scaled up recruitment into the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) in the last couple of months, for fomenting terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir. However, there has been a noticeable change in the manner in which the recruitments are taking place. During high level meetings that took place in Pakistan recently, it was decided that there would be very less reliance on locals in Jammu and Kashmir to be recruited as terrorists.