India thanks Honduras for expressing 'strong solidarity' over Pahalgam attack

IANS | May 15, 2025 6:18 PM

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Having placed high emphasis on international cooperation in combating the menace of terrorism, India on Thursday thanked Honduras for expressing solidarity with India after the heinous terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22 in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were killed and a number of others sustained injuries.

Only talks with Pakistan will be on terror: EAM Jaishankar

IANS | May 15, 2025 5:00 PM

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Emphasising that India achieved "key goals" that it set out to do by destroying the terrorist infrastructure during Operation Sindoor, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Thursday made it clear that the only talks with Pakistan will be on terror.

Anurag Bhushan appointed India's new Ambassador to Sweden

IANS | May 15, 2025 2:18 PM

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday announced that Anurag Bhushan, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer from the batch of 1995, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Sweden. Bhushan is currently the Additional Secretary in the ministry and is expected to take up the assignment shortly.

1.3 million Afghan nationals deported from Pakistan since November

Hamza Ameer | May 15, 2025 1:50 PM

Islamabad, May 15 (IANS) As part of the ongoing campaign to deport illegal and Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders from Pakistan, the government has repatriated about 1.3 million Afghan nationals since November 2023, Pakistan’s Parliamentary Secretary Mukhtar Ahmed Malik said during a meeting.