Quetta, June 30 (IANS) Zeeshan Baloch, a 21-year-old student and resident of Khudabadan, Panjgur in Balochistan, was extra-judicially killed on Monday after his enforced disappearance by a "Pakistan-backed death squad," according to a human rights organisation.
Dharamsala, June 30 (IANS) Sixty-six years ago, the 14th Dalai Lama, disguised as a soldier, left Norbulingka Palace in Tibet, a Third Pole, and escaped into exile in India after his challenging 14-day journey.
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began an official visit to Spain, Portugal and Brazil from Monday to July 5 (Saturday), the Ministry said on Monday.
Dhaka, June 30 (IANS) In yet another disturbing incident of violence on minorities and the atrocities against women in Bangladesh, a Hindu woman was brutally gang raped in her own home in the Cumilla district, while her attackers filmed the assault and circulated the footage, a human rights body said on Monday.
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will be on an official visit to the US from June 30-July 2, at the invitation of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to participate in the next edition of the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting (QFMM), scheduled to be held on July 1, an official said on Sunday.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Pakistan's political landscape has long been orchestrated not by its elected representatives but by the opaque influence of its military elite, whose grip on the nation's trajectory grows ever more evident with each successive episode. The recent visit of Pakistan’s Army Chief, General Asim Munir, to the United States—noticeably unaccompanied by the Prime Minister—serves as a striking indication of how far civilian authority has been marginalised.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) It is high time that India goes aggressive with everything that has a Pakistan connection on every international platform. Operation Sindoor has laid bare the world diplomacy and proven that the battle is one's own. The solution cannot be brought or aided by anyone else; it lies in standing up and pointing the finger strongly.
Rome: The NATO summit held in The Hague on June 24-25 may be remembered less for its urgent reaffirmations -- support for Ukraine, increased defence spending, and condemnation of Iranian strikes -- than for a more disciplined, forward-looking pivot: the Indo-Pacific now occupies a central place in NATO's strategic imagination as the Indo-Mediterranean plunges into conflict.
Chennai, June 29 (IANS) Eight fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy during early Sunday hours, allegedly for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) into Sri Lankan waters.
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday strongly rejected the Pakistan Army's claim that India was behind the Waziristan suicide bomber attack, which killed 13 soldiers.
