Pakistan’s global image improving after Operation Sindoor: Udit Raj

IANS | June 19, 2025 4:09 PM

New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) In what could lead to a fresh political stir, Congress leader Udit Raj has claimed that Pakistan’s global image and stature are on the rise after Operation Sindoor, while India is facing ‘disappointments’ despite mounting a global diplomatic outreach.

Trying to give communal twist: BJP slams SP leader over Yoga Day remarks

IANS | June 19, 2025 12:25 PM

Lucknow, June 19 (IANS) The BJP has hit out strongly at senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader S.T. Hasan over his critical remarks on the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government's decision to introduce the 'Y-Break' Yoga Protocol across all government offices in the run-up to International Yoga Day, calling his statements misleading and communal.

Trump shifts away from claims of having 'stopped' war between India, Pakistan

IANS | June 19, 2025 7:52 AM

Washington, June 19 (IANS) In a matter of hours, US President Donald Trump shifted from his claims of having "stopped" the war between India and Pakistan, and gave credit to "two very smart people, (who) decided not to keep going with that war that could have been a nuclear" one without claiming a mediatory role for himself.