DRI seizes 1,115 tonnes of Pakistani goods smuggled into India

IANS | June 26, 2025 9:46 PM

New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 39 containers carrying 1,115 metric tonnes of Pakistani-origin goods, valued at nearly Rs 9 crore, that were being illegally imported into India by sea via Dubai, officials said on Thursday.

Iran to Pakistan, Washington's shadow looms across theatres

Vinay Kaura | June 26, 2025 9:25 PM

New Delhi: In the tortured chronicle of the nuclear age, few regions have exhibited its turbulent paradoxes more deeply than South Asia and the Middle East – two geopolitical fault lines where the existence or quest of nuclear power has become both a talisman of security and a catalyst for instability.

Terror and peace cannot co-exist: Rajnath Singh at SCO meet in China

IANS | June 26, 2025 8:54 AM

Qingdao (China), June 26 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has called for united and decisive action against terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in the possession of non-state actors and terrorist groups during his address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers' Meeting in China's Qingdao.