Strict vigil kept on heroin smuggling in J&K: CEC

IANS | August 9, 2024 6:48 PM

Jammu, Aug 9 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Friday said that strict vigil on heroin smuggling across border and drone droppings has been undertaken in J&K ahead of the Assembly election.

Pakistan planning to equip Iran with Shaheen missiles: Report

IANS | August 8, 2024 1:28 PM

Jerusalem, Aug 8 (IANS) In what could raise serious concerns in Tel Aviv and faraway Washington, certain reports have claimed that Pakistan plans to supply Tehran with its Shaheen-III medium-range ballistic missiles if Iran's ongoing conflict with Israel escalates.

Has diplomacy any future in resolving the Middle East's conflicts?

Vikas Datta | August 7, 2024 5:40 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Amid the Middle East's gradual slide into a wider conflict, three incidents are telling - a ceasefire proposal announced by the leader of a superpower is gradually undermined and soon vanishes from discourse, a ceasefire negotiator is assassinated in a provocative gambit, and a hardliner is elevated to replace him. Does diplomacy have a future in resolving conflict in the region?