'Trust Trump', says top US trade negotiator to India

Yashwant Raj | June 3, 2025 6:48 AM

Washington, June 3 (IANS) US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who is one of the Trump administration's key trade negotiators, has urged India to trust the US President Donald Trump, saying he will "take care" of India's interests.

'Is it so difficult to be patriotic': Salman Khurshid’s pointed remarks set to unsettle Congress

IANS | June 2, 2025 5:17 PM

New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) First party MP Shashi Tharoor and now party veteran Salman Khurshid – the two senior Congressmen seem to be turning into ‘headache’ for the Congress party as they continue to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s new doctrine on terror and ‘defy’ their own party line on subjects like surgical strikes and Article 370 abrogation.

'Operation Sindoor': Precision strikes on terrorists' facilities, Chinese Defence weaponry

Gp Capt (Dr) D.K. Pandey (Retd) | June 2, 2025 3:58 PM

‘Operation Sindoor’, launched by the Indian armed forces on May 7 signified a substantial military reaction to a terrorist assault at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22, 2025, resulting in 26 fatalities. Nine distinct terrorist facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) were targeted, concentrating on the eradication of terrorist infrastructure associated with organisations like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed. No civilian as well as military locations were targeted by India. The battle not only demonstrated India's strategic capabilities but also revealed significant vulnerabilities in Pakistan's Defence systems, particularly its dependence on Chinese-supplied military equipment.