Drass, July 26 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday drew a sharp contrast between the trajectories of India and Pakistan, asserting that while India is moving rapidly towards innovation, technological advancement and development, Pakistan has made terrorism an integral part of its state policy.
Dhaka, July 25 (IANS) In another disturbing incident targeting the Hindu community in Bangladesh, local police defused a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near a metro rail station in Dhaka's Motijheel that had been planted along the route of a Rath Yatra procession, local media reported on Saturday.
Tel Aviv, July 25 (IANS) Pakistan is not governed solely by its elected cabinet - a “cohort of the extended Sharif family” - but by a hybrid political system in which the military remains the ultimate arbiter of national security and a powerful force in civilian politics, a report has stated.
Ottawa, July 23 (IANS) The staging of mock funerals for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Canada reflects a troubling display of Khalistani extremist symbolism. While Canada has long championed multiculturalism and is home to a thriving Sikh diaspora, its commitment to diversity cannot become a "suicide pact" that permits foreign separatists to "import their grievances and export terror", a report has detailed.
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The dispute over the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) is no longer about water; it's about whether Islamabad can separate strategic interests from performative militancy, a report has noted.
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) India on Thursday slammed the "baseless and unwarranted" comments made Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Kashmir and Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) at the 33rd Regional Forum meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Manila, terming them as yet another "futile attempt" by the Pakistani establishment to deflect attention from its own internal crisis and its well-proven role as a safe haven for global terrorist networks.
United Nations, July 23 (IANS) India has made clear to Pakistan that the Indus Water Treaty will remain suspended as long as Islamabad is committed to cross-border terrorism as state policy.
Srinagar, July 22 (IANS) A local policeman was killed on Wednesday in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag town.
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Pakistan-based Shahzad Bhatti network has been using social media extensively to recruit more youth, with Uttar Pradesh emerging as its primary focus. Recent investigations have revealed that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed network has been scouting for youth in the state by promising them money and power.
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) South India is witnessing a new trend in online radicalisation, with modules linked to both Al Qaeda and the Islamic State increasingly operating in parallel. Though the two terror groups have traditionally been rivals, they share a common ideological objective of establishing an Islamic State.
