New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his UK counterpart Keir Starmer discussed the Khalistani extremist issue during their discussions held in Mumbai on Thursday, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said.
Dhaka, Oct 9 (IANS) Bangladesh today stands on the brink of an unprecedented national catastrophe. Under the guise of reform and accountability, the pro-Islamist regime of Muhammad Yunus has begun dismantling the nation's most vital institutions - the Armed Forces and the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI). What appears to be a judicial process is, in reality, a political purge aimed at replacing the patriotic guardians of Bangladesh's sovereignty with a militant, ideologically driven "Islamic Revolutionary Army". In doing so, the Yunus regime risks transforming Bangladesh from a moderate Muslim democracy into a jihadist state - a South Asian version of Iran or Afghanistan.
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) In line with the objective of bringing seminal authors to greater global renown, the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature was conferred on Hungarian litterateur Laszlo Krasznahorkai, whose demanding, yet pensive, post-modern, near-surrealist works draw on the traditions of Nikolai Gogol, Frank Kafka, and Samuel Beckett, but go ahead to span both his Central European milieu and that of the mystic East.
Seoul, Oct 9 (IANS) High-ranking officials from Russia, China and Vietnam have arrived in North Korea, foreign media reports said Thursday, ahead of the 80th founding anniversary of the North's ruling Workers' Party.
Bangkok, Oct 9 (IANS) India's Ambassador to Thailand Nagesh Singh on Thursday highlighted India's economic and technological progress while addressing a session on "The Dynamics of Change: India's Economic Journey in the 21st Century" at the Asia Partnership Forum 2025 in Bangkok.
Brussels, Oct 9 (IANS) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday survived two vote of no-confidence motions as centrist parties backed her presidency. The motions, filed by the far-right and the far-left groups in the European Parliament, were debated on Monday and voted on Thursday.
Ramallah, Oct 9 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday welcomed US President Donald Trump's announcement of ceasefire agreement in Gaza and expressed hope that these efforts would be a prelude to reaching a permanent political solution.
Kabul, Oct 9 (IANS) The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has expressed concern over Pakistan’s plan to expel Afghan refugees from 16 villages in Balochistan, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, warning that forced expulsion could lead to devastating humanitarian consequences, Afghan media reported on Thursday.
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Pakistan security establishment appears to be crumbling with violent protests and terror attacks engulfing Lahore and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) respectively.
Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart from the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, unequivocally and strongly condemned terrorism and violent extremism in all its forms and manifestations during their meeting in Mumbai on Thursday.
