Sri Lanka seeks $500 million loan from India for fuel purchase
Sri Lanka has sought a USD 500 million credit line from India to pay for its crude oil purchases amid a severe foreign exchange crisis in the island nation. Read more… Read more
Will hunt down terrorists and their ‘sympathisers’, J&K L-G says on civilian killings
Amid a spate of civilian killings, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday vowed to avenge every drop of their blood by hunting down terrorists and their sympathisers. Re... Read more
Let Border Security Force do its job
The Ministry of Home Affairs recently issued a notification extending the jurisdiction of the Border Security Force from 15 km to a depth of 50 km along the international borders in three st... Read more
The attackers vandalised, torched and looted 70 puja venues, 30 homes and 50 shops after an allegation of sacrilege spread on social media, the council said at a news conference at Chattogra... Read more
Civilian killings continue as vendor and carpenter shot dead by militants in Srinagar, Pulwama
A week after three minority community members and a street vendor from Bihar were killed, another gol gappa seller from Bihar and a carpenter from Uttar Pradesh were shot dead, the first in... Read more
China-Pakistan military relations under strain due to substandard servicing, maintenance
Ties between China and Pakistan, fostered with Beijing supplying a range of modern armaments to Islamabad’s defense forces, have come under strain over unreliable Chinese military hard... Read more
India Plans Global Conference on Afghanistan’s Takeover by Taliban, Pakistan May be Invited: Report
India is likely to host its own conference on the developing situation in Afghanistan next month. The central government is in touch with Russia, China, US and several regional countries for... Read more
China hails MoU with Bhutan, blames India for souring ties with Thimphu
China on Friday said the signing of a Sino-Bhutan memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the bilateral boundary dispute will make “significant contributions” to speed up boundary talks while i... Read more
India is a strategic partner and a very close friend. Israeli officials prior to EAMS Jaishankar’s visit
Prior to the important visit of Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar to Israel, a top executive of the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Friday that India was “a strategic partner and a very close... Read more
Moscow meet to consider Taliban recognition, India to play key role
India will play a key role in the coming days on the all-important question of according recognition to the Taliban, which now finds itself in a weaker position after blasts in mosques on tw... Read more