MI6, CIA chiefs and Russia’s Security Council secretary make beeline for India
The visits came against the backdrop of the old guard of the Taliban tightening its grip on power in Afghanistan a little more than two weeks after the group marched into Kabul on August 15,... Read more
Bangladesh Army Chief Holds Talks with Gen Bipin Rawat, MM Naravane on Defence Ties, Afghanistan
Chief of Bangladesh Army Gen SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Tuesday held extensive talks with India’s top military brass on ways to further deepen defence cooperation between the two countries. Gen... Read more
The new cabinet, entirely male, is made up of senior Taliban figures some of whom are notorious for attacks on US forces over the last two decades. It will be led by Mullah Mohammad Hassan A... Read more
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud and discussed media and bilateral cooperation. Read more… Read more
Masarat Alam Bhat Appointed Hurriyat Conference Chairman: Architect of 2010 Unrest in Valley has Spent Half Life in ‘Preventative Detention’
Separatist leader and chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Muslim League Masarat Alam Bhat is once again making headlines after multiple sources reported that he has been appointed as the chairman... Read more
Afghanistan on Table: Russian NSA in Delhi for ‘High-Level’ Talks
TWO WEEKS after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to form a permanent bilateral channel for consultations on Afghanistan, Russia’s National Security Ad... Read more
Armed forces have been given additional financial powers for revenue purchases in an order released by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today. The order on Delegation of Financial Powers to De... Read more
As China tightens grip, Sri Lanka looks to boost India defence ties
Amid concerns over growing Chinese footprints in Sri Lanka, the island nation is looking to boost defence and security ties with India with an integrated country strategy paper drafted under... Read more
Army seizes power in Guinea, holds president
Guinean special forces seized power in a coup on Sunday, arresting the president and imposing an indefinite curfew in the west African country. “We have decided, after having taken the... Read more
The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlem... Read more