Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump spoke on the phone and discussed several global issues, including the conflict between India and Pakistan, Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov said during a briefing. “They also touched upon the Middle East and the armed conflict between India and Pakistan, which was stopped with the personal participation…
Backed by a united political front against terrorism, an Indian all-party delegation led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is heading to Washington this week to engage with US lawmakers. The visit comes as part of India’s global outreach following Operation Sindoor, even as a Pakistani team led by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari prepares to present its own…
US President Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, stating he stopped them from fighting and potentially averting a ‘nuclear disaster’. Trump asserted that trade talks played a role in the de-escalation, contradicting India’s stance. India maintains that the ceasefire was initiated after multiple requests from Pakistan’s DGMO,…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh stepped up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding answers on US President Donald Trump‘s continuous claims that he used trade as a war deterrent between India and Pakistan.“This is 11th time in 21 days that PM @narendramodi’s great friend and American President Donald Trump has made claims…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has rejected former U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that Washington mediated the ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Jaishankar emphasised that the ceasefire was the result of direct negotiations between the two countries, without any external involvement. Speaking to Dutch broadcaster NOS, Jaishankar said, “The ceasefire was negotiated directly between India…
Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. He stated, ‘I settled India-Pakistan conflict’ and ‘I called both Modi and Shahbaz for truce.’ Trump asserts he used trade deals as leverage to mediate peace. India has repeatedly dismissed Trump’s claims of intervention in the past. The former US President…
Foreign secretary Vikram Misri NEW DELHI: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on Monday unanimously condemned the online abuse directed at foreign secretary Vikram Misri, news agency PTI reported quoting sources. The meeting, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, saw a record attendance of 23 members, including representatives from the BJP, Congress, TMC, AIMIM…
Kolkata: KKR cricketers Manish Pandey, Varun Chakravarthy, Moeen Ali, Sunil Narine and Quinton de Kock during a practice session ahead of the IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra) England all-rounder Moeen Ali, currently representing Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slapped 11 new conditions on Pakistan for the release of the next tranche of its bailout programme and warned that tensions with India could heighten risks to the scheme’s fiscal, external, and reform goals, according to a media report on Sunday. The new conditions imposed on Pakistan include the…
Director general of military operations (DGMO) Lt General Rajiv Ghai with Air Marshal AK Bharti and Vice Admiral AN Pramod during a press conference on ‘Operation Sindoor’, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Indian Army on Sunday clarified that there were no talks scheduled between the directors general of military operations (DGMOs) of…