New Delhi: A former Indian Army General and strategic experts in a webinar recently weighed the options of India to work on non-military strategic methods to wrest back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan (GB).
Amid plans to reopen economy India witnesses over 8000 COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Sunday witnessed the biggest ever single-day spike as the number of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours was 8,380, taking the total tally to 1,82,143, the Union Health Ministry stated.
India fights COVID-19: Lockdown extended till June 30 in containment zones
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid growing number of COVID-19 cases in the country, the Indian government on Saturday extended the nationwide lockdown in containment zones till June 30.
New Delhi/IBNS: With his government completing one year in power since winning the general elections for the second straight term in 2019, PM Narendra Modi wrote a letter to his 'countrymen' to seek their blessings for reaching the mark and at the same time mentioned the 'tremendous suffering' that migrant workers and labourers are facing due to the COVID-19 crisis.
China rejects Donald Trump's offer to mediate in ongoing border tension with India
Beijing/IBNS: China on Friday negated US President Donald Trump's offer to mediate between India and Beijing over the ongoing border dispute.
Modi government must come clean on India-China faceoff: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi/IBNS: After mounting pressure on the Narendra Modi government over the anti-Covid-19 lockdown and migrant crisis, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the Centre must come clean on the recent faceoff between India and China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
124 people stranded in Bangladesh due to lockdown return to India
Guwahati/IBNS: As many as 124 people from Assam, Manipur and West Bengal who stranded in Bangladesh due the COVID-19 lockdown, have finally returned back to India.
India and China should not let differences overshadow bilateral relationship: Envoy Sun Weidong
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid escalating tension between India and China along the Line of Actual Control, Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong on Wednesday said New Delhi and Beijing should never let their differences shadow the overall situation of bilateral cooperation between the neighbours.
US ready to mediate border dispute between India,China: Donald Trump
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered to mediate between India and China over what he described as the 'now raging border dispute' between the two neighbours.
Nepal PM Oli defames India over returning migrants to offset his Covid-19 failures
Kathmandu/IBNS: After blaming India for the surge in Coronavirus cases in his country, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has taken it too far accusing their big neighbour of sending Nepali migrant workers back home without prior testing for Covid-19, media reports said.
India reports 6,535 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally crosses 1,45,000
New Delhi/IBNS: India, a country of 1.3 billion people, reported fresh 6,535 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours taking the tally over 1,45,000 on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia, UAE back Maldives in stalling Pakistan's move to paint India Islamophobic at OIC
Jeddah: Saudi Arabia and UAE are the other two Islamic nations that backed the Maldives against Pakistan's move to paint India as a country fomenting Islamophobia at the recent Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) meet in UN.
As corona looms, India celebrates Eid behind doors; President, PM greet people on the occasion
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Eid al-Fitr is being celebrated across India with usual fervour and enthusiasm even as people remain behind closed doors maintaining social distance amid coronavirus induced lockdown.
Amsterdam: Even though the 73-day-long Doklam standoff of 2017 along India-China-Bhutan border had been resolved without a shot being fired, the possibility of future flare ups between China and India along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de-facto border between the two countries, is high, according to the Amsterdam-based think tank EFSAS's Study Paper titled, ‘The Doklam Standoff: A template for countering Chinese belligerence and expansionism’.
Indian jawans briefly detained by Chinese forces in Ladakh last week: Reports
New Delhi/IBNS: A patrol party of the Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) were first detained and later released by Chinese forces following skirmishes between two countries in Ladakh last week, media reports said on Sunday.