New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) On July 26, India observes the 27th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, commemorating Operation Vijay of 1999 when the armed forces evicted Pakistani infiltrators and reclaimed the strategic heights of Kargil. The victory not only secured the frontier but also reshaped India’s security doctrine and national consciousness.It was a turning point, and Kargil Vijay Diwas permanently transformed India’s national security doctrine, foreign policy, military structure and al…
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Cape Town, July 25 (IANS) The 16th BRICS Meeting of High Representatives for National Security (National Security Advisors’ Meeting) in New Delhi underscored the urgency for stronger regional and multilateral cooperation to develop collective responses to emerging challenges, a report has stated.”There is a growing need for stronger regional and multilateral cooperation to develop collective responses to challenges such as terrorism, infectious diseases, energy insecurity, cybercrime and climate…
Islamabad, July 24 (IANS) Pakistan’s approach to militant groups, a strategy that some researchers have termed as the distinction between “good militants” and “bad militants”, has created long-term consequences as some groups have evolved beyond the control of the state, a report has detailed. Over 72,000 people have been killed in terrorism-related violence in Pakistan since March 2000, which include more than 23,000 civilians, over 38,000 militants and more than 11,000 security forces personne…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The dispute over the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) is no longer about water; it’s about whether Islamabad can separate strategic interests from performative militancy, a report has noted. “Pakistan’s conduct is especially curious because it reveals a familiar habit in Islamabad: every crisis is treated as both existential and self-authored by India. The pattern is always the same. First comes the accusation that India is acting illegally. Then comes the declaration that an…
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) India on Thursday slammed the “baseless and unwarranted” comments made Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Kashmir and Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) at the 33rd Regional Forum meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Manila, terming them as yet another “futile attempt” by the Pakistani establishment to deflect attention from its own internal crisis and its well-proven role as a safe haven for global terrorist networks. …
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Harsh Malhotra on Tuesday condemned Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “terrorist” and demanded that he publicly apologise. This statement is not only unparliamentary but also a direct insult to the self-respect of 1.4 billion Indians, said Malhotra.Under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the country has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against terrorism. Surgical strikes, air st…
Bishkek, July 19 (IANS) Union Minister of Culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday represented India at the 23rd Meeting of the Ministers of Culture of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Member States in Kyrgyzstan’s Cholpon Ata. On Saturday, Chinarbek Zholdoshev, Head of the Department of Cultural and Material Heritage of Kyrgyzstan and India’s Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Birender Singh Yadav, welcomed Shekhawat at the airport in Bishkek.”Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon’ble Minister…
Jammu, July 18 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday recovered heroin worth Rs 25 crore in the international market near the line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Officials said that it was one of the biggest narcotics recoveries along the Line of Control (LoC) in recent years.The seizure was made during a meticulously planned anti-drug operation in village Kosalyain, a forward village in Haveli tehsil, close to the LoC, they said.The heroin, which had b…
Washington, July 18 (IANS) India’s rejection of the latest award issued by the “illegally constituted” Hague-based Court of Arbitration (CoA) under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) as “null and void” is based on its interpretation of the treaty’s own dispute resolution procedure. While New Delhi’s objection is procedural, concerning the forum authorised under the treaty, it maintains that it remains willing to be bound by the mechanism prescribed by the treaty, a report has stated. New Del…
Washington, July 16 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday called for a coordinated international campaign against what he described as a resurgence of far-left political terrorism, as India joined more than 60 countries at a State Department ministerial focused on the issue, according to a State Department spokesperson.According to a State Department spokesperson, representatives from 67 countries attended the ministerial, including India, Australia, Japan, Israel, the United Kin…