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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said that US vice president JD Vance understood there could be no mediation between India and Pakistan, as it would imply an equivalence between the two countries. Speaking in Washington, Tharoor, who leads Group 5 of the all-party delegation tasked with conveying India’s message against terrorism abroad, said they…
US correspondent from US: An Indian parliamentary team tasked with highlighting Pakistan’s terrorist depredations has conveyed to US interlocutors that New Delhi will not talk to Islamabad “with a gun pointed to our head” even as a Pakistani delegation tailing the Indian team in Washington DC desperately sought President Trump’s mediation between the two sides….
On June 3, 2025, the ADB announced that it had approved funding of $800 million to Pakistan under its Resource Mobilisation Reform Programme. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters In continuation of its efforts in various multinational fora to curb funding to Pakistan, the Indian government “vehemently opposed” the Asian Development Bank’s latest decision to provide…
NEW DELHI: The all-party delegation, led by Shashi Tharoor, is scheduled to be in Washington, DC, on Wednesday—coinciding, perhaps not so coincidentally, with the visit of a Pakistani delegation headed by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. While the Congress MP-led delegation is confident about getting India’s message across, a Tharoor vs Bhutto might be on the cards.Talking about…
NEW DELHI: The longstanding hostility between India and Pakistan was on full display at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, where top military officials from both countries presented sharply opposing views amid heightened tensions following a brief but intense military confrontation last month.As the two nuclear-armed neighbours sat in adjacent conference rooms, their generals took part…
File photo: J&K’s former CM and PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti (Picture credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: With tension still running high between India and Pakistan, even as Operation Sindoor remains on pause, J&K’s former CM and PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti, Saturday said the spectre of war must end so that people can plan their lives and revive…
NEW DELHI: As the fog surrounding Operation Sindoor begins to lift, the Congress on Saturday launched a direct attack on the Modi government, demanding clarity on the terms of the ceasefire with Pakistan following India’s retaliatory strikes for the Pahalgam terror attack. Senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Pawan Khera accused the government of “misleading the…
File photo: PM Narendra Modi (Picture credit: PTI) KANPUR/ BIKRAMGANJ: PM Narendra Modi Friday said Pakistan had to ‘beg for a ceasefire’ during Operation Sindoor, in yet another assertion by India that contradicts Donald Trump’s claim that the US President had brokered peace between the two neighbours.“We penetrated hundreds of miles into Pakistan and destroyed…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led central government over its handling of foreign affairs in the wake of Operation Sindoor, accusing it of diplomatic failure and a compromised stance on national security.Congress leader Pawan Khera said, “The result of our failed foreign policy was seen post-Pahalgam, during Operation…
NEW DELHI: The all-party delegations headed to different parts of the world as part of the outreach post-Operation Sindoor will apprise foreign capitals of the ‘new normal’ in India’s approach to Pakistan’s use of terrorism, including the decision to pause the Indus Waters Treaty.In a briefing to members of three delegations, foreign secretary Vikram Misri…
