- Sunday, June 15, 2025
UN SECURITY COUNCIL member nations posed tough questions to Pakistan on Monday (5) during an emergency closed-door meeting amid tensions between the two nations following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. The Security Council refused to issue a statement following the meeting, which was held in a consultative room rather…
THREE people were killed and seven others, including two Indian children, are missing after a small boat capsized in choppy seas in a suspected human smuggling attempt near San Diego coast in California, US officials said on Monday (5). The "panga"-style open fishing vessel, commonly used by smugglers, was carrying…
T20 CRICKET has been always been associated with slam bang hitting, a la Chris Gayle or Andre Russell; but the likes of Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan are bucking that trend this Indian Premier League. One can also add K L Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane to the list…
THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN (NCW) has attacked online trolls who are targeting Himanshi Narwal, wife of Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was among those killed in a recent terror attack in Pahalgam, for her plea not to target Muslims and Kashmiris. The commission said it is not right to troll…
WITH security forces working overtime to nab the perpetrators of April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, thousands of Kashmiris with "resistance tattoos", opposing New Delhi's authority, have been lining up to scrub them from their bodies, fearing police retribution. Basit Bashir, who runs a laser clinic in Srinagar, claimed that he…
US VICE PRESIDENT J D Vance, who had recently visited India, has called prime minister Narendra Modi a “tough negotiator” and predicted that India could be among the first countries to strike a trade deal. India is negotiating with the US to avoid the high import taxes, most of them…
PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari told a British TV channel that Islamabad had backed terror outfits in the past and paid a heavy price. The former foreign minister said this to Sky News on Thursday (1) when queried about Pakistan's defense minister Khwaja Asif's controversial remark last week. Asif…
WITH Pakistan having shut its airspace to Indian carriers a few days after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, Air India claims it could face around $600 million in additional costs if the ban lasts for a year. Indian airlines are bracing for higher fuel costs and longer journey times,…
INDIAN-AMERICAN Congressman Shri Thanedar's efforts to impeach US president Donald Trump have run into rough weather with some of the House Democrats distancing themselves after they came to know that it has not been vetted by the party leadership. The Michigan Congressman, who hails from Karnataka, had introduced seven articles…
INDIAN-ORIGIN Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has expressed concern over Donald Trump administration's recent cancellation of student visas and described it as 'heavy-handed' and 'politically motivated'. In a letter to the Trump administration, signed by more than 130 fellow Democrats, Jayapal has sought information regarding the number of student visas revoked and…
