Senior leaders, including MPs, of various parties from both the ruling and the opposition, have been sounded out by the government and some parties have also given their go-ahead to the presence of their members for the diplomatic exercise.
Category: India
US: NY Senate adopts resolution celebrating 75 years of Indian Constitution
New York State Senator Jeremy Cooney, the only member of Indian-origin currently serving in the New York State Senate, introduced the landmark resolution, which was adopted in a ceremony on Wednesday.
India to keep Indus Water Treaty suspended until Pakistan stops supporting cross-border terrorism: Jal Shakti ministry
Brokered by the World Bank in 1960, the Indus Waters Treaty governed the distribution and use of the Indus river and its tributaries between India and Pakistan.
Apple assures Indian government of its commitment despite Trump’s ‘problem’
Apple has ‘assured’ India of continued commitment to using India as a major base to manufacture its products
India’s defence budget likely to increase by USD 5.85B after Operation Sindoor’s success
If approved, the total defence allocation will cross INR 7 lakh crore (USD 81.87 billion), a historic figure. In the Union Budget for 2025-26, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had already set aside a record INR 6.81 lakh crore (USD 79.65 billion) for the defence sector.
S Jaishankar thanks Taliban leader for condemning Pahalgam terror attack during first telephonic conversation
S Jaishankar thanks Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi over the recent Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir
‘Are nukes safe with irresponsible and rogue nation like Pakistan?’: Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh demands global monitoring
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday sought a global monitoring of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons questioning how safe the nukes are with the “irresponsible” and “rogue” nation. Singh visited Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday for the first time since the Indian Armed Forces conducted Operation Sindoor to destroy the terrorists camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Pakistan […]
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla-led Axiom-4 mission delayed, now set for June 8 launch
The mission was earlier scheduled for launch on May 29.
India pushes to list TRF as UN-designated terror group
The Resistance Front (TRF), a front for Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), had claimed responsibility of the Pahalgam attack.
Jaishankar’s Z-level security fortified amid threats
The move comes days after a military conflict between India and Pakistan, and amid New Delhi’s punitive diplomatic measures against Islamabad following the April 22 Pahalgam terrorist attack, which claimed 26 lives.
