Lucknow July 28 (UNI) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati today called for a united approach by all political parties during the Parliamentary discussion on ‘Operation Sindoor’, underscoring the importance of rising above party lines when it comes to matters of national security. As the discussion on ‘Operation Sindoor’ is set to begin in Parliament…
Ahmedabad, Oct 3 (UNI) Test cricket is often about graft, resolve and moments etched in memory, and the first India–West Indies Test here at Narendra Modi Stadium added a fresh chapter to that tradition as three Indian batsmen – KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja – brought up centuries in the same innings, marking…
London, June 26 (UNI) Hampshire have signed Australian batter Chris Lynn for their remaining T20 Blast group matches. The Hawks have six more games in the group stage and Lynn’s arrival comes after South African pair Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Dewald Brevis earned international call-ups. South Africa are scheduled to play in a two-Test series against…
New Delhi, Sep 11 (UNI) India today criticised the global climate finance target of USD 300 billion by 2035 proposed under the UN framework for climate change, calling it inadequate to meet the scale and urgency of the climate crisis. Delivering the keynote address at FICCI’s 4th LEADS Summit, union Minister for Environment, Forest and…
New Delhi, Mar 18 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday held a meeting with Defence Minister of Netherlands Ruben Brekelmans here and both leaders reviewed the full range of defence cooperation. The two Ministers discussed elevating the bilateral cooperation in areas like defence, security, information exchanges, Indo-Pacific and new and emerging technologies, a Defence…
New Delhi, Apr 9 (UNI) Tahawwur Rana, one of the masterminds of the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, is being extradited to India after he exhausted his legal options in the US, according to news reports. The Pakistani-Canadian national, 64, was an associate of the Pakistan-based Islamist terrorist group, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The US Supreme…
New Delhi, June 30 (UNI) In a major achievement, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has reached a historic milestone with 50 percent of its cadre officers in the rank of Inspector General (IG) now being women. This makes CISF the leader among all Armed Forces of the Union in terms of female representation in…
Yangon/New Delhi, Mar 31 (UNI) Indian search and rescue teams and doctors are working round the clock to extend critical support to quake survivors in Mandalay that has seen immense devastation. India launched Operation Brahma to help in quake-hit Myanmar, sending an 80-member NDRF search and rescue team and an 118-member Indian Army Mobile Hospital…
Kathmandu/New Delhi, Aug 17 (UNI) Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, who is visiting Kathmandu, called on Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today and formally handed over an invitation for his India visit. During the meeting with Oli at the latter’s office in Singha Durbar, Misri handed him the invitation letter on behalf of Prime…
Seoul, July 29 (UNI) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister has told the state media that their neighbour South Korea remains “the enemy” of the country despite recent moves by Seoul to ease tensions along the 38th parallel. North Korea has “no interest” in talks with the South no matter what proposal is…
