India will be UN Security Council President for August, 2021
United Nations, Jun 19 (PTI) India, which has been elected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, will serve as the president of the powerful 15-nation UN body for the month of August, 2021. The presidency of the Council is held by each of the members in turn for one month, following the English […]
Suspended JK cop Davinder Singh gets bail
Police fails to file charge sheet
New Delhi: Suspended Jammu and Kashmir DSP Davinder Singh, arrested while ferrying two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants in a vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway earlier this year, was granted bail on Friday by a court here in another terror case filed by Delhi Police after it failed to file a charge sheet within the prescribed time period. […]
Enough evidence against Singh, will file charge sheet, says NIA
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday said it had “adequate evidence” against tainted Deputy Superintendent of Police of Jammu and Kashmir Davinder Singh, arrested in a terror case, and a charge sheet would be filed against him in due course. In a brief statement, a spokesperson of the NIA said Singh continued […]
LAC faceoff: Don’t try to alter LAC, India tells China
New Delhi: India on Thursday asked China to confine its activities to its side of the Line of Actual Control and that it must not take any unilateral action to alter it. Referring to the Galwan Valley clash, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said India was strongly committed to ensuring the country’s sovereignty and […]
China-India-Russia meet: Jaishankar to participate in trilateral conference
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will attend a virtual conference of the Russia-India-China trilateral on June 23 which is being held in the backdrop of a violent border clash between Chinese and Indian troops in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava confirmed Jaishankar’s participation in the meeting. Chinese […]
Pakistan-Russia cementing ties: Both nations keen to forge long-term partnership: Qureshi
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday called his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and expressed Islamabad’s desire to forge a long-term and multi-dimensional partnership with Moscow as the two leaders discussed matters like COVID-19 pandemic and the Afghan peace process. During their telephonic conversation, Qureshi offered condolences on the loss of precious lives […]