After the brutal attack of Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan, and the death of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah in India, the focus is now on the plight of prisoners languishing in jails in both the countries. The families of Indian prisoners of war (PoWs) who have been ...
Rasheed Firangi Mahali, a religious leader expressed his grief at the demise of Pakistani prisoner, Sanaullah. He also added that India would never take any step to seek revenge. He also said that India is a peace loving nation and not a vindictive one.
Just a day after the Chinese foreign ministry agreed to resolve the incursion issue in the Ladakh area, an ever-defiant China has erected another tent in the nearby region. However, India has downplayed the incident. But the Opposition has stepped up the press...
Aaj Tak's Vishesh is a pioneering news format. The Vishesh as the name stands for is an programme that goes in depth into a story- using analysis, interviews, research and at times graphics and animation. This episode takes up the issue of Chinese incursion in...
External Affairs minister Salman Khurshid speaks about India's relation with Pakistan and China. He also clarifies about what the government has done in Sarabjit Singh's case. He rules out cancelling his visit to China on May 9.
New Delhi is trying very hard to organise a flag meeting to resolve the incursion issue with Beijing. Army sources say that after the first two flag meetings resulted in a stalemate, India is making an effort to get a third flag meet with China today.
Sources say a third flag meeting between Indian and Chinese armys could be held today. In the wake of the stalemate over Chinese troops' incursion into Indian territory in Ladakh, at the previous two flag meets, this one becomes crucial.
Sources say that India and China have agreed for another meeting, likely to be held on Friday, to discuss the Chinese troops' incursion into Indian territory in Ladakh. The first two flag meets did not provide any resolution to the matter, as the Chinese and I...
The Ministry of External Affairs finally breaks its silence over the Chinese incursion into Indian territory in the Daulat Beg Oldi sector in Ladakh. Two flag meetings later, there has been no breakthrough, even as both countries maintain their stand. While Ch...
Fresh information from Wikileaks reveals that the late Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi offered to share information on nuclear technology with then Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1974, if a proper code for trust was created. But Bhutto rejected t...
The hunger strike over the issue of power taken by first by the Left parties, who were forcibly admitted to hospital, and then TDP leaders could well be start of a new political alliance in Andhra Pradesh. Even though YSR Congress looks to corner the Congress ...
The presence of Jr NTR's picture on a flex board announcing the start of Sharmila Reddy's padyatra in Krishna district has set off a political chain reaction. TDP blames Jr NTR's friend Kodali Nani for putting up the flex banner of a family member of the leade...
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Barack Obama is heading to key ally Israel for the first time as US President. Obama's previous term in officer saw frosty relations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi says that government of India stands for human rights issue in Sri Lanka. She said this while addressing the CPP meeting in New Delhi. Taking a tough stand on India's foreign policy, she said no country should take India for gra...
The external affairs ministry announced today that it has cancelled the upcoming bilateral hockey series against Pakistan. The team was scheduled to play a five-match series in India, beginning April 5. India were also slated to tour the neighbours for the sec...
India has drafted a counter resolution against Pakistan's similar one that condemns Afzal Guru's hanging. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday moved resolution against Pakistan's resolution on Afzal Guru and said that the House rejected Pakistan's interfere...
Pakistan's brazen resolution against Afzal Guru's hanging reeks of meddling in Indian affairs. This despite India's gracious welcome of its leaders in the recent past, even as terrorist attacks within India have proven Pakistan links. How long should India tol...
Rudy Pratap Singh, spokesperson for BJP, says that the government's reply about letting out Italian marines in the first place has been wishy-washy. Even as the MEA talks tough on the issue, BJP says the government is yet to take any action and questions the m...
Kerala Chief Mnister Oommen Chandy says he will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss a plan of action in the view of Italian government's refusal to send back the two marines, who are to stand trial in India for shooting and killing two fishermen off ...
The Kerala Fishermen Association protests against the Italian government's refusal to hand over two Italian marines, accused of killing two Kerala fishermen. In Kerala, lawmakers, especially the Opposition, are up in arms against this Italian deceit as the Ker...
Sources say that the Ministry of External Affairs has approached the law ministry to discuss options and bring the Italian marines back to India. As the marines, who face trial in Kerala for shooting and killing fishermen off the Indian coast, were granted a r...
In a development that could lead to a diplomatic stand-off between Italy and India, the Italian marines, who were charged with murder of Indian fishermen, won't be returning to India to face a trial.
After the UNHRC indicts Sri Lanka over the killing of ethnic Tamils in the island country, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Kannimozhi says that the Indian government should initiate an independent inquiry into the report.
DMK MP TR Baalu brings up the issue of Lankan war crimes against ethnic Tamils in Parliament today. According to Baalu, the government should pass a resolution to ensure action against those responsible for the atrocities against Tamils. He says those who are ...
Satyvathi had marital differences with her husband who was many years older to her. She had once came into contact with a police constable Govind working with the Bhimavaram police station. When he had asked her to leave her husband and walk away with him, she...
Chuck Hagel has been the US Defense Secretary only for a day, but he has already cast egg on the Obama administration. After a 2011 video of Hagel's anti-India remark surfaced, the US government offered mere lip service but no clarification or justification fo...
After a long 22 year halt, Iraqi airways resumes service to Kuwait in an attempt to improve the strained relations between the two nations. After Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, all the flight services between the two countries were suspended. It is ...
Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet in Berlin on Tuesday. On the agenda are discussions over the two countries' stand on the Syrian violence and the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea. Another issue tha...
During his diplomatic marathon, US Secretary of State John Kerry praises the United States' warm relations with Britain. However, Jeremy Corbyn, a Labour Party MP, says there were two major wars resulting from the friendship between Tony Blair and George W Bus...
British Prime Minister David Cameron, during his visit to India, gathered a large trade delegation seeking to gain favour and popularity points over his French colleague who visited New Delhi earlier in the month. However, Deepak Tripathi from the University o...
The US is investing in potential foreign leaders by educating them in America convinced that back in their home countries, when the time comes, they would side with America. US officials claim it is hard to overestimate the benefits of investing in public dipl...
The Chinese don't like to be portrayed as the only nation that supports North Korea, says columnist Eric Margolis. While China has strongly condemned N Korea's third nuclear test in defiance of UN rules, it has no plans to sever ties with it, he says.
United Nations Security Council is likely to beef up sanctions against North Korea after it conducted an underground nuclear test in defiance of a UN ban on all such activity.
I will show how a movement should be and how to guide it along, says Nagam Janardhana Reddy. The feisty leader, who resigned from the TDP, today launched a broadside against TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao. He alludes to KCR being a stumbling block to his joinin...
The TRS will henceforth play an active role in Telangana Political Joint Action Committee. Party chief KCR said in the protests and agitations organised by the JAC, TRS flags should figure prominently. TRS had recently participated whole-heartedly in the 'Sama...
It is rare that the entire state Cabinet sits in while the CM is addressing a press conference. But on Thursday night, soon after the Cabinet meeting, attended by 22 ministers including the Chief Minister was over, Kiran Kumar Reddy addressed the media with hi...
Fresh from the scrape with the Tamil Nadu state government and chief minister J Jayalalithaa over the ban on his movie 'Viswaroopam', Kamal has had interaction with politicians enough to last a lifetime. The ban has also, according to many fans, exposed Kamal ...
West Asia expert Ali Rizk says while he doesn't believe that there would be an all-out military warfare between Syria and Israel, the latter can expect covert retaliation from Damascus. Israel's attack on Syria was an attempt to destabalise the Iran-Syria-Hezb...
In the wake of recent revelations about Pakistan's intentions during the Kargil War 12 years ago, Defence Minister AK Antony sends out a tough message to the neighbouring country. Antony says that mere promises are not enough as India wants to see these promis...
Syria and Iran are threatening to retaliate against Israel's airstrike on Syrian territory. Syria says Israel targeted its military research centre near Damascus, killing two people. Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon said it was not sure when a retaliatory act woul...
Pervez Musharraf crossed the LoC on March 28, 1999 and spent a night on the Indian side, claims Pakistan's Col. Ashfaq Hussain. This was part of the explosive revelations made by Col. Ashfaq Hussain (retd.) in his book 'Witness to Blunder'. According to him, i...
The whole truth behind Kargil war has been exposed by Pakistan's Col Ashfaq Hussain (retd) in his book 'Witness to Blunder'. He claims Pervez Musharraf himself crossed the Line of Control, entering 11 kilometer into the Indian territory, in March 1999.
Syria says it may take action against Israel after it violated Syria's sovereignty and bombed a military research complex close to Damascus. Diplomats in Iran say the alleged attack holds significant implications for Israel.
The startling revelations made by Pakistan's Lt Gen Shahid Aziz (retd) has once again exposed Pakistan's duplicity. According to him, Pakistan planned the Kargil war with an eye on Kashmir. He explains the reasoning behind Musharraf's Kargil misadventure and a...
RT takes a look at US Secretary of State-elect John Kerry's political past to get an idea of what the world can expect from the US in the coming future. While Kerry built his reputation as an anti-war advocate, in the last few years he has contradicted himsel...
The bus services between Pakistan and India, which were suspended following the unprovoked aggression by Pakistan along the Line of Control, is set to be resumed. Owing to the discontinuation of bus services, several people were stranded in both the countries....
North Korea has warned of a full-fledged confrontation with Washington, promising to conduct a rocket launch and a nuclear test targetting the US. The threats comes a day after the US Security Council decided on a US-backed sanction on the country for a rocket...
North Korea has warned of a full-fledged confrontation with Washington, promising to conduct a rocket launch and a nuclear test targeting the US. The threats comes a day after the US Security Council decided on a US-backed sanction on the country for a rocket ...
India's Minister of External Affairs Salman Khurshid and his Sri Lankan counterpart Professor GL Peiris address the media after jointly chairing the Eighth Session of the India-Sri Lanka Joint Commission. At the press meet, Khurshid informs the media of the tw...
India dismissed Pakistan's suggestion to involve the UN and rejected the idea of UN Military Observer Group. According to India, the UN has no mandate in Kashmir since 1972, as the Shimla Agreement between the two countries that states all issues be discussed ...
Pakistan once again raises LoC ceasefire violation at United Nations, seeking its intervention into the issue. Pakistan demands that UN Military Observer Group be involved in the resolution of the stand-off between India and Pakistan over repeated ceasefire vi...
Has India made a smart move by saying that there is no point in Pakistan's foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar making a dialogue with External Minister Salman Khurshid till the time Pakistani army and the establishment emerges out of its denial and accepts ceas...
In spite of Pakistan's about turn, India continues to be adamant that Pakistan needs to accept its mistakes. India said that talks and trade will only commence between the nations if Pakistan owns up and takes responsibility of the heinous beheading of two Ind...
Hina Rabbani Khar's request to meet Salman Khurshid and continue dialogues to solve issues was met with a cold ressonse from India. India is adamant that Pakistan needs to accept its mistakes. India said that talks and trade will only commence between the nati...
The fallout of the tension at LoC affected nine Pakistan hockey players who were asked to leave the Indian Hockey League. They said that strained relations between the two countries shouldn't be allowed to affect sports. The league has agreed to pay the player...
The Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of Pakistan Army agrees not to escalate tensions along the Line of Control (LoC). He said that orders have been passed to troops to strictly observe ceasefire and exercise restraint. Meanwhile, Pakistan Foreig...
Pakistan once again does an about turn. After her harsh words, Hina Rabbani Khar said that Pakistan wants dialogues with India to continue. She said that in spite of the tension at the LoC, the countries shouldn't allow that to become a roadblock in the peace ...
The ceasefire violation has affected the lives of citizens near the LoC. The children of the villages near the LoC are the most affected. They live everyday with fear. In 2001, when the tension escalated at the border, the villages had to be evacuated.
After her harsh words against India in her speech, Hina Rabbani Khar said that she wants to meet Salman Khursid and together find a solution to the problems. She added that the tension at the LoC, shouldn't become a roadblock in the peace dialogues.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar seems to be out of sync with reality. After accusing India of engaging in 'war-mongering', she blames the country for giving out negative statements. She claims that Pakistan has observed self restraint at LoC. And n...
The recent news coming in from the the cricketing world is that Pakistan players will once again miss the IPL. Along with the players, commentators like Rameez Raja and Wasim Akram, will also not be allowed to come to India. The IPL Governing body made this an...
Minister and business magnate Ghanta Srinivas has emerged as one of the most vocal supporters of Andhra Pradesh staying united. He has declared that he would be the first to resign should the Centre grant a separate Telangana state. But his sudden cancellation...
Even as Pakistan has taken a denial mode over the charges of brutal killing of two Indian soldiers, in an irrefutable proof of Pakistani hand in recent ceasefire violations, Pakistan-manufactured live landmines have been detected along the Line of Control in J...
Hina Rabbani Khar, the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, in her address to the Western Countries said that Pakistan has always wanted to find a solution to the problem via peace talks but the recent statements from the Chief of Army Staff General Bikram Singh was ...
In a UN meeting, Pakistan Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, said that the comments made by India were surprising and were aimed at spoiling the relations between the countries. She also went on to say that General Bikram Singh's speech was filled with hatre...
Reacting to the statements by Indian government, Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar says they are disappointing 'war mongering' statements. Khar renewed her denial about beheading of Indian soldiers saying no one in Pakistan was authorised to kill or...
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talks tough with Pakistan saying there cannot be business as usual after the barbaric killing of Indian soldiers at LoC. Manmohan Singh urges Pakistan to punish those who are responsible for the heinous act. Meanwhile, Pakistan co...
Even after tough messages from India, Pakistan continues to provoke India with frequent firing along the Line of Control. Pakistan opened fire at LoC on Tuesday night - violating the ceasefire agreement for the fourth time since Monday's flag meeting. Prime Mi...
All eyes are on the Israelis who head to the polls as the country holds parliamentary election on January 22. The situation in the turbulent Middle East is heavily depended on the outcome of the polls. The whole world will be watching the act closely. The ques...
National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon will brief Senior BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley on the current situation at LoC and steps taken by the government. BJP leadership has been highly critical of government's soft approach towards Pakistan....
In an attempt to take opposition into confidence on its policy on Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assures opposition that no policy decision would be taken without their consent. National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon will brief the BJP leaders o...
Even though government is in no mood to support Army chief on his tough stand on Pakistan, BJP is fully supportive of him. Senior BJP leader and former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha supports the idea of controlled military action against Pakistan. H...
Even as General Bikram Singh sends out a strong message to Pakistan, the government continues its soft approach with the neighbouring nation. Downplaying Army chief's comments, external affairs minister said that India doesn't want to derail the peace process ...
At the Brigadier-level flag meeting, Pakistan flatly denies all charges of intrusion, and killing and beheading of Indian soldiers. Pakistan claims that there were no ceasefire violations at all. But the question remains: Can Pakistan army resort to aggression...
In the backdrop of strong words by General Bikram Singh, the brigadier-level flag meeting between Pakistan and India, which lasted about 25 minutes, ended at Chakan da Bagh along the Line of Control in Poonch district a while ago today. The flag meeting, first...
Criticising Government of India's apathy towards the martyred soldier, Bharatiya Janata Party says that the Centre should rise beyond the politics and honour the martyrs. According to BJP national president Nitin Gadkari, who visited Lance Naik Hemraj's home i...
Disputing all claims made by the Pakistani army as well as their media, General Bikram Singh, at a press conference in Delhi said the attack on Indian soldiers by Pakistani troops was a planned operation. The chief of Indian Armed Forces said that Indian Army ...
In the backdrop of strong words by General Bikram Singh, the brigadier-level flag meeting between Pakistan and India is underway at Chakkan-da-Bagh in Poonch district. The flag meeting will be a step towards resolving the cross-firing issue and would look to c...
Just ahead of the crucial flag meeting between India and Pakistan at the Line of Control, Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh, at a press conference, says that Indian Army will retaliate in kind if Pakistan army launches any more provocative operations. Sin...
A Brigadier-level flag meeting between Pakistan and India will be held around 1 PM at Chakkan-da-Bagh in Poonch district. Topping the agenda of the talks would be the ceasefire violation and the beheading of an Indian soldier. India and Pakistan are also likel...
India and Pakistan will have a Brigadier level flag meeting today in Poonch in the background of the escalated tension in the LoC. India will register strong protest over the beheading of one of it's jawans. The tension between the two countries escalated afte...
Martyred Indian soldier Lance Naik Hemraj's wife has begun a hunger strike demanding the government to bring back her husband's remains. Hemraj's family alleges that the state and central government has been completely indifferent to their demands. Pakistan ar...
Amidst heightened tension, a Brigadier-level flag meeting between Pakistan and India will be held today at Chakan-Da-Bagh in Poonch. Indian Army is all set to lodge strong protest over the Pakistani intrusion and jawans' death. Among other things, India will d...
Pakistan has suspended the bus service between Poonch and Rawalkote, which was started as a confidence-building exercise for the Indo-Pak relations. The bus service was a crucial method of transportation between the divided sectors and is being considered a hu...
Indian Air Force chief reiterates defence minister AK Antony's stand that increasing ceasefire violations at the Line of Control raises serious security concerns. However, he was tight-lipped about the plan of action by the government to curb the cross-border ...
According to Pakistani Army's communique intercepted by the Indian intelligence agencies, troops along the Pakistani side of the Line of Control are being mobilised. Also, leaves of all Army officers and personnel has been cancelled. Reports of fresh firing, a...
According to DIG of Poonch and Rajouri districts, Pakistan is trying to push in terrorists under the cover of heavy shelling and firing. The DIG says that as most part of the Line of Control is snowed in, Poonch is the only sector from where infiltration can b...
Defence Minister AK Antony has said that the increasing incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan is a matter of concern. He says that although the incidents of violence in Kashmir has come down, attempts of terrorist infiltration has increased considerabl...
Defence Minister AK Antony has said that the increasing incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan is a matter of concern. However, he says the Indian government is monitoring the situation and not jumping to any conclusions or speculations. He says he has ...
Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office, V Narayanaswamy has said that the Centre will ensure that Pakistan agrees to a fresh ceasefire agreement. According to Narayanaswamy, terms in the ceasefire agreement have to be honoured and if Pakistan violates tho...
What comes across as more instances of provocation from Pakistan, Indian trucks have been stopped at the Poonch trading post by Pakistani Army. According to sources, Pakistani Army refused to open the gates for Indian trucks repeatedly. Tensions mount in the r...
When Pakistan blatantly denies ceasefire violation from it's side, Times now exposes the unacceptable provocation from Pakistan. Times Now follows the Indian Army at LoC revealing the truth behind barbed wires. Pakistan violated ceasefire without any provocati...
Pakistan has provoked India time and again violating ceasefire. Facts reveal that in the past 12 months, Pakistan has violated ceasefire 117 times.There is an 100% increase in ceasefire violation from Pakistani side. This is a wake up call for India to revisit...
In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistan on Thursday opened fire at Indian posts in Battal area of Poonch district which lasted for half an hour. This was the same place where two Indian soldiers were brutally murdered on Tuesday. Pakistan claims that the ...
A army jawan fired six rounds in the air outside the Army sub-area in the Tadbund area of Secunderabad. He has a SLR weapon and his action of firing in a civilian area, eventhough it was in the air, has created a sensation in the area. Police rushed to the spo...
After the inhuman treatment of Indian jawans by Pakistan, public outcry has strengthened to review ties with Pakistan. As Pakistan violates ceasefire time and again, India needs to change rules of engagement with Pakistan. It's time to talk tough with Pakistan...
Are Akbaruddin Owaisi and his elder brother Akaruddin Owaisi trying to stoke communal passions so as to checkmate the formation of a separate Telangana state? The MIM set about its rallies and meeting across the Telangana region to explain to its supporters wh...
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy releases a book on India-UAE relations written by President's Press Secretary Venu Rajamony. Oommen Chandy released the book, 'India-UAE Souhrudhathinte Sahasrabdangal' by handing over a copy to Union Minister for Overseas Indian A...