NEW DELHI: Social media platform X has withheld the handles of Chinese state media outlet Global Times News and Turkish public broadcaster TRT World in India “in response to legal demand”.This demand can be a court order, or a request from the Centre that was probably made during Op Sindoor to contain misinformation. At that…
NEW DELHI: The recent tensions over the Dalai Lama‘s announcement that China will have no role in his reincarnation seemed set to intensify with the Chinese ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, rejecting his statement and also the support expressed by Union minister Kiren Rijiju for the Tibetan spiritual leader‘s decision.While Rijiju had clarified that he…
The Supreme Court has written to the Centre seeking the removal of former Chief Justice DY Chandrachud from his official residence in New Delhi, saying his occupation of the bungalow goes “beyond the permitted period”.UK technicians arrived in India to repair the British F-35 fighter jet, which is currently parked at Kannur airport amid high…
A CISF personnel stand guard near the British F-35 fighter jet that made an emergency landing after running low on fuel at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport (PTI image) NEW DELHI: A team of UK aviation engineers arrived in Kerala on Sunday aboard a Royal Air Force Airbus A400M to begin repair work on a British…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Sunday dismissed claims made by the Pakistan army blaming India for a deadly suicide bombing in North Waziristan, calling the statement “deserving of contempt.”In a response issued in the early hours of the day, the MEA said, “We have seen an official statement by the Pakistan…
NEW DELHI: In a sharp assessment of regional military dynamics, India’s Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on Friday expressed surprise over US President Donald Trump‘s recent lunch meeting with Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir, calling it “an embarrassment” for a country where the military overshadows the civilian government.“It is surprising. It must be an…
LONDON: Fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi is suing the Indian govt and five other people in the London high court for orchestrating what he refers to as his “kidnapping” from Antigua in 2021 in an alleged honeytrap plot.Choksi has claimed in the preliminary hearing that five people working for R&AW kidnapped him in Antigua and…
NEW DELHI: A Ranchi-bound Air India Express flight was diverted back to Delhi on Monday after technical issue was suspected. This is the fourth such incident in the last 36 hours when a flight faced emergency issues mid-air.The flight was scheduled to land at Birsa Munda Airport at 6.20pm.“One of our flights returned to Delhi…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday confirmed that a Royal Navy F-35B fighter jet from the United Kingdom made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on the night of June 14. The aircraft was operating from the UK aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and was undertaking routine flying operations outside…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for decisive global efforts to combat terrorism and those who enable it, during a meeting with visiting UK foreign secretary David Lammy. The talks took place amid strong British condemnation of the recent Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office,…