Pakistan

NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday cracked down on Pakistani propaganda by ordering blocking of 20 YouTube channels and websites run by Islamabad.  In a fast paced development, the Information and Broadcasting ministry directed the Department of Telecom (DoT) and YouTube to block 20 identified YouTube channels and websites being run from Pakistan. These channels and […]

NEW DELHI: For a country that has been constantly trolling India for restricting communication facilities in Kashmir (albeit for security reasons), Pakistan has announced a complete shutdown of its Internet as well as mobile services in Islamabad ahead of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) council meeting that is being held there. Not only that, […]

Uday Mahurkar’s latest book, ‘Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition’ may be one of the most challenging works in Indian writing that attempts to decode multidimensional personality of Savarakar. Presently in office as India’s Information Commissioner, we discuss the book and beyond, with this veteran journalist, columnist, and author in our Book […]

The deadly scuffle that took place between the Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley of Eastern Ladakh region in June 2020, quickly morphed into a major military stand-off between the two Asian nuclear powers. Despite holding 13 rounds of Corps Commander level talks, both sides have failed to achieve a complete de-escalation so […]

SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said the arrest of human right activist Khurram Parvez was made after he was found to be in touch with some of the over ground workers (OGWs) of the Pakistan-based terror organisations. According to the agency, Parvez was arrested after the anti-terror probe agency carried out searches at his […]

NEW DELHI: Top security officials of India and seven other countries on Wednesday discussed the evolving situation in Afghanistan, especially the security situation and its regional and global ramifications. In the third regional security dialogue chaired by NSA Ajit Doval, the eight nations called for a collective cooperation against the menace of radicalisation, extremism, separatism […]

NEW DELHI: Ongoing investigation into the illegal conversion racket being run by Maulana Umar Gautam and Maulana Kaleem Siddique has led to the arrest of Maulana Umar’s son, Abdullah by the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police. It is said that Abdullah was allegedly a part of a well-heeled conversion racket, being funded […]

SRINAGAR: Due to the efforts of Indian law enforcement and security agencies, the US has finally shut down the Pakistani sponsored terror and intimidation notice board – kashmirfight.wordpress.com. In July 2021, the J&K Police had busted a white-collar terrorist syndicate operating Kashmir Fight blog. They had arrested five people in addition to seizing several devices […]

Vikram Sood is former head of India’s foreign intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW). Apart from his expertise in espionage, he has written two books – The Unending Game and The Ultimate Goal. Both the books are phenomenal as they deal with complex topic such as espionage with great ease and a crisp […]

NEW DELHI: He is one of India’s most flamboyant politicians. A former diplomat, a historian, a writer, a former minister and a Member of Parliament (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) from the Congress party, Shashi Tharoor wears several hats. In a candid conversation with Aarti Tikoo, Dr Tharoor speaks on issues that concern us. Aarti Tikoo: After 20 […]