Month: April 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Indian armed forces are maintaining a high-state of operational readiness amid heightened tensions with Pakistan, even as Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi will visit J&K on Friday and the rival navies conducted firing drills in their own waters in the Arabian Sea. General Dwivedi will review the operational situation along the 778-km Line of Control and the counter-terror operations in the hinterland during his visit to the Udhampur-based Northern Command, as well as, Srinagar, and Anantnag, a senior officer told TOI. The validity of the LoC itself came under sharp focus on Thursday after Pakistan announced suspension of the 1972 Simla Agreement, which had transformed the then ceasefire line into the LoC with both sides agreeing not to alter it unilaterally.The ceasefire had first come into effect in Nov 2003 with an understanding between the rival […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India stepped up its diplomatic offensive against Pakistan on Thursday, briefing foreign envoys, including the Chinese ambassador, about the cross-border linkages of the perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack. In addition to the spate of measures it announced on Wednesday to block all contacts with Pakistan, the govt also asked all Pakistanis in India to leave the country saying their Indian visas would stand revoked with effect from April 27.Medical visas too will remain valid only till April 29. "All Pakistani nationals currently in India must leave India before the expiry of visas, as now amended,'' the external affairs ministry said. However, the govt clarified later in the evening that the revocation of visas will not apply to long-term visas already issued to Hindu Pakistan nationals, and these will remain valid. The govt also strongly advised Indian nationals […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Hours after Pakistan said any attempt to divert water meant for it under the Indus Waters Treaty will be an "act of war", an unfazed India on Thursday formally communicated to its hostile neighbour that the 1960 treaty will be held in abeyance with immediate effect."The obligation to honour a treaty in good faith is fundamental. However, what we have seen instead is sustained cross-border terrorism by Pakistan targeting the Indian Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir," Jalshakti ministry secretary Debashree Mukherjee said in a letter marked to her Pakistan counterpart Syed Ali Murtaza.Mukherjee said the resulting security uncertainties have directly impeded India's full utilization of its rights under the treaty. "Furthermore, apart from other breaches committed by it, Pakistan has refused to respond to India's request to enter into negotiations as envisaged under the treaty, and […]

[ad_1] President Droupadi Murmu will visit Vatican City on April 25-26 to attend the state funeral of Pope Francis and offer condolences on behalf of the govt and people of India.On April 25, the President will pay homage to Pope Francis by laying a wreath at Basilica of Saint Peter in Vatican City. The following day, Murmu will attend the funeral mass of at Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City, which will be attended by dignitaries from around the world. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Navy officer Lieutenant Vinay Narwal was killed in a terror attack in Kashmir's Baisaran valley while honeymooning with his wife, Himanshi. Irshad Ahmad, a local ATV operator, heroically transported the couple to safety, concealing the officer's death from his bride to spare her immediate grief. NEW DELHI: As the first responder to reach Navy officer Lieutenant Vinay Narwal after terrorists opened fire on tourists in Pahalgam on Tuesday, ATV operator, Irshad Ahmad, made a split-second decision.He ferried Vinay Narwal and his wife Himanshi to an ambulance, knowing the officer had died, but choose to shield the young bride from the truth. “I checked his pulse and realised he was dead. But I told his wife he was alive… I didn’t want her to panic,” Irshad said, recalling the rescue that turned into a moment of unbearable sorrow. The 26-year-old […]

[ad_1] Shital Kalathiya, wife of Shailesh Kalathiya, expressed anger at her husband's funeral. Shailesh died in the Pahalgam terror attack. She demanded justice from politicians and the government. SURAT: Lamenting the security arrangements in Jammu and Kashmir at the time of the Pahalgam terror attack, Shital Kalathiya, wife of Surat banker Shailesh Kalathiya (44), demanded justice from the politicians and government for the families of terror victims. Shital was expressing her anger at the funeral of her husband in the presence of central Jal Shakti minister CR Patil, local MP Mukesh Dalal, and Gujarat's Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghvi. Apart from politicians, a large number of people had gathered at Kasturi Bunglows society in the Mota Varachha area of Surat for the last rites of Kalathiya. Kalathiya, who was working as a manager with State Bank of India […]