Pahalgam Attack

April 22, 2026 4:09 PM

One Year On, Global Leaders Remember Pahalgam Attack, Back India Against Terror

Marking the first anniversary of the Pahalgam terror attack on Wednesday, diplomatic missions in India and foreign envoys paid tribute to the victims and expressed solidarity with New Delhi in its fight against terrorism. Twenty-six people, most of them tourists from across the country, were killed on April 22 last year when terrorists linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba opened fire in one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in recent years. In response, Indian armed forces launched Oper...

October 24, 2025 4:12 PM

All is not well in UN, decisions don’t address global priorities, says EAM Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday said that “all is not well” within the United Nations, asserting that the organisation’s decision-making no longer reflects its membership nor addresses global priorities. He was speaking at an event marking the 80th anniversary of the United Nations in New Delhi, where a commemorative postage stamp was launched by the Department of Posts. Jaishankar lauded the ministry’s open competition on the MyGov portal for designing the UN@80 posta...

October 14, 2025 10:21 AM

India turns spotlight on litany of Pak atrocities on children at UNGA

In a powerful address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, Nishikant Dubey, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian, launched a sharp critique of Pakistan’s human rights violations, particularly its failure to protect children in conflict zones. Representing India’s parliamentary delegation, Dubey accused Pakistan of being “one of the most serious violators” of the UN’s Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) agenda, citing the UN Secretary-General�...

July 30, 2025 10:52 PM

Congress’ priority not national security, but vote bank and appeasement politics: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday listed out several Congress-era errors, leading to the formation of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and loss of vast swathes of land to enemy nations. He also tore into the grand old party’s appeasement politics for political gains. Speaking in Rajya Sabha on Operation Sindoor, the Home Minister held Congress' policies responsible for multiple acts of terror in the country, while categorically stating that Hindus can never be terrorists. HM Shah sai...

July 30, 2025 10:11 PM

Can never forget painful moments of Pahalgam: HM Amit Shah vows to make Kashmir terror-free

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday lambasted the Congress party for 'prioritising' political motive over national interests and also recalled the poignant moments of Pahalgam terror attack, when 26 innocent tourists were gunned down by Pakistani terrorists on April 22. Sending a strong message to terrorists and their masters, Home Minister Shah vowed to make Jammu and Kashmir terrorism-free, saying that it is the long-standing commitment of Narendra Modi government to bring peace and st...

July 19, 2025 3:03 PM

‘Step toward justice’: Tharoor applauds US for naming TRF a global terrorist organisation

As the United States has designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the Pakistan-based LeT, as a global terrorist organisation, the move has been welcomed by former diplomat and senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. The Thiruvananthapuram MP expressed hope on Saturday that the decision would increase international pressure on Pakistan to act against terror outfits operating from its soil. This follows US President Donald Trump’s strong call for justice in response to the April 22 Paha...

July 16, 2025 9:51 AM

EAM Jaishankar slams terrorism at SCO meet, cites Pahalgam attack as example

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar on Tuesday underscored the need for an uncompromising stand against terrorism, citing the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India, which was condemned by the UN Security Council. The Minister was speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Tianjin, China. In a post on X, he highlighted the three evils - terrorism, separatism and extremism - which, he noted, often occur together. “Recently, w...

June 26, 2025 5:18 PM

India wanted concerns on terrorism reflected in document: MEA on no adoption of Joint Statement at SCO meet

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meeting, held in Qingdao, China, concluded on Thursday without the adoption of a joint statement. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that India wanted concerns on terrorism reflected in the final document, which was not acceptable to one particular country, therefore the statement was not adopted. At the SCO meeting, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called for united global action against terrorism, radicalisation, and extr...

June 26, 2025 10:27 AM

SCO members must condemn Pahalgam terror attack unequivocally: Rajnath Singh in China

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) members to unequivocally condemn the evil and dastardly Pahalgam terror attack in India's Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and said that any act of terrorism is "criminal and unjustifiable." During his address at the SCO Defence Ministers' meeting in China's Qingdao, Defence Minister Singh recalled the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 tourists were killed by 'The Resistance Front', an offshoot of the...

May 15, 2025 10:17 AM

PIB Fact-Check debunks fake claims about IAF Rafale pilot’s last rites

The Press Information Bureau's (PIB) fact-check unit has dismissed a viral social media claim suggesting that the last rites of an Indian Air Force (IAF) Rafale pilot were conducted following alleged casualties during Operation Sindoor. On Thursday, PIB flagged multiple Pakistan-based accounts that circulated an old image, claiming it depicted the funeral of a Rafale pilot who supposedly died on May 7. The unit clarified that the image in question is from 2008 and has no connection to recent ev...