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August 20, 2025 12:23 PM

NCERT launches modules on Operation Sindoor, calls it a saga of courage

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Tuesday introduced new modules on Operation Sindoor, describing it as a “military success, a technological breakthrough, and a political message rolled into one.” The modules, designed for middle and secondary school students, include images of downed Pakistani drones, maps marking India’s precision strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), and references to Made-in-India defence...

August 20, 2025 12:04 PM

Evicted Afghan refugees huddle in Islamabad park, dreading return home

Evicted from their homes and huddling under plastic sheets after heavy rains, Afghan refugees in a park near government offices in Islamabad said they had nowhere to go as Pakistan pressures landlords to expel documented families. Among them is Samia, 26, from Afghanistan’s Hazara minority, a Shi’ite community long persecuted at home, who gave birth just three weeks ago. "I came here when my baby was seven days old, and now it has been 22 days … we have no food, and my baby was sick but ...

August 18, 2025 11:32 AM

Pakistan tell Babar Azam to improve strike rate for T20 comeback

Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been told to improve his batting against spin and boost his overall strike rate to be considered for Twenty20 Internationals, coach Mike Hesson said. Babar is Pakistan's batting mainstay in other formats but has not played a T20 International since their tour of South Africa late last year. The 30-year-old could not find a place in the Pakistan squad for the Asia Cup next month as the team management showed faith in rising players such as Sahibzada Farhan...

August 15, 2025 9:09 AM

PM Modi warns Pakistan over nuclear blackmail; says blood and water won’t flow together

In a powerful Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a stern message to Pakistan, declaring that India will no longer tolerate nuclear blackmail. “Blood and water won’t flow together,” he said, referencing the Indus Waters Treaty and the country’s firm stance against cross-border terrorism. Marking his 12th consecutive Independence Day speech, PM Modi’s remarks came amid heightened patriotic fervour as India celebrated its 79th y...

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 30, 2025 8:33 PM

Terrorists behind UPA-era attacks eliminated in Operation Sindoor: Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha

Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the terrorists responsible for multiple terror attacks during the Congress-led UPA regime were eliminated in the Operation Sindoor. Addressing the Rajya Sabha, Shah hit out at the Congress party for its handling of terrorism during its tenure and accused senior leaders like P. Chidambaram of shielding Pakistan-backed narratives for vote-bank politics. In a detailed address, HM Amit Shah linked the recent military operations - Sindo...

July 11, 2025 11:19 AM

Armed men kidnap, kill nine bus passengers in Pakistan, say officials

Armed men killed nine bus passengers after kidnapping them in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, officials said on Friday. The passengers had been kidnapped from multiple buses on Thursday evening, said the provincial government spokesman Shahid Rind. Their bodies with bullet wounds were found in mountains overnight, another government official Naveed Alam said. No one has claimed responsibility. Separatist Baloch militants have in the past been involved in such incidents, killing...

June 29, 2025 10:40 AM

India rejects Pak Army’s claims on Waziristan suicide attack, says statement deserves contempt

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday strongly rejected the Pakistan Army's claim that India was behind the Waziristan suicide bomber attack. "We have seen an official statement by the Pakistan Army seeking to blame India for the attack on Waziristan on 28 June. We reject this statement with the contempt it deserves," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a statement on X. As many as 13 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 29 others injured, including 19 civilians, in a suicide att...

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...