The U.S. presidential campaign is set to turn more personal and bitter as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made it clear that no topic will be out of bounds in the remaining five weeks to the election day. Launching the most vicious attack yet on his rival Hillary Clinton over the weekend, Mr. Trump accused her of infidelity and his surrogates defended the statement later. “I don’t even think she’s loyal to Bill, you want to know the truth. Read more
Dassault Aviation of France has entered into a partnership with Reliance group to execute offsets for the recently concluded deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets. The joint venture called “Dassault Reliance Aerospace” was jointly announced by Dassault Aviation Chairman & CEO Eric Trappier and Reliance Group Chairman Anil Dhirubhai Ambani. “This is the largest offset contract to be executed by any defence company in India till date,” Read more
Amid a war of words over surgical strikes across the Line of Control and the arrest of a soldier in Pakistani territory, India may have discussed steps for de-escalation with high-level contacts in Islamabad. External Affairs Ministry officials refused to confirm or deny that National Security Adviser Ajit Doval held talks with Pakistan as he had a “separate channel” not routed through the Ministry. Read more
As President Barack Obama serves his final year in office, the nation will attempt to evaluate his legacy. Was the Affordable Care Act a step forward or a step back? Did Obama’s policies improve the economy? And how did the president handle the threat of terrorism? Read more
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The missile that downed flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine was transported from Russia, a criminal inquiry revealed Wednesday, announcing about 100 people were being investigated for playing "an active role" in the disaster. Saying they had "irrefutable evidence" that the BUK missile system was used to blow the Malaysia Airlines plane out of the sky. Read more
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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj hitting out at Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday in reply to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's address to the UNGA last week evoked praise from various quarters. However, the Congress expresed disappointment. Ms. Swaraj asked the world community to hold countries that “nurture, peddle and export” terrorism to account, taking forward India’s campaign to diplomatically isolate Pakistan. Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said the newly formed Rocket Force of the PLA which handles the country’s growing arsenal of missiles has played an “irreplaceable” role in helping Beijing to become a “major power” by warding off war threats. Inspecting the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Rocket Force on Monday, Mr. Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and also chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), described the force as a “core of strategic deterrence, Read more
China on Monday said it was not aware of the remarks in the Pakistani media, attributed to its Consul General in Lahore that Beijing will support Islamabad in case of “any foreign aggression.” “I am not aware of the situation you mentioned,” said Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang, when asked to comment on the reported remarks. Read more
British physicist Stephen Hawking has warned against announcing our presence to any alien civilisations, especially to those more technologically advanced than humans. Our first contact from an advanced civilisation could be equivalent to when Native Americans first encountered Christopher Columbus and things “didn’t turn out so well”, Hawking said in a new online film. Read more
Pakistan’s months-long efforts to internationalise the Kashmir issue at the United Nations (U.N.) have not found any resonance with nations at the world body that are focussed on combating the growing scourge of terrorism, a top Indian diplomat has said.India’s Permanent Representative to the U.N. Syed Akbaruddin said that what was finding resonance among the international community is the terror threat that India is facing and not what Mr. Sharif focussed on his speech — the issue of Kashmir. Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the perpetrators of the Uri terror attack would be punished and the Army did not speak but exhibited its valour. “I pay tributes to our 18 soldiers who lost their lives in the Uri attack. This cowardly act was enough to shake the country. It has not only left the people mourning but has also infuriated them. The loss of our soldiers is a national loss, and therefore I would like to reiterate that the guilty would be punished,” he said in his Mann Ki Baat radio programme. Read more
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is responding well to the treatment and “there is no question of taking the Honourable Chief Minister abroad for treatment, as there is no necessity at all for this,” said Subbiah Viswanathan, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Apollo Hospitals on Sunday. At a press conference, he said Ms. Jayalalithaa “continues to get better. She will be discharged in a few days and will soon resume her normal duties. Necessary medications were being administered as required.” Read more
The Army was pressed into service on Saturday in rescue and support operations in the rain-affected areas of the greater Hyderabad region. Army officials met senior Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC0 officers in the early of Saturday and procured maps and information related to the present ground situation in the city. Eight task force teams of the Army were deployed in Malkajgiri, Alwal, Hakeempet and Nizampet. Read more
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said the Uri terror attack could a “reaction” to the situation in Kashmir and criticised India for blaming Pakistan “without any evidence.” “The Uri attack can be the reaction of the atrocities in Kashmir, as the close relatives and near and dear ones of those killed and blinded over the last two months were hurt and outraged,” Mr. Sharif told reporters in London.
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After constant persuasion from the Uttarakhand government, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has agreed to “consider” the State’s request and “permit the 10 hydro electric projects (HEPs) of less than 25MW capacity of a total combined capacity of 82.3 MW which were approved prior to the date of notification” in the Bhagirathi eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) in the hill State’s Uttarkashi region. Read more
India and France on Friday concluded an Inter-Governmental Agreement for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets to cost the nation Euro 7.87 billion. The signing was concluded at Hyderabad house in the presence of Defence minister Manohar Parrikar along with his French counterpart Jean Yves Le Drian. Read more
One militant was killed in an encounter and two infiltration bids were foiled on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Kashmir Valley on Thursday. An Army spokesman said two bids were foiled in as many places in Naugam sector of Kupwara district. Two counter-infiltration operations continue in Uri in Baramulla and Naugam in Kupwara. Read more
The Army on Thursday foiled two infiltrations in north Kashmir's Nowgam Sector in Kupwara district, more than 90 km away from Srinagar. “Even as counter-infiltration operations continue in Uri and Nowgam sectors, two more infiltrations were successfully foiled by the Army at two different places in Nowgam sector,” an Army spokesman said. Read more
Defence and police forces in Maharashtra went on high alert on Thursday after reports of sighting of suspicious men near a naval base in Uran, and suspicious activities in nearby Karanja.
A defence spokesperson said the Navy was in a state of high alert in Mumbai and adjoining areas after suspicious activities were reported by some schoolchildren in Karanja. Read more
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An orphaned baby koala in Australia has found solace cuddling a fluffy toy marsupial in the absence of his mother as he recovers from the trauma of her death. Nine-month-old Shayne's mother was recently hit and killed by a car in Queensland as he clung to her back. Read more
Rio Paralympics staged its final show in the shadow of a tragedy. Rio de Janeiro on Sunday closed a Paralympic Games that many feared would be a fiasco but eventually turned into a triumph, though marred in the final hours by the death of an Iranian cyclist. Read more
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday there was still no indication that an explosion that injured 29 people in Manhattan on Saturday was linked to international terrorism, while investigators scoured the scene of the blast. Read more
The death toll from a Taliban suicide bombing at a packed mosque in Pakistan’s restive northwest tribal region has risen to 36 after several of those injured in the attack died in hospitals, officials have said. The attack targeted the weekly Friday prayers in Mohmand agency, bordering Afghanistan. The bomber shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ and blew himself up when the prayers were in progress. Read more
Bhoomi Shah says she lives the good life in Ahmedabad. She has a well-paying job, has a car that she likes to drive around and lives in a bungalow with her parents, who have always supported her decisions and life choices. So last week, she packed her bags and made a quick three-day trip to Cambodia — not drawn to the east Aisa nation by the iconic Angkor Wat, but to rent a womb. Read more
Seventeen soldiers were killed in a militant attack in Uri area of Baramulla district on Sunday morning. Police sources said that fidayeen militants stormed an Army camp in Uri near the Line of Control (LoC) around 4 a.m. Four militants were killed in the encounter. Read more
At least eight militants are believed to be killed by the Army in Uri sector's Lachipora area in north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday. The group, believed to have infiltrated very recently, was contacted by the Army in the Lachipora area. Preliminary reports suggest 15 militants were part of the group. Read more
Syria’s cease-fire has faltered further after an aid convoy was hit by airstrikes, with activists saying at least 12 people were killed in the attack, mostly truck drivers and Red Crescent workers.The strikes late on Monday came just hours after the Syrian military declared the week-long U.S.-Russian brokered cease-fire had failed. Read more
The United Nations suspended aid convoys across Syria on Tuesday a day after an air strike hit relief trucks near the city of Aleppo, killing at least one aid worker and around 20 civilians, and destroying a warehouse and hospital. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which said it was postponing an aid convoy that had been set to deliver supplies to four besieged Syrian towns, warned of the consequences for millions of civilians in need. Read more
The fidayeen attack, reportedly by Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists, on an Army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday morning is a very serious provocation. As we know, Pakistan does this periodically, whether it was theKaluchak attack of May 2002 or the Mumbai attacks of November 2008. In fact, the Kaluchak attack was very similar — the death toll crossed 30, and in fact, families of officers and jawans too were killed. That attack, in the summer of 2002, broke the proverbial camel’s back. Read more
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated the need for Pakistan to prevent all terrorists from using Pakistani territory as safe havens, during his meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Both leaders met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Mr. Kerry also stressed the need for restraint in nuclear weapons programs – a lingering American concern regarding regional security – in the meeting, a State Department statement said. Read more
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