This is not where China would like to be, facing global opprobrium over its predatory belt and road initiative and badly outmatched in a trade war with the United States: a pretender, in other words, not a true global power read more

India and China are both leading power centres, with an important say in today’s geopolitics. It is important for our nations to work together for the greater global good. read more

Masood Azhar was designated as a global terrorist on May 1 after China withdrew its long-standing block to the move. Beijing had blocked the move four times. read more

Gandhi once again challenged Modi for a debate on the Rafale deal at any place “except Ambani’s residence” and maintained the prime minister would not be able to face the country as truth in the deal would surface. read more

In a fresh revelation, an Italian journalist has claimed that 130-170 Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists may have been killed in the February 26 Indian Air Force airstrike at Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. read more

Responding to a question on whether it was alright for his party to use the UN listing of terrorist Masood Azhar as a talking point in its campaign, Shah said: “It is an achievement of the Modi government, so why should we not take electoral advantage... read more

Stating it was not the official stand of the party, Raut however maintained that the ban is a matter of “social reform” than religious one, similar to the party’s stand on triple talaq read more

Adityanath asked why the Congress, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) did not make a statement about this success of India’s on the Masood Azhar issue at the global level. read more

The war of words took place in the middle of a general elections in which nationalism and national security, opposition alliance arithmetic, unemployment, and agricultural distress have emerged as big issues read more

After putting a technical hold for 10 years, China on Wednesday supported the action to designate Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN. read more

At another press conference, BJP leader and former minister Vasudev Devnani said Lok Sabha election results would be a jolt to the Congress, claiming that the BJP will win all 25 seats. read more

Masood Azhar was designated as a global terrorist on May 1 by the United Nations Security Council. Masood Azhar was among the three terrorists who were released in 1999 in exchange for the passengers aboard flight IC-814 which was hijacked to Kandahar... read more

According to diplomats based in New York and New Delhi, the US led from the front and gave China the first ultimatum of making a decision on lifting its technical hold on Azhar’s listing by April 23, failing which it would take the matter to the UN Security... read more

Finance minister Arun Jaitley said, speaking in one voice on issues such as external affairs and national security has been a tradition in this country, but there has been a departure from it in the past few years. read more

In a conference call with reporters, a senior US administration official also had remarkably sharp observations about China for its defence of Azhar that had seemed so completely at odds with rising extremism and terrorism at home. read more