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4 days ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Sridhar Kumaraswami
New Delhi: Hours after US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a ceasefire, later affirmed by India, Pakistan restarted shelling and firing drones over Kashmir and Bhuj and other areas, leading a furious New Delhi to state that there had “repeated violations and a breach of the understanding” reached with Islamabad. “This is a breach of the understanding arrived at earlier today.
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4 days ago | 
asianage.com | Sridhar Kumaraswami
New Delhi: Hours after US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a ceasefire, later affirmed by India, Pakistan restarted shelling and firing drones over Kashmir and Bhuj and other areas, leading a furious New Delhi to state that there had “repeated violations and a breach of the understanding” reached with Islamabad. “This is a breach of the understanding arrived at earlier today.
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1 week ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Sridhar Kumaraswami
New Delhi: Amid heightened political and military tensions between India and Pakistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi and strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack, conveying "full support to India in the fight against terrorism." New Delhi said President Putin emphasised that the perpetrators and their supporters must be brought to justice.
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1 week ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Sridhar Kumaraswami
New Delhi:India on Thursday clearly told the United States that the “perpetrators, backers and planners of the Pahalgam terrorist attack must be brought to justice”. On its part, the US, during a conversation between defence minister Rajnath Singh and US defence secretary Pete Hegseth and external affairs minister S. Jaishankar's talks with US secretary of state Marco Rubio, said it supports India's right to defend itself and its fight against terrorism.
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2 weeks ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Sridhar Kumaraswami
New Delhi: Pakistan announced on Thursday its intention to approach the World Bank after India placed the 1960 Indus Water Treaty (IWT) “in abeyance,” a move New Delhi says allows it to regulate flows from the Indus, Jhelum and Chenab rivers.
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3 weeks ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Sridhar Kumaraswami
New Delhi: India and the United States have finalised the terms of reference for negotiations to ink a bilateral trade pact and this is a vital step to realise the vision of both US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi towards a final trade deal, US vice-president J.D. Vance “officially announced” on Tuesday in Jaipur at an address on India-US ties.
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3 weeks ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Sridhar Kumaraswami
New Delhi: In a high-profile much-anticipated four-day visit, US vice-president J.D. Vance will reach New Delhi on Monday morning for an official visit and will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the evening, following which Modi is expected to host a dinner for the Vance family at his residence. The US vice-president, accompanied by his Indian-origin wife Usha and their children, will also visit Jaipur on Tuesday and Agra on Wednesday.
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3 weeks ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Sridhar Kumaraswami
New Delhi: India has secured Saudi Arabia’s agreement to permit 10,000 Indian pilgrims — out of approximately 52,000 travelling with private tour operators — to perform this year’s Haj, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said at a briefing on Saturday. He added that New Delhi “remains in touch for any further measures” the Saudis may take, signalling hope that more pilgrims could be accommodated. Under current arrangements, India’s total Haj quota is 1,75,000.
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3 weeks ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Sridhar Kumaraswami
New Delhi: Condemning the abduction and brutal killing of Hindu leader Bhabesh Chandra Roy in Bangladesh, India on Saturday pointed to the “systematic persecution of Hindu minorities under the interim government (led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus) even as the perpetrators of previous such events roam with impunity” and reminded Dhaka of its “responsibility to protect all minorities, including Hindus, without inventing excuses”.
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3 weeks ago | 
deccanchronicle.com | Sridhar Kumaraswami
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia next Tuesday, during which the two nations are expected to strengthen ties in sectors such as defence, security, trade, investment, energy, technology, health, education, culture and people-to-people ties. The Prime Minister will travel to the Saudi port city of Jeddah, where he is expected to hold talks with the Saudi leadership.
