First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN called Pakistan a 'hub of terrorism'.
Maleeha Lodhi, the former Pakistani Ambassador to the US, has said that both Pakistani government and its people are disappointed that even though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Congress party returned to power with an enhanced mandate, India has refused to resume the composite dialogue with Pakistan, and instead continues to focus on the terrorism issue.
The Congress leader, who served as Union home minister during November 2008 to July 2012 in the United Progressive Alliance government, was one of the key guests at the inauguration event of CBI headquarters, held on June 30, 2011, in the presence of then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Former Pakistani Ambassador to the US, Maleeha Lodhi has ridiculed the recent fears of the Obama administration and the US Congress that the Taliban when they gained control of the Swat Valley -- since recaptured by the Pakistani military -- would get a hold of the country's nuclear arsenal.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has raised the Kashmir issue with almost every world leader he has held talks with on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session, but his efforts to internationalise the dispute with India appeared to have gained no traction.
'Ask the chief minister to give in writing that the police must not do their job. We will back down and stop checking vehicles.' Days after DSP Shreshta Thakur confronted BJP workers, she was transferred.
It is in no way a government of the economic Right. The Right is limited to religion and nationalism. The rest is as Left as the Congress or any other party, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Normally, monsoon reaches Delhi by June 27. It covers the entire country by July 8. Last year, the wind system had reached Delhi on June 25 and covered the entire country by June 29.
A BJP victory in the high-octane West Bengal election could have turned the fortunes in rival Kailash Vijayvargiya favour, reports Sandeep Kumar.
The project shows a lack of respect for history, even if an inalienable part of it is colonial history, asserts T N Ninan.
The eight-storeyed BSF head office is located in the CGOs complex on Lodhi road that also houses the Central Reserve Police Force headquarters, which was placed under similar sealing on Sunday after two staffers tested positive.
First Secretary Sneha Dubey gave a blistering retort to Khan in the UN General Assembly as she delivered India's strong Right of Reply from the UNGA hall, carrying on with a tradition seen over the past few years of young Indian diplomats taking on Pakistani leaders and strongly responding to their rants over Kashmir and other internal matters of India.
Kunal Kapoor's bland portrayal cannot bring out Babur's fascinating persona or self-deprecating temperament, feels Sukanya Verma.
The students were booked under sedition charges after a complaint was filed by BJYM member Mukesh Lodhi.
The mortal remains of Sunanda Pushkar, who was found dead in mysterious circumstances at a luxury hotel in New Delhi on Friday night, were consigned to flames on Saturday in presence of her family members.
India has strongly hit back at Pakistan, saying the "sell-by date" of the country's "anachronistic approach" is long over and there is absolutely no support in the world body for claims on Kashmir by a nation that established itself as a "global epicenter" of terrorism.
Appearing before an MP-MLA court in Lucknow, the LLM student categorically denied that she had levelled any allegation against the former Union minister as the prosecution had charged. She now faces a perjury charge.
The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also observed silence for two minutes in the memory of Mukherjee.
India suggested that Pakistan should refrain from using the Right of Reply and instead "use the right of introspection" to think about the direction in which the country is moving.
Ram Jethmalani passed away a few days before his 96th birthday on September 14.
Introducing a new irritant into the bilateral ties, Pakistan has complained to UN Security Council alleging that India was building a wall along the International Border in violation of the world body's resolutions.
The Congress' protests in the national capital were replicated in other parts of the country.
The party renominated Shashi Tharoor from the Thiruvananthapuram seat.
Top government functionaries, including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attended International Yoga Day events across the country on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a yoga event at the Prabhat Tara ground in Ranchi said everybody should practice the ancient Indian discipline lifelong.
Kalra, who held titles like the 'Czar of Indian Cuisine' and 'Taste maker to the Nation', conferred upon him by eminent writer Khushwant Singh, was best known for his role as a culinary revivalist.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now the only person to be protected by the about-4,000-personnel-strong SPG.
At a time when the country's medical infrastructure has become incapable of handling the pressure of Covid's deadly second wave, a parallel wave of conmen, black marketers and counterfeiters can be witnessed across the country. Geetanjali Krishna reports.
AIIMS doctors said the BJP stalwart and former external affairs minister died of a cardiac arrest.
The 28 new ministers who joined the Chouhan cabinet on July 2 include 20 of cabinet rank and eight ministers of state.
He brought to the fore the socio-economic and educational conditions of the Muslim community.
Patients have become wary of India-made drugs after a number of reports highlighted their substandard quality.
'I... will continue the indefinite strike till the ministers -- Kailash Vijayvargiya, Kailash Chawla and Gaurishankar Shejwar -- are removed," he said.
The senior Congress leader was in a coma since October last year, when he was admitted to AIIMS after he suffered a brain haemorrhage.
The Ayanagar weather station recorded 122.8 mm between 8.30 am on Wednesday and 8.30 am on Thursday, which was 11 times the normal rainfall.
Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko took a morning stroll at the beautiful Lodhi Gardens and interacted with schoolchildren, diplomats and a section of lay people on their historic visit to New Delhi.
As people queued up to cast their vote, there were some famous faces in the lines at different polling stations.
The driver and the conductor of a bus that got stuck at the Minto Bridge underpass due to waterlogging were rescued by fire department personnel, officials said.
Former TERI head RK Pachauri on Sunday faced third round of police questioning at his residence n the alleged sexual harassment case registered against him by a woman researcher.
A news report claimed India has been helping the Muttahida Qaumi Movement with funds and training to create unrest in Karachi.
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