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The move came as the Japanese government adopted the 2024 defense white paper at a cabinet meeting that same day, in which it reiterated the argument that Takeshima, the Japanese name for Dokdo, is part of its own territory and the issue of territorial claims. The set of outcrops "still remains...

New Delhi: The Center has extended by five years the ban on the pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), founded by American lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, for its incessant anti-India activities.In a notification issued on Tuesday, the Union Home Ministry said the SFJ was declared a...

In a notification, the Home Ministry said the SFJ's activities had the "potential to disrupt the peace, unity and integrity of the country".According to the Home Ministry, SFJ is involved in anti-national and subversive activities in Punjab with the intention of disrupting the sovereignty and...

New Delhi, four states and a Union Territory in the Himalayas will begin ground-based studies to determine the vulnerability of glacial lakes after the monsoon season, officials said on Tuesday.A glacial lake flood (GLOF) in Sikkim in October 2023 prompted this initiative, they said.Tracking...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed proceedings on a PIL, which claimed that there are non-functional statutory panels in Jammu and Kashmir, after the Union Territory administration told it that they are now functional and the powers of some as the Humanitarian State The National...

The incident happened on Monday evening. Officials said the drone continued to hover over Indian territory before being forced to return.“Army personnel guarding the LoC observed activity of a Pakistani drone at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters at around 9.15 pm. yesterday and fired five...

Mendhar/Jammu: Army soldiers fired a few rounds to shoot down a Pakistani drone along the Line of Control in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday.However, the drone returned to Pakistan late Monday night after hovering over Indian territory...

“How can China build a military base near Pangong Tso, in a territory that was under Indian occupation, until May 2020? Even as we enter the fifth year of the ‘cleanliness voucher’ granted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Galwan, where our brave soldiers sacrificed their lives, China continues...

Taipei [Taiwan], Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has reported Chinese military activity across the country. Taiwan's MND stated that 30 Chinese military aircraft and nine warships were operating near its territory from 6 a.m. (local time) on Friday and 6 a.m. (local time) on...

BJP Jammu and Kashmir unit president Ravinder Raina on Thursday said that while the party's victory across the country was significant, the protest in Jammu and Kashmir (Jammu division) gave it further momentum.BJP contested two Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and won both.J.P.Nadda will address...

The protesters were detained by Australian Federal Police and Australian Capital Territory Police officers at around 11.45 local time on Thursday after they descended from the roof, Xinhua news agency reported.In a statement, police confirmed that three men and one woman have been arrested and...

Perth, a decade after declaring its caliphate in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has lost its territory but continues to exert influence and pose a growing threat in Africa.When Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared himself caliph of Muslims in 2014, he had gone from being a persecuted guerrilla to claiming that...

"Israel's settlement and continued occupation of the Palestinian territory violates international law and relevant UN resolutions," the ministry said through its official social media channels, Xinhua news agency reported.The ministry stressed Indonesia's commitment to advocating the...

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir's tourism department has invited the T20 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team to visit the union territory as part of the celebrations.The department said in a post, "Congratulations to Team India on winning the T20 World Cup 2024!! We welcome our champions to...

Geneva [Switzerland], In a significant display of progress and development initiatives, a banner exhibition highlighting progress in Jammu and Kashmir was held on Friday at the Broken Chair in Geneva, just outside the United Nations headquarters .Organized by Sheikh Khalid, an author and peace...

New Delhi [India], Indian benchmark stock indices closed the trading session in the red territory on June 28. The BSE Sensex fell 210 points or 0.27 per cent to close the day at 79,032.73, while the Nifty 50 closed down 35 points or 0.15 per cent. cent lower at 24,010. Bank Nifty closed in the...

In New Delhi, senior Congress leaders discussed the party's preparation for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on Thursday, with party chief Mallikarjun Kharge urging Union Territory leaders to raise the voice of the people and remain among them.During the meeting with Congress leaders...

UN, India have slammed Pakistan for its "baseless and deceitful narratives" as Islamabad's envoy here referred to Kashmir at the UN General Assembly."Earlier in the day, a delegation misused this platform to spread baseless and fraudulent statements, which is no surprise," Prateek Mathur...

Natalia Kichanova, head of the West Siberian weather forecasting service, said temperatures in many regions, particularly Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Oblasts, as well as the Altai Territory and the Altai Republic, have exceeded records set in the 1970s and 1980s. Hydrometeorology and Environmental...

Organized by the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF), an apex tribal body in Manipur, thousands of tribal men and women held a rally in Churachandpur district and submitted the memorandum to the Union Home Minister through the Deputy Commissioner of the district.Similar protests were held...