Ebrahim Raisi (December 14, 1960 – May 19, 2024).New Delhi: The Indian government has declared a one-day state mourning, on Monday, following the demise of the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter crash. The national flag was flown...
The wreckage of the helicopter in which Ebrahim Raisi and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian were travelling. (Photo: X)New Delhi: Iran’s president, Raisolsadati, commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi, and his foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, were k...
Two giant boards displaying the result of the vote on Palestine’s UN membership at the UN general assembly hall.New Delhi: India voted in favour of a United Nations general assembly resolution that supports Palestine’s bid to become a ful...
The Indian triservices insignia. (Creative Commons photo by KC Velaga)New Delhi: In a move seen as a step towards greater integration of its armed forces, the government has notified the Inter-Services Organizations (Command, Control & Discipline...
An Israeli air-defence system ammunition towards incoming Iranian drones and missiles over Israel. (Photo: X)New Delhi: Iran fired a barrage of drones and missiles at Israeli military sites, on Saturday night and early on Sunday, in retaliation for t...
South Block in New Delhi, which houses the defence and foreign ministry. (Photo for representation)New Delhi: In a significant strategic move, India is expanding its defence presence by posting defence attachés in several countries across Afri...
The Katchatheevu island, as shown by the red pin. (Google Earth image)New Delhi: A recent Right to Information query by the Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party president, K Annamalai, has rekindled a decades-old issue of the transfer of Katchatheevu (a...
The site of the Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate. (Photo: Facebook) New Delhi: In a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East, Israel launched an airstrike, on Monday, targeting the Iranian consulate annex building in the Syrian ca...
Indian Navy’s MARCOS commandos with captured Somali pirates on board FV Al-Kambar. (Photo: Indian Navy) New Delhi: In yet another major anti-piracy operation, the Indian Navy successfully rescued the FV Al-Kambar 786, an Iranian fishing ve...
Dmytro Kuleba (L) with S Jaishankar. (Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar) New Delhi: The Ukrainian foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, who arrived here in the capital for a two-day visit to bolster bilateral ties and cooperation between Ukraine and India, on ...