Soon, no need for physical boarding cards at immigration | India News

From Sept 1, flyers can use e-boarding passes at India’s immigration counters; physical passes won’t be stamped NEW DELHI: Starting Sept 1, people flying in and out of India will no longer be required to provide a physical boarding card at the immigration counter. Travellers can show their e-boarding cards instead. This major change by … Read more

India can help US find a way from Iran trap: Former British PM Boris Johnson | India News

Boris Johnson calls US war on Iran a ‘mistake’, urges India, US and UK to help reopen Hormuz and pressure Russia over Ukraine NEW DELHI: Former British PM Boris Johnson Saturday urged India, US and Britain to coordinate with one another on ending the Iran conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while calling Washington’s … Read more

‘Ties must serve mutual interest’: EAM Jaishankar on Bangladesh | India News

Jaishankar said India’s ties with Bangladesh must be based on mutual interest, while stressing that stability with China and the fight against terrorism remain key to New Delhi’s foreign policy NEW DELHI: For any relationship to work, it has to meet the test of mutual interest, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said Saturday on the … Read more

Karnataka man arrested after Instagram trail unveils links to ‘Pakistani gangsters’ | India News

Police arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly being in contact with a Pakistani criminal gang through Instagram in Doddaballapur, Karnataka. NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old AC mechanic was arrested in Karnataka on charges of a terrorist act after police allegedly found he was in contact with Pakistan-based gangsters through social media, officials said on Friday.The accused, … Read more

World in churn, and India’s foreign policy needs to adapt to it

There is a growing sense that something is seriously amiss in India’s foreign policy. Yet, foreign policy debate is still tiptoeing around the big questions.There were three foundational assumptions that underlay Indian choices at the turn of this century. First, no great power in history had acquired such preponderance over its rivals as the US … Read more

26/11 case: Mumbai Police seek Interpol route to try Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed, 5 others | India News

Among the six includes Lashkar-e-Taiba founders Hafiz Saeed. NEW DELHI: The Mumbai Police have asked the Union home ministry to use Interpol to serve court proclamation orders on six Pakistani nationals wanted in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.The move is part of the process to bring the six accused to trial in absentia, … Read more

NIA searches 10 J&K locations linked to Pakistan-based LeT handlers | India News

The searches were aimed at securing evidence relating to the conspiracy and at ascertaining the roles of persons allegedly associated with the local support network (Photo: PTI). NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches at 10 locations across Srinagar, Kupwara, Anantnag, Pulwama and Budgam in J&K to unearth a cross-border conspiracy … Read more

‘Ensure end of caste system first’: Union MoS for social justice Athawale calls reservation constitutional right | India News

Large gathering at Jantar Mantar over caste based reservation NEW DELHI: Union MoS for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Saturday said reservation is a “constitutional right” and termed demands for its abolition “unconstitutional”, arguing that several needy communities continue to benefit from the system.Addressing a press conference, Athawale said some people had demanded … Read more

PM Modi meets BJP’s new 65-member national team at party headquarter | India News

The meeting came days after the BJP announced its 65-member national team under party president Nitin Nabin. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met the BJP’s newly appointed team of national office-bearers at the party headquarters in the national capital and posed for a group photograph with them.The meeting was the first introductory … Read more

One is not born, but becomes: India’s drag story, from myth to modern stage | India News

India has a rich but complex history of men performing femininity—one that modern drag queens are reclaiming with agency, drawing from both Indian tradition and global queer culture The most heavily quoted feminist scholar, Simone de Beauvoir, launched entire fields of feminist theory by writing – one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.To … Read more