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China tried to intrude but we responded: Gadkari

11:25 pm June 25, 2020

Mumbai: Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday that China tried to intrude into Indian territory but India “responded” to it. The BJP leader was addressing a virtual rally of party workers in Western Maharashtra from Nagpur through video link. “We know that our borders are not safe. China, in a way tried to intrude […]

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Indian students on course for UK universities despite lockdown disruption

9:53 pm June 25, 2020

London: Indian students remain on course to take up their courses at UK universities from later this year, according to figures released in London on Thursday which found a 32.9 per cent rise in applications from India in 2020 over the previous year. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) analysis found that amid an overall spike in university applications for […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

India, China willing and able to properly manage differences: Chinese Ambassador Sun

9:05 pm June 25, 2020

New Delhi: Striking a conciliatory tone after raising tensions in eastern Ladakh to a fever pitch, China on Thursday said it was ready to work with India to properly deal with the border standoff while noting that “suspicion and friction” was a wrong path that goes against the fundamental aspirations of people of the two countries. In an interview to PTI, […]

Journalists accused of revealing secrets on trial in Turkey

11:24 pm June 24, 2020

Istanbul : Seven journalists went on trial on Wednesday, accused of revealing state secrets for their reports on the funeral of an intelligence officer who was killed in Libya. The journalists from Odatv news website, the pro-Kurdish newspaper Yeni Yasam and the nationalist daily Yenicag have been charged with violating national intelligence laws and revealing secret information. If convicted, […]

Military talks with China have no link with "any extraneous issue": India

Maintaining peace and tranquility along Sino-India border in common interests of both parties: China

8:45 pm June 24, 2020

Beijing: Asserting that China and India are “important neighbours to each other”, China on Wednesday said maintaining peace and tranquillity along the Sino-India border is in the common interests of both the parties and requires joint efforts. In separate statements, the Chinese foreign and the defence ministries, however, repeated Beijing’s stand that India was responsible for the June 15 violent face-off in eastern […]