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DRDO hits key milestone in scramjet engine development with ground test

DRDL conducted the long-duration active cooled scramjet subscale combustor ground testing for more than 1,000 seconds at the newly built state-of-the-art Scramjet Connect Test Facility

Pakistan halts Indus canals project after India moves to suspend treaty

Army chief General Asim Munir and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had inaugurated the ambitious Cholistan project in February

Pahalgam attack: Iran offers to mediate between its 'brotherly neighbours'

Tehran is willing to use its ties with both India and Pakistan for "greater understanding at this difficult time", Iran's Foreign Minister has said

Indian Army responds to Pak firing amid tensions after Pahalgam attack

As tensions between India and Pakistan rose, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi reviewed the security situation in Srinagar with senior Army commanders

IMF praises Sri Lanka's steady economic reforms, investor focus

The IMF highlighted the administration's policy consistency as a key factor in maintaining investor confidence and ensuring macroeconomic stability

'We stand with India', declares Tulsi Gabbard, director of US intelligence

Gabbard offered her sympathies to the victims' families and the Indian populace, saying the US supports India in its hunt for those responsible for the terror attack

Railway infra, Kashmiri Pandits on terror target; security forces on alert

The inputs were received after the deadly Pahalgam attack on April 22, in which 26 people, mainly tourists, were gunned down by terrorists

Pak Senate slams India for linking Pahalgam terror attack to Islamabad

The attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam on Tuesday killed 26 people, mostly tourists. The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba

'Identify Pakistani nationals, ensure their return': Amit Shah to CMs

Amit Shah directs CMs to identify Pakistani nationals in their states and ensure their swift return days after the Pahalgam terror attack

With Indus and Simla pacts halted, a look at key India-Pakistan treaties

With the Simla Agreement and Indus Waters Treaty now suspended following the terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam, a look at the milestones and breakdowns in decades of India-Pakistan diplomacy

Sri Lanka to hold talks with India, UAE to build new energy hub in May

The hub in the eastern harbour city of Trincomalee will involve the construction of a multi-product pipeline as well as bunkering facilities

World Bank not informed of Indus Waters Treaty suspension by India

India maintains there is no need to notify the World Bank, a past neutral broker of the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, as Pakistan has already been informed

Tit-for-tat: Expulsions of Pakistani diplomatic staff over the years

Expelling officials have been part of a diplomatic tit-for-tat that has been repeated with regularity over the past 30 years

Pahalgam attack: Pakistan warns of 'all-out war', vows measured response

On April 22, terrorists launched an attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, killing 26 and injuring over a dozen tourists at the Baisaran meadow, triggering national outrage and calls for action

India retaliates as Pakistan violates LoC ceasefire after Pahalgam attack

Pakistan's ceasefire breach along the LoC triggers a strong Indian response, just days after the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives

Bandipora: Worker of terrorist killed, two security force personnel injured

Indian Army is on a high alert, launching several search operations to neutralise the terrorists following the attack in Pahalgam on April 22 in which 26 people were killed

Pahalgam attack: UN chief urges India, Pakistan to show 'maximum restraint'

We were very clear in our condemnation of the terror attack that occurred in Jammu and Kashmir, Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General said

US stands with India, urges perpetrators be brought to justice: State dept

Twenty-six civilians were killed on Tuesday when terrorists opened fire at them near Kashmir's Pahalgam town. Most of those killed were tourists

What makes the latest India-Pak standoff more dangerous than the past?

While civilians, including Hindu pilgrims, have been targets before, in recent years the most deadly militant raids in Kashmir have been on the army or the police

Pahalgam attack: Will pursue terrorists to the ends of the earth, says PM

IB, home ministry officials brief all-party meeting; Pakistan says any attempt to divert Indus water 'an act of war'