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Tehran’s top diplomat in Damascus on Saturday threatened an “even stronger” reaction to any aggression, as Israel readied its response to an Iranian missile attack earlier this week. “Our reaction to any attack by the Zionist regime is completely clear,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in the Syrian capital, where he met top officials including Tehran’s ally President Bashar al-Assad. “For every action, there will be a proportional and similar reaction from Iran, and even stronger,” he said. He spoke after an Israeli military official told AFP on condition of anonymity, as he was not authorised to discuss the issue publicly, the army was “preparing a response to the unprecedented and unlawful Iranian attack”.… Read More »Iran Threatens Of “Even Stronger” Retaliation To Any Israeli Attack

Former president Ram Nath Kovind, who headed a panel on ‘one nation, one election,’ on Saturday said the idea of simultaneous polls was perceived by the framers of the Constitution and therefore it cannot be unconstitutional. Ram Nath Kovind also said an “implementation committee” will look into the various constitutional amendments required to implement the concept, and it would then be up to parliament to take a final call. Delivering the Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial Lecture here, he said that the first four Lok Sabha and assembly polls were held together till 1967, then how could synchronised polls be dubbed as unconstitutional. Some sections are saying that the idea is unconstitutional, but it is not… Read More »Idea Of Simultaneous Polls Not Against Constitution, Says Ram Nath Kovind

<p><strong>Pakistan News:&nbsp;</strong>A tense situation unfolded in Islamabad with the deployment of Pakistani army personnel, as supporters of former prime minister Imran Khan, leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), gathered at D-Chowk in the heart of the capital. The demonstrators sought to register a symbolic victory while demanding Khan’s release from Rawalpindi&rsquo;s Adiala Jail, where he has been incarcerated for over a year. They were also calling for the independence of the judiciary and protesting against rising inflation.</p> <p>In both Islamabad and Lahore, PTI supporters clashed with the police, news agency Press Trust of India reported. In Lahore, PTI workers attempted to march towards Minar-e-Pakistan, describing the situation as a “do or die” moment. Throughout the… Read More »Pakistan: Army Deployed As PTI Protests Bring Islamabad, Lahore To Standstill Pushing For Imran Khan’s Release

A 24-year-old Agniveer died due to an explosion in a fire extinguisher during a mock drill in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur, police said Saturday. During a mock drill in a training camp of Golpura Army Area on Friday, a fire extinguisher exploded and Agniveer Saurabh Pal got injured, DSP Anil Jasoria said. Pal, a resident of Bhakhara village in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj, succumbed during treatment at a hospital, he said. His father Rakesh Pal was informed about the incident and the body was handed over to the family today, the officer said. Pal had joined the Indian Army under the Agniveer scheme in 2023.

It is the very change that the people of Haryana were looking for, said an upbeat Vinesh Phogat after the exit polls, all seven of them, predicted a comfortable home run for the Congress in the state, which is known for its sporting heroes.     An aggregate of eight exit polls indicate that the Congress will win 55 of Haryana’s 90 seats, while the BJP stands to win 26 seats.  The exit polls do not always get it right. They have been way off the mark in the past. The most recent example being the 2024 Lok Sabha polls where they went horribly off target. “It is a very happy day for the people… Read More »“The Change Haryana Was Looking For”: Vinesh Phogat On Exit Polls’ Big Prediction