Kadambini Sharma

"India Our True Friend": Sheikh Hasina On 1971 War At Summit With PM Modi

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday December 17, 2020

India is our true friend," the country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, thanking India for its support during 1971 Bangladesh liberation war. Ms Hasina was addressing a virtual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi a day after the 50th anniversary of India's win over Pakistan in the 1971 war that lead to the birth of Bangladesh as an independent ...

Boris Johnson Will Be Republic Day Chief Guest, UK Says "Great Honour"

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Tuesday December 15, 2020

UK PM Boris Johnson accepts invitation to be Chief Guest at Republic Day celebrations

64 Envoys Visit 2 Hyderabad Firms Developing Covid Vaccines

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Uma Sudhir; Edited by Shylaja Varma | Wednesday December 9, 2020

64 ambassadors and high commissioners of various countries visited two key biotech companies in Hyderabad that are developing vaccines against coronavirus. The envoys first stopped at Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech and next at Biological E.

India Protests Trudeau's Remarks On Farmers' Agitation: "May Impact Ties"

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Nandini Gupta | Friday December 4, 2020

India today summoned the Canadian envoy and formally denounced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's remarks on the farmer protests, warning that "such actions will seriously damage ties".

"Ill-Informed": India Reacts Sharply To Trudeau's Farmer Protest Remarks

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday December 1, 2020

Comments by Canadian leaders relating to farmers in India are "ill-informed" and "unwarranted", India said today after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau weighed in on the farmers' protest, saying the "situation is concerning".

India Summons Pak Official Over J&K Encounter, Says Stop Support To Terror

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Saturday November 21, 2020

India today summoned the Charge d'Affaires of the Pakistan High Commission to raise concerns over Thursday's encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Nagrota, in which four suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists were killed. The Foreign Ministry registered a strong protest, demanding Pakistan to stop supporting terrorists and terror groups operating from th...

26/11 Mastermind Hafiz Saeed Gets 10-Year Jail Term In 2 Terror Cases

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Debanish Achom | Thursday November 19, 2020

Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in two terror cases by a court in Pakistan, news agency PTI reported. This was not the first time that Hafiz Saeed, chief of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a front organisation for the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was sentenced in a terror case by a Pakistan...

Biden Calls PM, Both Reiterate Commitment To Strategic India-US Ties

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday November 18, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday to congratulate him on his win and reiterate India's firm commitment to its strategic partnership with the United States. In the phone call from Mr Biden, PM Modi also offered his congratulations to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, saying that her success was a matter ...

"Countries Guilty Of Supporting Terrorism Must Be Punished": PM Modi

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Tuesday November 17, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hascalled on the global community to ensure that countries supporting and assisting terrorists are held responsible for their actions; the comment has been seen as directed at Pakistan and its support of terror activities

India Summons Pakistani Diplomat Over Flare-Up Along Line Of Control

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Saturday November 14, 2020

India on Saturday summoned the Charge d'Affaires of the Pakistan High Commission to register a strong protest over the heavy shelling by Pakistani forces on multiple sectors along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday that left at least nine people dead.

India, Other Countries Face China Travel Ban Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Thursday November 5, 2020

China has decided to temporarily suspend the entry by foreign nationals from India even with valid visas or residence permits because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese embassy in New Delhi said on Thursday. Indian government sources said that the order was not specific to India and Beijing, worried about COVID-19 cases, has issued similar or...

Pak Move On Gilgit-Baltistan Attempt To Hide Illegal Occupation: India

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday November 1, 2020

Pakistan's move to grant provisional-provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan is an attempt to camouflage its illegal occupation, India said on Sunday, asking the country once again to vacate all areas that it has illegally occupied.

"No Space For Third Party": US Support For India Rattles China

India News | Reported By Vishnu Som, Kadambini Sharma; Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday October 28, 2020

China, in a sharp reaction to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing support for India's efforts to defend its sovereignty - a reference to the military stand-off in Ladakh - has stressed that the "boundary question is a bilateral matter" and there is no space for a third party to intervene.

"China Has No Locus Standi To Comment": India On Ladakh Remark

India News | Reported by Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday October 15, 2020

China has no locus standi to comment on India's internal matters, New Delhi asserted today, reacting to Beijing's remarks after the opening of 44 bridges in border areas on Monday.

China's Xi Jinping Asks Troops To Focus On "Preparing For War": Report

World News | Reported by Vishnu Som and Kadambini Sharma, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday October 15, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked his troops to "prepare for war" state news agency Xinhua reported today. "Troops should "maintain a state of high alert... Put all (your) minds and energy into preparing for war," Xinhua quoted Xi Jinping as saying.