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Indian flag at half-mast as nation mourns death of Ebrahim R...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
New Delhi | WTNS | May 25:India observed one-day state mourning on Tuesday, May 21, as a mark of respect for the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash. The Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Monday, “H.E. Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and H.E. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, have passed away in a helicopter crash. As a mark of respect to the departed souls, the Government of India has...
UP based publisher apologies after widespread criticism over...
( India )
New Delhi | WTNS | April 28:The listing of globally famous Islamic figure and architect of Islamic Revolution, Grand Ayatollah Syed Ruhollah Mosavi Khomeini, as among the “most evil people of the world” in a Class 6 textbook has triggered a major row in many parts of India particularly in Jammu and Kashmir. Acuber Books International, the Uttar Pradesh-based publisher, has apologised for the “deeply offensive” characterisation of the founder of Islamic Republic of Iran and promised to rectify...
India ‘seriously concerned’ over escalation between Isra...
( India )
New Delhi| WTNS | April 14:India on Sunday expressed “serious concern” at the escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran and called for “immediate de-escalation”. As per the reports of Wilayat Times, Indian Government`s statement came within hours of Iran launching drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles on Israel. This followed a suspected Israeli strike on April 1 on an Iranian consular building in Syria’s Damascus that killed 12 people, including a senior general. Iran...
Historic Milestone: India and Iran Seal Definitive Deal for ...
( India )
New Delhi | WTNS | Jan 18: In Tehran, India and Iran have finalized an agreement on the Chahbahar Port, marking India’s inaugural foreign port venture. Talks on this Iranian project date back several years, notably during Prime Minister Modi’s 2017 visit to Tehran and External Affairs Minister Jaishankar’s emphasis on Chahbahar’s role as a regional transit hub at the 2021 Connectivity Conference in Tashkent. On November 23, 2023, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra co-chaired discussions...
Disqualifying 146 MPs an assault on parliamentary democracy:...
( India )
New Delhi | WTNS | Dec 23: Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor Saturday termed the disqualification of 146 MPs an “assault on parliamentary democracy”. Speaking to reporters during a rally, the Congress leader said we are stuck in an extremely grave situation and disqualification of 146 MPs was an assault on our parliamentary democracy. “We are seeing an assault on our parliamentary democracy which is extremely grave. We are holding rallies whose aim is to draw the attention of the...
Supreme Court upholds abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu �...
( India )
New Delhi | WTNS | Dec 12: The Supreme Court has upheld the abrogation of Article 370 that conferred a special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The apex court was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the abrogation of Article 370. The apex court ruled that the President’s order to scrap Article 370, revoking Jammu and Kashmir’s special status was not malafide, and was valid. The five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud gave a unanimous verdict on the batch of pleas...
India Sends Humanitarian Aid to Palestine...
( India )
Srinagar | WTNS | Oct 24: India sent medical and disaster relief aid for Palestinians on Sunday (October 22). External affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi announced on X (formerly Twitter) that an Indian Air Force C-17 flight carrying nearly 6.5 tonnes of medical aid and 32 tonnes of disaster relief material departed for the El-Arish airport in Egypt. “The material includes essential life-saving medicines, surgical items, tents, sleeping bags, tarpaulins, sanitary utilities, [and] water...
G20 Summit: World Leaders Agree on Aid Agenda, but Soften St...
( India )
New Delhi | WTNS | Sep 10:G20 leaders reached consensus earlier than expected at their summit in India, issuing a broad economic plan for poorer nations. But divisions over Russia’s invasion over Ukraine remained. A painstakingly negotiated declaration Saturday evening at the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi omitted any condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or its brutal conduct of the war, instead lamenting the “suffering” of the Ukrainian people. It was an eye opening departure from...
How India Became the First Country to Reach the Moon’s Sou...
( India )
New Delhi | WTNS | Aug 23: Since earlier this month, there had been something of a footrace in space, with India and Russia vying to be the first country to land a spacecraft in the moon’s south polar region. On July 14, the Indian spacecraft, Chandrayaan-3, blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in southeastern India, carrying a 1,726 kg (3,805 lb) lander, which itself contains a little 26 kg (57 lb) rover. Then on Aug. 9, Russia followed in hot pursuit, launching its 1,750 kg (3,858...
India launches historic Chandrayaan-3 mission to land spacec...
( India )
New Delhi | WTNS | July 15: An Indian spacecraft has blazed its way towards the far side of the moon in a follow-up mission to its failed effort nearly four years ago to land a rover softly on the lunar surface, India’s space agency said. Chandrayaan-3, the word for “moon craft” in Sanskrit, took off from a launch pad in Sriharikota, an island in southern India, with an orbiter, a lander and a rover, in a demonstration of India’s emerging space technology. The spacecraft will embark on a...