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US hyphenating India, Pak; PM must drop ‘stubbornness’ and call special session of Parliament: Congress

New Delhi, Jun 12 (PTI) The US is constantly making statements which can only be interpreted to mean that it is hyphenating India and Pakistan, the Congress said on Thursday and stressed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should leave aside his “stubbornness” to call an all-party meeting and a special session of Parliament. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh asserted in a post on X that decades of diplomatic progress cannot be allowed to be weakened so easily. “It is reported that Pakistani Army Chief General Asim Munir has been invited to the event organised in Washington DC on

Musk backs off from Trump feud, saying he regrets some posts that ‘went too far’

June 11, 2025 (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Elon Musk stepped back from his explosive feud with U.S. President Donald Trump, writing on X that he regrets some of his posts about his onetime ally and that they went “too far.” Early Wednesday morning, he posted “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.” I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 11, 2025 Musk’s break with a president whom he spent hundreds of millions of dollars to elect appeared to put an

US has to have relationship with Pakistan, India: American general

US Army General Michael Kurilla, Commander of US Central Command (Photo: PTI)

New York/Washington, Jun 11 (PTI) The United States has to have a relationship with Pakistan and with India, a top US general has said, noting that it cannot be a “binary switch” where Washington cannot have ties with Islamabad if it has relations with New Delhi. US Army General Michael Kurilla, Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), made the comments during a testimony before the US House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. “We have to have a relationship with Pakistan and with India. I do not believe it is a binary switch that we can’t have one with Pakistan if

Rahul Gandhi writes to PM, flags delay in scholarships for students from marginalised communities

New Delhi, Jun 11 (PTI) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging the “deplorable” conditions in residential hostels for Dalit, ST, EBC, OBC and minority students and the delay in post-matric scholarships for those from marginalised communities. In his letter to Modi, Gandhi urged the PM to resolve these two critical issues which he said hinder education opportunities for the 90 per cent of students who are from marginalised communities. “Firstly, the conditions in residential hostels for students from Dalit, ST, EBC, OBC and minority communities are deplorable. During a

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