Assam police crackdown  on cybercrime racket, seven arrested

Assam police crackdown on cybercrime racket, seven arrested

Sunday, 18 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | Guwahati

Seven people were arrested as the Assam Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a racket that provided mobile phone connections to cybercriminals, including Pakistanis, for opening WhatsApp accounts to dupe people. Addressing a press conference, DGP Harmeet Singh said ‘Operation Ghost SIM’ was launched based on information provided by military...

Kapil Sibal hails Centre’s diplomatic outreach move, recalls 26/11

Sunday, 18 May 2025 | Press Trust of India | New Delhi

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday welcomed the Centre’s decision to send diplomatic outreach delegations after Operation Sindoor and recalled how the UPA government had undertaken such an exercise after 26/11 attack to expose Pakistan as a “factory of terrorists” that benefits India even now. His remarks came after the...

Rajya Sabha deputy chairman, Nagaland deputy CM to visit Vatican city

Sunday, 18 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

An official delegation of the Government of India comprising Harivansh, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha and Yanthungo Patton, Deputy Chief Minister, Nagaland will visit Vatican City to attend the Solemn Ceremony marking the inauguration of the pontificate of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, scheduled for 18 May 2025. The participation of the...

Dhankar compares Operation Sindoor to Osama bin Laden’s killing by US

Sunday, 18 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday drew similarities between Operation Sindoor and the killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces in Pakistan. Describing attacks on nine terror sites in Pakistan as the “deepest-ever cross-border strike” by India, the vice president recalled the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the...

Countdown for the launch of PSLV-C61 mission commences

Sunday, 18 May 2025 | Press Trust of India | Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)

The 22-hour countdown for the launch of an earth imaging satellite on-board a PSLV rocket commenced here on Saturday, ISRO sources said. The lift-off for the PSLV-C61 is scheduled to take place at 5.59 am from the first launch pad at this space port on May 18, which is also the...

CPI(M) says it agreed to be part of all party delegations

Sunday, 18 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday said it has agreed to be part of the all-party delegations for the government’s international outreach following Pahalgam attack and Operation Sindoor in national interest despite having “reservations”, and again demanded a special session of Parliament. “The Communist Party of India (Marxist) feels...

Tharoor’s appointment raises rift within Congress

Sunday, 18 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

The naming of senior party leader and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor by the Modi government to lead a multi-party delegation abroad to put across India’s stand against Pakistan on terrorism has brought to the fore huge differences in Congress which has made it public that former Union Minister name...

Ex-servicemen to safeguard vital infrastructure

Sunday, 18 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | Jammu

The J and K Government has approved the proposal moved by the Sainik Welfare Board of Jammu and Kashmir for mobilising ex-servicemen (ESM) to safeguard vital infrastructure across the Union Territory. As per the approved plan, 4,000 Ex-Servicemen volunteers have been identified for this initiative. Among them, 435 individuals possess...

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