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Did Trump broker India-Pakistan ceasefire during Op Sindoor? Rubio makes BIG claim, says US was directly..., Trump able to...
(File) Operation Sindoor: US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed credit for brokering the India-Pakistan ceasefire that ended the 100-hour war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours in May this year. Trump has repeated the claim over two dozen times since May 10, and now, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reiterated the same, claiming that the United States 'got involved directly' when India and Pakistan 'went to war', and the US President was able to establish peace between the two bitter rivals. What did Rubio say? In an interview to EWTN's 'The World Over' on Thursday, Marco Rubio said that Trump is committed to peace and being the 'president of peace'. And so, we saw when India and Pakistan went to war, we got involved directly, and the president was able to deliver on that peace.' Rubio claimed that apart from ending the recent India-Pakistan war, Donald Trump also played a key role in resolving conflicts in other parts of the world, such as between Cambodia and Thailand, Armenia and Azerbaijan. 'Cambodia and Thailand more recently; Azerbaijan and Armenia, hopefully…DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo)-Rwanda – a 30-year war, 7 million people killed – we were able to bring them here to sign it,' Rubio said, adding that the US was proud of those initiatives and 'we're looking for more – obviously, the big one being in Ukraine and Russia'. 'We dedicate a significant amount of time to stopping and ending wars,' he said. How India responded? Rubio's statement comes at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently told the Parliament that no world leader forced India to stop the hostilities during Operations Sindoor against Pakistan. India has consistently maintained that understanding on cessation of hostilities with Pakistan was reached following direct talks between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two militaries. Recently, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who recently led an all-party delegation to the US, said he raised Trump's mediation claims directly with US Vice President JD Vance during his talks. 'The meeting with Vice President Vance was very good and very clear. I think we made our position clear on this question of mediation and Vice President Vance understood our point of view completely,' Tharoor said. Donald Trump, since May 10, has repeatedly claimed credit for mediating India-Pakistan ceasefire, asserting he used trade as a weapon to force New Delhi and Islamabad to 'immediately stop the fighting'. (With inputs from agencies)
Hans India
29-07-2025
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PM Modi Commends Amit Shah's Parliament Speech On Anti-Terror Operations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has publicly commended Home Minister Amit Shah's parliamentary address regarding recent counter-terrorism operations that successfully neutralized militants responsible for deadly attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister's praise came following Shah's detailed briefing to the Lok Sabha about the elimination of terrorists involved in the Pahalgam incident. During his address to Parliament, Shah provided comprehensive details about Operation Mahadev, which resulted in the killing of three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists on Monday. These militants were identified as the perpetrators behind the brutal Pahalgam attack that claimed the lives of 26 tourists on April 22, marking one of the most devastating terrorist incidents targeting civilians in recent times. The Home Minister revealed that security forces had implemented meticulous planning within hours of the Pahalgam attack to track down the responsible terrorists. Shah disclosed that he had specifically instructed security agencies to prevent the attackers from escaping across international borders, demonstrating the government's commitment to ensuring swift justice for the victims. Prime Minister Modi took to social media platform X to express his appreciation for Shah's parliamentary presentation, describing it as a remarkable speech that highlighted the government's dedication to national security. Modi emphasized that both Operations Sindoor and Mahadev had played crucial roles in eliminating what he termed "cowardly terrorists" who targeted innocent civilians. In his social media post, the Prime Minister noted that the Home Minister's address provided essential information about the successful counter-terrorism operations while showcasing the government's broader efforts to maintain national security. Modi's public endorsement underscored the significance of these operations in the government's anti-terrorism strategy. Shah's parliamentary briefing included disturbing details about the nature of the Pahalgam attack, revealing that innocent civilians were killed in front of their families after being questioned about their religious identity in the Baisaran Valley. This methodical targeting of civilians based on religious profiling highlighted the sectarian nature of the terrorist attack. The Home Minister confirmed that the three eliminated terrorists were identified as Suleiman Shah, a top Lashkar commander, along with associates known as Afghan and Jibran. Their identification was made possible through individuals who had provided shelter to the attackers following the April massacre, demonstrating the network of local support that had enabled the terrorists to evade capture initially. The successful Operation Mahadev was executed as a joint effort involving multiple security agencies, including the Indian Army, Central Reserve Police Force, and Jammu and Kashmir Police. This coordinated approach reflected the integrated counter-terrorism strategy employed by Indian security forces in the region. Shah revealed that two local residents, Parvaiz Ahmad Jothar and Bashir Ahmad, had been arrested by the National Investigation Agency for allegedly harboring the attackers after the Pahalgam incident. The Home Minister explained that individuals who had supplied food and other necessities to the hiding terrorists were detained during the investigation process. The identification of the killed terrorists was confirmed when their bodies were brought to Srinagar, where detained individuals who had assisted them positively identified the deceased militants. This verification process provided conclusive evidence linking the eliminated terrorists to the original Pahalgam attack. Providing evidence of the terrorists' Pakistani origins, Shah disclosed that two of the eliminated militants possessed Pakistani voter identification numbers. Additionally, even items as mundane as chocolates recovered from the terrorists were traced back to Pakistani manufacturing, further establishing their cross-border connections and the international dimension of the terrorist network operating in the region.
India Gazette
21-06-2025
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"Wisdom and appeal of yoga are both universal and timeless": BJP MP Tejasvi Surya
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya on Saturday applauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his dedicated efforts in making yoga popular globally and stated that the wisdom and appeal of yoga were 'universal' and 'timeless'. He further stated that Yoga was not just India's soft power but also a living bridge between the ancient, modern and the rest of the world with India. 'The wisdom and appeal of yoga are both universal and timeless. I'm just returning from a multicountry delegation, the diplomatic outreach of Operation Sindoor and in all of these countries that we met, there was great enthusiasm and following for India's Yoga, Pranayama, and spiritual traditions. This is not just India's soft power, but it is also a living bridge between the ancient and the modern, between India and the rest of the world. Thanks to our Prime Minister's dedicated efforts, more than 180 countries are today observing International Yoga Day...' Surya told ANI. He further added that more than two thousand practitioners joined the celebrations of the International Yoga Day held in Bengaluru. 'Today, we had the opportunity to celebrate International Yoga Day here in Bengaluru South with more than 2 thousand practitioners of yoga. Many Consulate Generals from many countries who have their consulates in Bengaluru participated with us. Yoga is India's gift to the world,' he further stated. Lashing out at the opposition, the BJP MP questioned them if they had become puppets of the foreign agents. 'The questions that we must ask are not for the government but to the Congress Party, on where your loyalties lie?... Have they become puppets of foreign agents? Should we not place faith and trust in our institutions? This is the question we must be asking the Congress Party,' Surya further stated. He also stated that the Government of India had made it clear that the strikes launched on Pakistan were to send a message that no form of terror would be tolerated. 'Not once but on multiple occasions, the Government of India has made our position, the Prime Minister himself has made our position clear even in a telephonic conversation to the President of the United States. The factual matrix of Operations Sindoor, India's resolve to fight terror and India's commitment to solving our issues internally or at most bilaterally without the interference or intervention of any third party. We have also made it abundantly clear that the ceasefire was requested directly by the military officers of Pakistan talking to India's military officers, and because India did not want to escalate violence or war in any manner, India agreed to a ceasefire because we gave the message to Pakistan that terror in any form will not be tolerated...' he further stated. (ANI)
India Gazette
05-06-2025
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"We are a land of Peace, don't seek war but will face it with courage: Shashi Tharoor at Indian Embassy in US
Washington, DC [US], June 5 (ANI): Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who is leading an all-party delegation to the United States, said on Thursday during an interaction at the Indian Embassy in Washington, DC, that Mahatma Gandhi's presence in capitals across the world reflects India's identity as a country of non-violence, and added that the delegation shared India's position on terrorism in multiple meetings with US legislators and officials. Speaking at the interaction, Tharoor said, 'Symbolically, I'd say that in every place we've gone to, we've been paying tribute to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi. What's striking is that there is no capital where there isn't a bust of Mahatma Gandhi. It reminds the world that we are a land of peace and non-violence. We don't desire war, we don't seek it. But if it is thrust upon us, we will face it with courage, and Mahatma Gandhi taught us all not to live in fear, and we will not live in fear...' Tharoor emphasised that while the Indian delegation did not seek a formal Senate resolution during its visit to Capitol Hill, the primary goal was to engage with those open to dialogue and present India's viewpoint. 'What was interesting was that in all three sets of conversations, we got very positive feedback from all the this, we didn't have a single sceptical or negative voice. On the contrary, we got very positive responses. The two key lines I would use are, number one - total support and solidarity for India and its fight against terrorism and second - complete understanding of India's right to defend itself against terrorism,' he asserted. Reflecting on the Pahalgam terror attack, Tharoor underscored that India does not act on conjecture. 'India doesn't go to war on suppositions and hypotheses. Our intelligence agencies have identified at least four of the five perpetrators (of the Pahalgam attack), and they know their identities. They even have pictures because some of these people have been involved in other incidents.' During the interaction, he added, 'They have confirmed to us that two are Pakistanis and two others are locals who have exfiltrated from Indian Kashmir to Pakistan 10 years ago, and they seem to have come back for this purpose and gone back again. We have all this information, and we don't, frankly, take such a major step as Operations Sindoor without very serious grounds for doing so.' On India's position regarding talks with Pakistan, Tharoor said, 'We cannot talk to people who are pointing a gun at our heads. Until and unless there is a serious effort being made by Pakistan to dismantle the infrastructure of terrorism, to arrest some of the well-known terrorists, freeze their bank accounts, shut down their training Pakistan won't do all of these things, why should we talk to them? I often say we can talk to Pakistan in practically every language they speak there. We don't need a third party to come between us and help us talk to them, but we won't talk to them until they indicate that they're worth talking to.' Tharoor also mentioned that on their way to Guyana, the delegation stopped in New York to visit the 9/11 Memorial. 'We showed our solidarity with the victims of terrorism everywhere since, as you know, many, many nationalities lost people in that attack of 9/11,' he said. Earlier today, Tharoor held a high-level interaction with the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) in Washington, D.C., as part of its diplomatic outreach following Operation Sindoor. The delegation, which met with key U.S. lawmakers including HFAC Chairman Brian Mast, Ranking Member Gregory Meeks, Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove, and Congressman Bill Huizenga, received strong bipartisan support and condemnation of the recent terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam region. HFAC Chairman Brian Mast underlined the depth of bipartisan consensus on supporting India. 'This was a very important meeting. This is a bipartisan delegation from the House of Representatives receiving India. We are proud to receive our friend and our ally. Every one of us strongly condemned the terrorist attacks that took place. There's no room in this world for those kinds of attacks,' he said. The delegation led by Shashi Tharoor arrived in the US on Wednesday. It includes Shambhavi Chaudhary (Lok Janshakti Party), Sarfaraz Ahmed (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha), G M Harish Balayogi (Telugu Desam Party), Shashank Mani Tripathi, Tejaswi Surya, and Bhubaneswar Kalita (all from the BJP), Mallikarjun Devda (Shiv Sena), former Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, and Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora. The all-party delegation reached the US after completing their visit to Brazil. Their purpose is to brief key US stakeholders on Operation Sindoor, India's diplomatic effort launched to combat terrorism and disinformation following the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. India initiated Operation Sindoor on May 7 as a strong military response to the terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, carried out by Pakistan-backed terrorists, which resulted in 26 deaths and several injuries. (ANI)
India Gazette
29-05-2025
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"We're returning with positive feeling that Greece stands with us': DMK MP Kanimozhi
Athens [Greece], May 29 (ANI): DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, leading an all-party delegation, said they highlighted India's suffering from cross-border terrorism by Pakistan during their visit to Greece. Kanimozhi emphasised the need for the European Union and the United Nations Security Council to recognise and hold accountable state-sponsored terrorism. She added that India's strong historical ties with Greece helped convey their message, and they left with a positive sense of support from Greece. Speaking to ANI on Thursday, Kanimozhi said, 'We have been able to convey that India has been hurt by cross-border terrorism from Pakistan, and now we can no longer distinguish between terror and state-sponsored terrorism. We've also emphasised that the European Union and the United Nations Security Council must take cognisance and ensure accountability... Historically, we have a trade and deep-rooted relationship with Greece, so they have understood where we come from and what we're trying to say. We're returning with a positive feeling that Greece stands with us...' AAP MP Dr Ashok Kumar Mittal, part of the same delegation, said the team received strong support during their visit to Greece. Mittal added that the Indian diaspora in Greece voiced their support for India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, affirming India's image as a peace-loving nation. '...We have received a good response. All have said with an open heart that they will support India on all the national and international forums and will also condemn the Pakistan-sponsored terrorsim... The Indian diaspora here said that we support India, PM Modi and will tell the world that we are a peace-loving country,' Mittal said. While Capt Brijesh Chowta (Retd) said India and Greece, as ancient civilizational nations, naturally share common values. Speaking about India's outreach under Operation Sindoor, Chowta explained that the mission is not only focused on countering Pakistan but also aims to dismantle the broader terror infrastructure. '...Greece and India are two civilizational naturally, we would expect a country like Greece to support India's endeavour. What we're trying to do through Operations Sindoor is not just about dealing with a state like Pakistan, which is, of course, our primary target. But Operation Sindoor is also about uprooting the entire terror infrastructure. It's about leading the battle against terrorism, which India is doing in a very Dharmic way,' Chowta said. Former Indian Ambassador to the European Union, Manjeev Singh Puri, emphasised that all civilisational nations must unite against terrorism and bring perpetrators to justice. Puri stated that Greece has a deep understanding of terrorism and is fully aware of the role Pakistan has played in spreading it globally. '...All civilizational nations must be against terrorism, must bring terrorists to justice and must ensure that terrorism has no plan. Greece has its own understanding of terrorism, and a very strong understanding. They also know the country from which terrorism has spread all over the world, and I mean strictly. I should say Pakistan. They are well aware of it. They've been strong in telling us that they stand with us,' Puri said. The delegation, led by DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, also includes Rajeev Rai (Samajwadi Party), Mian Altaf Ahmad (Jammu and Kashmir National Conference), Brijesh Chowta (BJP), Prem Chand Gupta (Rashtriya Janata Dal), Ashok Kumar Mittal (Aam Aadmi Party), and Former envoys Manjeev S Puri and Jawed Ashraf. The delegation aims to brief international partners on India's response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and its broader fight against cross-border terrorism while engaging with leaders in Spain, Greece, Slovenia, Latvia, and Russia. The multi-party delegation, consisting of seven groups led by one MP each, has been initiated to counter global misinformation and highlight India's zero-tolerance policy on terrorism. (ANI)
