INDIA SUMMARIZED

पेंटागन ने पाकिस्तान को 30 करोड़ डॉलर की सैन्य मदद रोक दी है, जिसे अमेरिका की पाकिस्तान से अफगानिस्तान में सक्रिय आतंकवाद के खिलाफ कार्रवाई न किए जाने पर नाराजगी के तौर पर देखा जा रहा है। समाचार पत्र ‘वाशिंगटन पोस्ट’ ने पेंटागन के प्रवक्ता एडम स्टम्प के हवाले से कहा कि रक्षा सचिव एश्टन बी. कार्टर ने मदद रोकने का फैसला लेते हुए कहा कि पाकिस्तान ने हक्कानी आतंकवादी समूह के खिलाफ पर्याप्त कदम उठाए हैं, जो तालिबान का सहायक आतंकवादी संगठन है और अफगानिस्तान में अमेरिका और संयुक्त सेना पर हमले करता रहा है। स्टम्प ने कहा कि अफगानिस्तान में तालिबान और हक्कानी नेटवर्क के खिलाफ पाकिस्तानी धरती पर चल रहे मौजूदा सैन्य अभियान के आधार पर पाकिस्तान को दी जाने वाली 30 करोड़ डॉलर की सैन्य मदद रोकने का निर्णय लिया गया। पाकिस्तान में सैन्य अभियानों के लिए इस अमेरिकी मदद को काफी अहम माना जा रहा था, जिस पर विराम लग गया है। इसके साथ ही यह फैसला वाशिंगटन और पाकिस्तान के बीच संबंधों में रूखेपन को उजागर करता है, क्योंकि पाकिस्तान के कई अधिकारियों पर आतंकवादी संगठनों के साथ दोहरा संबंध बनाए रख...

WASHINGTON: In his meeting with India's new Ambassador to the US, President Barack Obama fondly recalled his trip to the country in January this year and his personal friendship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  India's new envoy Arun Singh met Obama at the President's Oval office and formally presented his credentials as the Indian Ambassador to the US.  "Obama warmly welcomed Ambassador Singh back to Washington and wished him success in his responsibilities as India's next Ambassador to the United States," the Indian Embassy said.  "The President fondly recalled his visit to India in January and personal friendship with Prime Minister Modi," the Embassy said.  In his remarks, Singh conveyed warm greetings from the President and the Prime Minister of India to him and the First Lady.  Singh said he was committed to work towards making the India-US strategic partnership global in outlook, strategic in content and transformative for India's deve...

Obama describes Modi’s life story 'from poverty to Prime Minister' as one that reflects the dynamism and potential of India’s rise. (AP File Photo) US President Barack Obama said on Thursday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unleashed his nation's "true economic potential" and called him  ‘India’s reformer-in-chief’ . In an article in the Time magazine titled "India's reformer-in-chief", Obama said that as a boy, Modi helped his father sell tea to support their family. "Today, he's the leader of the world's largest democracy, and his life story - from poverty to prime minister - reflects the dynamism and potential of India's rise." Apart from Modi, ICICI chief Chanda Kochchar and Vikram Patel, co-founder of the NGO Sangath and the Centre for Global Mental Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, have also been named to the annual list of the most influential people in the world "who ar...

Footage shows masked jihadist standing over kneeling Kurdish soldier     Militant tells U.S. President: ‘Know, oh Obama, that we will reach America’     Fighter also threatens terror attacks in France and ‘it’s sister’ Belgium     Warns Kurdish leader he will be beheaded before executing soldier Islamic State militants have threatened to behead Barack Obama and turn the U.S. into a Muslim province in the latest gruesome video to emerge from their self-styled caliphate. The footage shows a black-clad jihadist standing over a Kurdish soldier who, in a sickening climax to the video, has his head cut off. Before the hostage is executed, the ISIS fighter warns the U.S. president: ‘Know, oh Obama, that we will reach America. ‘Know also that we will cut off your head in the White House and transform America into a Muslim province.’ The militant’s threats do not stop at America, but also include a message for France and ‘sister’ B...