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Mark Butcher slams Pak’s obsession, hails Gambhir’s India after T20 World Cup win

Mark Butcher slams Pak’s obsession, hails Gambhir’s India after T20 World Cup win

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3 min readUpdated: Mar 10, 2026 05:59 PM IST Former England cricketer Mark Butcher praised India after their T20 World Cup 2026 triumph while also criticising Pakistan for being stuck in an obsession with personal milestones over team gains. Butcher said other teams could learn from India’s move away from relying on “individual superstars” for success. “There’s quite a stark contrast there in the way that their neighbours from the north (west) in Pakistan are still stuck in the idea of personal milestones and individual superstars. Gautam Gambhir, who’s had his detractors over his time in charge, has basically walked away from that mantra and has built a team,” Butcher told Wisden. Indian coach Gautam Gambhir had also emphasised his views on getting the results and not running behind milestones. After India defeated New Zealand by 96 runs in the T20 World Cup 2026 final in Ahmedabad on Sunday for their third T20 title, Gambhir said, “For too long in Indian cricket, we’ve spoken about milestones, and I hope, till I’m there, we’re not going …

‘Baseless, pointless’: India condoles Islamabad deaths, rejects Pak’s external involvement claims

‘Baseless, pointless’: India condoles Islamabad deaths, rejects Pak’s external involvement claims

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India on Friday condemned the explosion at a Shia religious centre in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and condoled the deaths of 31 people who died in the explosion. Forensic team at the site of a deadly explosion at a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 6, 2026. (REUTERS) “The bombing at an Islamabad mosque earlier today is condemnable and India condoles the loss of life it has caused,” said the ministry of external affairs, hours after the blast. Further, India also rejected Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Asif’s implication that some other country was involved in the attack. “It is unfortunate that, instead of seriously addressing the problems plaguing its social fabric, Pakistan should choose to delude itself by blaming others for its home-grown ills. India rejects any and every such allegation, which is as baseless as it is pointless,” the MEA said. 31 dead, over 150 injured in Islamabad blast India’s statement comes after a blast ripped through Islamabad, killing dozens of people and injuring over 150 others, some of whom were reportedly critical. The …

US lists Pak’s Reko Diq mine as one of key investments to secure supply chains

US lists Pak’s Reko Diq mine as one of key investments to secure supply chains

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Washington: The US State Department listed Pakistan’s Reko Diq mine as one of America’s crucial foreign critical minerals investments aimed at securing Washington’s supply chains. US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Jacob Helberg, Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and Senior Director for Global Supply Chains, David Copley attend the Critical Minerals Ministerial at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. (REUTERS) The US Export Import Bank’s $1.25 billion loan to finance the copper and gold mine in Pakistan’s troubled Balochistan province is listed alongside the newly announced $10 billion Project Vault – which will create a domestic strategic critical minerals reserve – in a fact sheet released after Washington hosted a critical minerals ministerial summit on Wednesday. A delegation from Pakistan also attended the 55-nation conference, with India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also in attendance. Washington announced in December that the US EXIM Bank had approved $1.25 billion in financing to support critical minerals mining at Reko Diq. “In the coming years, EXIM’s project financing will bring in up to $2 …

‘Entire J&K Should Be Reunited With India’: British MP Condemns Pak’s Illegal Occupation In Valley | India News

‘Entire J&K Should Be Reunited With India’: British MP Condemns Pak’s Illegal Occupation In Valley | India News

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Last Updated:January 05, 2026, 08:21 IST British MP Bob Blackman said Jammu and Kashmir should be reunited with India, reiterating his support for the abrogation of Article 370. A view of a valley, in Bhaderwah, Jammu and Kashmir (Photo: PTI) British MP Bob Blackman on Sunday reiterated his long-standing support for India’s position on Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that the entire Union Territory should be reunited with India and recalling that his call for the abrogation of Article 370 dates back more than three decades. Speaking at a Hi-Tea Programme at the Constitutional Club in Jaipur, Blackman said his position on Jammu and Kashmir was not a recent development linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision in 2019, but one rooted in events of the early 1990s, particularly the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley. “I didn’t just call for the abrogation of Article 370 back when Prime Minister Modi put it in the manifesto and implemented it. I called for this back in 1992, when the Kashmiri Pandits had been forced out of …

‘Junta with nukes’: NSA files show Bush, Putin were worried about Pak’s arsenal

‘Junta with nukes’: NSA files show Bush, Putin were worried about Pak’s arsenal

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Newly declassified documents reveal that former US president George W Bush and Russian president Vladimir Putin shared anxieties regarding the stability of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, with Putin bluntly characterising the nation as a “junta with nuclear weapons” and Bush predicting that China would eventually become a significant threat to Russian interests. ‘Junta with nukes’: NSA files show Bush, Putin were worried about Pak’s arsenal The memorandums of conversation, released this week by the National Security Archive, offer a verbatim look at private exchanges between the two leaders from 2001 to 2008. While much of the public focus at the time was on the war on terror, the transcripts show that concerns over the proliferation network of Pakistani scientist AQ Khan and the opacity of Islamabad’s military leadership were recurring sources of tension in the Oval Office. In a September 16, 2005, meeting, the two leaders expressed mutual alarm regarding evidence that nuclear technology had transferred from Pakistan to Iran. “It was of Pakistani origin. That makes me nervous,” Putin told Bush, referring to uranium traces …

Clandestine nuclear activities are in keeping with Pak`s history: India

Clandestine nuclear activities are in keeping with Pak`s history: India

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India on Friday noted US President Donald Trump`s comments about Pakistan testing nuclear weapons and said Islamabad`s “clandestine” nuclear activities were centred around decades of smuggling, export control violations and secret partnerships. Last week, Trump named Pakistan among the countries testing nuclear weapons. The US president said this to justify his administration`s plans to resume testing of the US`s own nuclear assets after a gap of over three decades. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), responding to Trump`s remarks, said India has always drawn the international community`s attention to Pakistan`s nuclear proliferation as well as activities of AQ Khan, known as the father of Pakistan`s nuclear bomb who died in 2021. “Clandestine and illegal nuclear activities are in keeping with Pakistan`s history, that is centered around decades of smuggling, export control violations, secret partnerships, AQ Khan network and further proliferation,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. “India has always drawn the attention of the international community to these aspects of Pakistan`s record. In this backdrop, we have taken note of President Trump`s comment about Pakistan`s nuclear …

Operation Sindoor: Satellite images show how India targeted underground facilities at Pak’s Murid airbase

Operation Sindoor: Satellite images show how India targeted underground facilities at Pak’s Murid airbase

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The satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies showed a nearly 3-metre-wide crater just 30 metres from the entrance of a heavily fortified sub-complex within the Murid Air Base—an area protected by double fencing, watchtowers, and tight security protocols. New Delhi: The airstrikes during Operation Sindoor on Pakistan’s Murid Air Base might have targeted a suspected underground facility, newly released high-resolution satellite images showed. High-resolution satellite images on Wednesday revealed extensive damage to the Murid air base in Pakistan, showing a three-metre-wide crater just 30 metres from an underground facility of the Pakistan Air Force and damage to the rooftop of a structure adjacent to unmanned aerial vehicle hangars.  The satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies showed a nearly 3-metre-wide crater just 30 metres from the entrance of a heavily fortified sub-complex within the Murid Air Base—an area protected by double fencing, watchtowers, and tight security protocols. As per the updates from Damien Symon, geo-intelligence researcher at the Intel Lab, the crater’s proximity to what is believed to be an underground structure has raised speculation …

Pak’s Mass Destruction Weapons Mention In US Threat Report

Pak’s Mass Destruction Weapons Mention In US Threat Report

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Quick Read Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. The US Defense Intelligence Agency’s 2025 report highlights India’s focus on countering China while viewing Pakistan as a secondary threat. It notes ongoing military modernisation in the nations, their regional conflicts, and evolving ties Pakistan regards India as an “existential threat”, but India considers China its “primary adversary,” and Pakistan more of an “ancillary security problem”, the US Defence Intelligence Agency has said in its worldwide threat assessment report for 2025. The report forecasts that Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s defence priorities will probably focus on demonstrating global leadership, countering China, and enhancing New Delhi’s military power. “India views China as its primary adversary and Pakistan more an ancillary security problem to be managed, despite cross-border attacks in mid-May by both India’s and Pakistan’s militaries,” the report says. The reference was to the India-Pakistan conflict earlier in this month after Indian airstrikes targeted terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. “Following a late April terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi conducted missile strikes on terrorism-related infrastructure …

Indian Air Force guided IndiGo Delhi-Srinagar to safety after Pak’s airspace denial amid turbulent weather

Indian Air Force guided IndiGo Delhi-Srinagar to safety after Pak’s airspace denial amid turbulent weather

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Flight 6E-2142 ran into intense turbulence and suffered visible damage to its nose cone (radome) during a sudden hailstorm that swept across northern India on Wednesday night. New Delhi: The IndiGo flight from Delhi to Srinagar, carrying over 220 passengers including several Members of Parliament, encountered severe turbulence on May 21 and was safely guided to land by Indian Air Force authorities after being denied emergency access to Pakistani airspace, according to sources from the Indian Air Force quoted by India Today TV. Flight 6E-2142 ran into intense turbulence and suffered visible damage to its nose cone (radome) during a sudden hailstorm that swept across northern India on Wednesday night. In an attempt to avoid the rough weather, the pilot requested temporary clearance to overfly Pakistani airspace. However, Lahore Air Traffic Control denied the request, citing an active NOTAM (Notice to Airmen), A0220/25, issued by Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority, which bars entry of Indian-registered civilian and military aircraft into Pakistani airspace. The restriction, valid until midnight on May 23, had already been incorporated into …

India likely to move World Bank to tighten screws on Pak’s economy, may approach FATF for its grey-listing

India likely to move World Bank to tighten screws on Pak’s economy, may approach FATF for its grey-listing

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India feels that Pakistan has failed to act on terror emanating from its territory and has been diverting funds from multilateral agencies to buy arms and ammunition. New Delhi: After having taken punitive actions by launching strikes against Pakistan-based terror infrastructure as well as its military installations in the wake of Pahalgam terror attack, India is set to tighten screws on Islamabad’s economy as it is set to approach the World Bank as well as the terror financing watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). New Delhi’s prospective move is targeted at asking the World Bank to reconsider its expected approval of a USD 20 billion package to Pakistan in June. India is also likely to push the FATF to add Pakistan to its grey list, according to reports. It will potentially increase scrutiny on Pakistan’s financial transactions, ultimately restricting Islamabad’s capital inflows as well as investments.  A government source said that India will make a strong case with FATF to revert Pakistan to its “grey list” for failure to comply with anti-money laundering and …