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Feb 16: Major American IT player Cognizant will pay USD 25 million to the US Security and Exchange Commission to settle its India bribery charges, as Department of Justice filed criminal cases against two of its former top executives. The two former executives have been charged for their roles in facilitating the payment of millions of dollars in bribe to an Indian government official, the

Washington, Feb 16: The time is indeed now to lean into game-changing defence partnerships with India, global aerospace giant Lockheed Martin's top American executive has said. Vivek Lall, Lockheed Martin's vice president of strategy and business development, said that the US and India are natural partners with shared interests across numerous political, economic and security issues. A world

New Delhi, Feb 16: Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria arrived on Saturday for consultations with senior officials and leadership over the Pulwama terror attack, sources said. The Indian envoy has been called for consultations at a time when the government is looking at options for giving a befitting reply to Pakistan over the dastardly terror attack in Pulwama which claimed the

Chicago, Feb 16: Five people were killed and multiple police officers shot Friday when a gunman opened fire in an industrial area on the outskirts of Chicago, the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. The shooting took place at approximately 1:28 pm (1928 GMT), at a giant manufacturing complex in Aurora, Illinois -- a small suburb 65 kilometers west of central Chicago. Police said

Washington, Feb 16: US National Security Adviser John Bolton told his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval on Friday that America supports India’s right to self-defense. Bolton telephoned Doval Friday morning to express his condolences for the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir and offered the US' full support to India in confronting terrorism. "I told Ajit Doval today that we support India’s right to

Islamabad, Feb 16: Pakistan on Friday said the visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the country was delayed by a day. The crown prince was scheduled to arrive in Islamabad on Saturday on a two-day visit. However, the arrival has been rescheduled and now he would arrive on Sunday, the Foreign Office said without divulging the reason for the change. It further said the crown prince

Mangaluru, Feb 15: Protests and condolences poured in from across Dakshina Kannada for the CRPF personnel who were killed in an attack in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Several organisations, including the District Ex-servicemen Association, held condolence meetings and candlelight protests at the War Memorial in Kadri on Friday evening. District in-charge Minister U.T. Khader

Chandigarh, Feb 15: Strongly condemning the "cowardly" attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama by a Pakistan-based terror group in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed, Punjab Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu Friday asked whether an entire nation can be blamed for a handful of people. Forty CRPF personnel were killed and five injured on Thursday in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and

Feb 15: The United States condemned the Kashmir terror attack that took place on Thursday in "the strongest terms", and called on "all countries...to deny safe haven and support for terrorists". Saudi Arabia also expressed its horror and condemned the bombings that targetted the Indian police convoy in Jammu and Kashmir. Other reactions and condemnations from around the world have been pouring in

New Delhi, Feb 15: A day after the Pulwama attack, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said his party and the entire opposition is fully supportive of the government and the security forces. No amount of hatred and anger can harm the love India is built on, Gandhi said at a press conference along with former prime minister Manmohan Singh and other Congress leaders, including Ghulam Nabi Azad