The establishment of an India-Afghanistan air freight corridor this year was welcomed by all stakeholders at a meeting hosted by India of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process, a platform to encourage security, political, and economic cooperation among strife-torn Afghanistan and its neighbours, here on Monday. “With regard to the bilateral initiatives taken by India, the […]
In his first foreign tour after assuming office, Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will embark on a five-day state visit to India from August 23, it was announced on Monday. Amid military standoff between India and China, the visit is significant as Deuba choose to visit New Delhi first after being elected two months […]
West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition BJP on Monday competed with each other in celebrating Raksha Bandhan, virtually converting the festival of love and duty into a colourful political slugfest replete with high drama. While Trinamool heavyweights including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took part in the festival, the BJP fielded its senior leaders like […]
Karnataka Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar and his brother D.K Suresh on Monday appeared before the Income Tax (IT) Department officials here over the seizures made at their residences during the three-day searches. “He (Minister) came to our regional office here with his brother on summons for questioning and recording his statements on the seizures made […]
Rebel Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela on Tuesday asserted that he had not voted for the official party nominee Ahmed Patel in the crucial Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls being held here. Five of his supporters too, stated they voted for the BJP candidate. “I have not voted for the Congress, because Ahmed Patel is not going […]
Polling for the crucial Rajya Sabha elections here in Gujarat began on Tuesday that will decide the fate of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary Ahmed Patel and that of BJP chief Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani. While Patel is seeking a fifth term with his back to the wall, the Bharatiya Janata […]
It was a cloudy Friday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 27 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. “It will be a generally cloudy sky with no chances of rains today,” an India Meteorological Department official told IANS. The maximum temperature was likely to hover around 35 degrees […]
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is suspected of offences including bribery, fraud and breach of trust, Israeli police said. In a document filed with a magistrate’s court, the police on Thursday confirmed for the first time that Netanyahu is a suspect in two corruption cases which are under investigation, Xinhua news agency reported. According to […]
A small batch of 132 pilgrims left Jammu on Friday for the Kashmir Valley to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, officials said. “The pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas at 2.55 a.m. in an escorted convoy of five vehicles,” officials said. S.D. Singh Jamwal, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu zone, said the last batch […]
Key Indian equity market indices opened in the red on Friday following mixed global cues. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 26.69 points or 0.08 per cent lower during the early session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 9.45 points or 0.09 per cent lower at 10,004.20 […]