Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the Indian community in Seoul, said on Monday that the world’s perception of India has changed since his government took over a year ago and that “humanity” lay at the centre of the country’s foreign policy. Addressing a cheering 1,500-strong Indian community here, Modi said a key component of his […]
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday assured the family of Manoj Vashishth of a fair probe into his killing by a team of Delhi Police Special Cell. Vashishth was shot in central Delhi’s Rajendra Place area on Saturday. Vashishth’s family members, including his wife Priyanka, met Rajnath Singh at his residence here on Monday, demanding […]
One moment of murderous lust by a hospital contract sweeper consigned a young woman looking forward to her impending marriage to over four decades of a vegetative half-life. But Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug’s plight attracted attentive devotion of her sister nurses, touched millions of Indians and led to the apex court’s intervention to change the country’s […]
Far away from their homeland, the Kabuliwalas of Kolkata, who lead a sheltered and secluded life in the city, are deeply saddened by the terror attacks in Afghanistan, fervently wishing peace would prevail in their country soon. The Kabuliwala or man from Kabul was immortalised by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in the widely-translated classic “Kabuliwala” […]
India and Mongolia forged a strategic partnership, building on the “bonds of hearts and minds” over the “barriers of distance”, as Narendra Modi on Sunday became the first Indian prime minister to visit the landlocked northeast Asian nation which has declared India as its “third neighbour” as well as “spiritual neighbour”. The two countries also […]
A police constable allegedly fatally fired upon his parents and then shot himself in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district on Sunday. Police said 28-year-old Abinash Patra, a junior constable in the district headquarters, went to his village in Gopiballabhpur block and fired on his parents on Sunday afternoon with his service rifle. Hearing the shots, […]
Recalling the Kargil conflict of 1999 between India and Pakistan, former military strongman Pervez Musharraf on Sunday said New Delhi would never be able to forget the three-month-long battle when his armed forces “grabbed India by the throat”. “There was a second line force, too, which caught India by the throat and that was latter […]
The government on Sunday said it was in favour of a proposed India-Pakistan bilateral cricket series that would promote friendship between the neighbouring nations. “As a sports minister, my main objective is to promote sports. For better friendship and relationship, we want the series to take place,” union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda […]
One year is a long time in politics. Almost 365-days ago, the city of Kashi handed over a defining mandate to Narendra Modi paving his way to become India’s prime minister. With a ‘tsunami’ of goodwill and expectations, Modi defeated AAP candidate Arvind Kejriwal with over two lakh votes and routed other political opponents. A […]
In their endeavour to give a boost to young dancers and artists, the team of “ABCD 2” including Shraddha Kapoor and Varun Dhawan will leave on a trip across India. “0ur film “ABCD 2″ connected to Mumbai and the whole country. In the film we make India’s first dance team which participates in an international […]