Jerusalem, India attaches the highest importance to its relations with Israel, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said as she met Israel’s top leadership, including President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. “India attaches the highest importance to full development of wide-ranging ties with Israel,” she said as she met Netanyahu who is […]
Washington, Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent conversation with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif as a “welcome sign” the US says it wants the two countries to continue to have a dialogue to fight terrorism. “We want them to continue to have a dialogue and to continue to look for ways to cooperate against a […]
London, British film, TV and stage actor Alan Rickman, who carved out a niche for himself with his distinctive screen presence and voice and was best known for playing Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter film series and ruthless terrorist Hans Gruber in “Die Hard”, died here on Thursday, his family announced. He was […]
Mumbai, Hamid N. Ansari, a techie from Mumbai who went missing in Pakistan on November 10, 2012, is reported to be alive and in custody of the Pakistan Army, an activists’ group said here on Thursday. “We are relieved and happy to hear that he’s safe. But we are uncertain of the future. We want our […]
Jakarta, In a brazen midday assault, a band of well-armed militants detonated explosives and opened fire on Thursday in the heart of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. When it was over, two people were dead and 19 others were wounded, police said. Five of the attackers were also killed. A manhunt was underway for additional suspects. […]
Kathmandu, Nepal’s apex business body has claimed that over 400,000 Nepalis lost their jobs in the last five months in the wake of the anti-Constitution protest in the Terai plains and the blockade of Nepal-India border entry points. The southern Terai region is considered the industrial heartland of the Himalayan nation with 70 percent of […]
Islamabad, Pakistan said on Wednesday it had arrested several Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) activists and sealed its offices as part of a crackdown following the terror attack on an IAF base in India. India has blamed the JeM, a terrorist group which is known to have links with the Pakistani security establishment, for the January 2 attack […]
Kolkata, Pakistani ghazal legend Ghulam Ali arrived in the city on Monday, a day ahead of his scheduled performance here. Ghulam Ali and his son would perform at the Netaji Indoor Stadium. The ghazal meastro was received at the NSC Bose International Airport by West Bengal Minorities Development and Finance Corporation chairman Sultan Ahmed, who […]
Washington, Satya Nadella, Indian-American Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, will be among the “many Americans who have inspired Barack” watching President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address Tuesday from the First Lady’s Box. The 23 special guests attending Obama’s annual address to the Congress with first lady Michelle Obama “represent the progress we […]
New Delhi, For the first time ever, a foreign contingent will participate in the Republic Day parade — French troops will march down the Rajpath on January 26, official sources said. Sources from the defence ministry confirmed that a contingent of the French army will participate in the march. French President Francois Hollande is the […]