Chapel Hill (North Carolina): US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned that countries helping Iran evade American sanctions could themselves face penalties, while dismissing suggestions that India and Iran were preparing a trade agreement. Rubio made the remarks when asked about Prime Minister Narendra...
New Delhi: Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever arrived in New Delhi Thursday for his three-day visit to India. This will be PM De Wever's first visit to India after assuming office in February last year. Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken is also part of...
New Delhi: India Wednesday severely condemned the reported demolition of a century-old Hindu temple in Pakistan and called upon the country's government to conduct a "prompt and transparent investigation" into yet another shocking incident involving the destruction of a place of worship for minority communities...
Kathmandu/New Delhi: As many as 166 Indian nationals have been rescued, including three individuals Wednesday, as New Delhi continues to extend humanitarian assistance to Nepal in the wake of devastating floods which have claimed over 1,100 lives so far. According to the Ministry of External...
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court Wednesday ordered the immediate demolition of two structures set up for the Sebashray health camp initiative, associated with Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee, at Falta in South 24 Parganas district during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led...
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will travel to the United States later this month to attend the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting and hold discussions on the ongoing bilateral trade deal negotiations, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said Wednesday. In his address...
Cairo: At least 22 people, including Egyptians and Jordanians, were killed Wednesday in a passenger bus crash in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, authorities in both countries said. Twenty-eight others were injured. The accident happened on a road linking the tourist resorts of Dahab and Nuweiba in...
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress over its protests against the proposed changes to the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around Kaziranga National Park, saying the protection of the World Heritage Site cannot be ensured through social media...
Ayodhya: The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust appointed three new members to the Trust Wednesday, one of whom is said to be a relative of former Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal. According to TV reports, Delhi-based Mahesh Bhagchandka and Ayodhya-based Madan Mohan...
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Wednesday foiled separate protest marches of the ruling National Conference (NC) and the opposition BJP in Srinagar. The Bharatiya Janata Party had planned a gherao of the civil secretariat, and the NC was to protest at the BJP office,...
Banning books by governments does not surprise much since this has been going on across the world since long. But...
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The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in its latest report released recently has castigated India for...
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A foreign outlet interviewed me this week and at the end of it, after we had wrapped up, the interviewer...
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