New Delhi: Registrar General and Census Commissioner Mritunjay Kumar Narayan will address a press conference Monday at noon to outline the roadmap for the country's upcoming census exercise. During the briefing at the National Media Centre in New Delhi, the Commissioner is expected to present...
Jammu: Two Border Security Force (BSF) officers were injured Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba during a raid on a drug hotspot in the district. Officials said two BSF junior-level officers -- an inspector and a sub-inspector -- were injured during the raid in Gujjar...
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will visit Canada in May, amidst ongoing negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two countries. March 2, the two countries launched negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA). The issue of Goyal's visit came...
New Delhi: India's growing economy and massive infrastructure needs align perfectly with American expertise in energy, advanced manufacturing and digital infrastructure and both sides are well-positioned for a 'win-win' expansion of their strategic economic pillar, US Ambassador Sergio Gor has said. The envoy said the...
New Delhi: The India-Israel cooperation in agriculture has received a huge push with the announcement, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jerusalem last month, of setting up more Centres of Excellence as high-tech agricultural hubs and taking these further to the village level to...
New Delhi: Airlines will start offering at least 60 per cent of seats in a flight without levying any additional charge from April 20, as well as maintain a transparent seat allocation policy, according to aviation watchdog DGCA. March 18, the civil aviation ministry announced...
Kathmandu: Nepal's former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was remanded in judicial custody for five days by the Kathmandu District Court Sunday, even as protests continue to erupt in various parts of the country over the arrests. Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak were...
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Sunday thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sending an oil shipment to ease the fuel supply disruptions in the Island nation caused by the West Asia conflict. A shipment of 38,000 MT of fuel, comprising 20,000 MT...
Kathmandu: Nepal police Sunday arrested former energy minister and Nepali Congress leader Deepak Khadka in connection with a money laundering case, local media reported. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police took Khadka into custody Sunday morning, The Himalayan quoted CIB spokesperson Shiva Kumar...
Chennai: The DMK is facing a wave of internal unrest in the Tambaram Assembly constituency after its decision to deny renomination to sitting MLA S.R. Raja triggered sharp protests from party cadres, exposing fault lines within the local unit ahead of the elections. The party...
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