Hanoi/New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Monday met Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, General Phan Van Giang and reviewed ongoing bilateral defence cooperation and agreed to further deepen engagement in the sector. Doval arrived in Vietnam Sunday on an official...
Jaipur: Eight labourers were electrocuted when a machine being used during road construction work came into contact with an electricity line in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district Monday, police said, adding that five others sustained burn injuries in the accident. The accident occurred in Chhapoli village under...
New Delhi: In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the Punjab assembly polls, three of its leaders from the state, including Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh and two other legislators, joined the BJP Monday. Earlier in the day, suspended AAP MLA and former...
New Delhi: India's manufacturing sector activity growth eased in October as output and new orders rose at softer rates, while moderate cost pressures provided support and a buffer against a sharper decline, a monthly survey said Monday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers'...
New Delhi: India and the European Union (EU) have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen the comprehensive economic and strategic partnership, discussing opportunities for strengthening trade and investment ties, improving market access, enhancing supply chain resilience and advancing cooperation under the free trade agreement (FTA), an...
Kathmandu: Six Indian tourists were rescued Monday after they got stranded due to heavy snowfall in the Shey-Phoksundo National Park area of Nepal, police said. The tourists, two women and four men, had been out of contact since November 1 because of the snowfall. They...
Mumbai: Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged in early trade Monday, driven by a sharp rally in bellwether Reliance Industries post earnings announcement and cooling crude oil prices. Foreign fund inflows and a positive trend in Asian equities also added to the markets...
West Palm Beach (Florida): All nine people aboard a Learjet 60 died when the business jet crashed into a residential area in Florida’s Palm Beach County Sunday, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, confirming the toll from an accident that left a crater beside a...
Abohar: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Sunday took a swipe at the Opposition parties, alleging the Shiromani Akali Dal, Congress and BJP have nothing constructive to offer to the people of the state. The Akali Dal, which failed to answer for the painful incidents of...
Saarbrucken (Germany): Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu clinched her second title of the season, bagging the Hylo Open Super 500 tournament with a straight game win over world No. 25 Line Hojmark of Denmark in Germany’s Saarbrucken Sunday. A former world champion, Sindhu, who won...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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