Congress leader Anand Sharma addresses. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The Congress on Monday demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what it said was “misleading the country” that the recent…
Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) Honouring the LGBTI community, ‘Pride Month’ and remembering the victims of the Sunday shooting in Orlando, the United States Consulate here on Monday lit up its building’s facade in the rainbow…
By Mahendra Ved Accra (Ghana), June 13 ( IANS) The West African nation Ghana is looking to India for a civil nuclear route to augment and diversify its energy requirements and to the Indian railways…
Islamabad, June 13 (IANS) Pakistan on Monday summoned the Afghan envoy to lodge a protest against cross-border shelling by Afghan troops that injured at least two soldiers and nine civilians, a foreign ministry statement said….
By Francis Kokutse Accra, June 13 (IANS) India is prepared to provide Ghana with more lines of credit to assist in the country’s development, President Pranab Mukherjee, on a two-day visit here, said on Monday….
Orlando, June 13 (IANS) Shock and condemnation flowed from across the world over the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando city of Florida which left 50 people dead and 53 injured. Mourning for…
Islamabad, June 13 (IANS) Pakistan has closed the chapter of seeking F16 fighter jets from the US and will now opt for Jordan-owned F16 jets, an official said here on Monday, Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry,…
Islamabad, June 13 (IANS) Curfew was imposed near a Pakistan-Afghanistan border point on Monday after firing and bombardment by Afghan forces was reported in which three Pakistani security personnel were injured. Due to the tense…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee has expressed shock and sadness over the deadly attack “against innocent civilians” in Orlando, US. In a message to US President Barack Obama on Monday, Mukherjee said:…
By Mahendra Ved Accra (Ghana), June 13 (IANS) Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, on a three-nation African tour, has expressed his grief over the Orlando mass shooting that left 50 people dead and has emphasised on…
By Francis Kokutse Accra, June 12 IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee arrived in the Ghanaian capital Accra on Sunday on the first leg of a three-nation African tour that will also take him to Cote d’Ivoire…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the people of Russia on their National Day on June 12. “On the Russian National Day, my greetings to the people of Russia,…
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) West Bengal Pradesh Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday urged the Centre to put pressure on the Afghanistan government for securing the release of an Indian woman aid worker abducted…
Beijing, June 12 (IANS) China on Sunday said more discussion was needed to forge consensus on the issue of countries not signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty NPT) joining the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), a…
Tehran, June 12 (IANS) Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Iran was the most secure and lucrative market for investments, an official said on Sunday. “The enemies such as the Zionists and the Saudi Arabia are…
Tehran, June 12 (IANS) Iran has signed deals to sell crude oil to seven European companies, an official said on Sunday. “So far, agreements for the sale of nearly 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) have…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Even as the United States has christened Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of Indo-US ties as ‘The Modi doctrine’, politicians and political watchers feel that Modi has…
By Mahendra Ved New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday embarks on a three-nation tour of Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire and Namibia that is part of India’s outreach to Africa to consolidate ties…
New York, June 12 (IANS) An uncommon calm is scheduled to embrace the frenetic “Crossroads of the World”, the city’s Times Square, on June 20, this year’s Summer Solstice Day here, when thousands of people…
By Anand Singh and Ruchika Kumari New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) They face abuse on the streets, people avoid talking to them, locals do not sit beside them in the metros and sometimes they are…