New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The government on Friday sought to distance itself from a controversial group photograph featuring absconding businessman Nirav Modi along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some Indian CEOs at the…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) India said on Friday it is waiting to see the steps to be taken by the Maldivian government after the Emergency imposed amid a raging political crisis gets over. “You…
Hyderabad, Feb 16 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday announced that Tehran is ready to simplify visa procedures and hoped India will reciprocate to facilitate easy movement of people between the two countries. Stating…
Riyadh, Feb 16 (IANS/WAM) Global experts are slated to attend the first Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum here on February 26 and 27. Organised by the King Salman Humanitarian and Relief Centre (KSrelief), the forum is…
Hyderabad, Feb 16 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday visited the historic Makkah Masjid here and offered prayers for Shia-Sunni unity and peace across the Muslim world. On the second day of his three-day…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Two days after the $1.8 bn fraud in Punjab National Bank (PNB) broke out, the government on Friday suspended passports of Nirav Modi and Mehul Chinubhai Choksi for four weeks….
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, Feb 16 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Nepal’s new Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and invited him to visit India. In a telephone call at 10.30 p.m. on…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The CBI has sought Interpol’s help in tracking down billionaire diamond trader Nirav Modi, who has been accused of a multi-crore rupee banking fraud and is reported to have fled…
Hyderabad, Feb 16 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday visited the historic Qutub Shahi tombs here. Rouhani, who is on a three-day visit to the country, arrived here on Thursday. He visited the tombs…
Hyderabad, Feb 16 (IANS) Citing India as a living example of peaceful co-existence of people of different religious and ethnicities, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday called for unity between Shias and Sunnis. Stating that…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Feb 15 (IANS) UN General Assembly President Miroslav Lajcak has said that “much more action is needed” from the international community to address the “human tragedy” of the Rohingyas. During…
Brussels, Feb 15 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti met her Turkish counterpart Nurettin Canikli here on Thursday amid a bilateral row over the blockade by warships in the Mediterranean of a drill ship owned…
Rome, Feb 15 (IANS/AKI) Italy will not send police officers to Syria “as long as the political and military situation remains uncertain”, Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti has said. Italy has not received a request to…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 15 (IANS) The Odisha government on Thursday invited European nations to be partner countries in Make in Odisha Conclave to be held in November this year. The second edition of the flagship investors…
Rome, Feb 15 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s Foreign Ministry and its foreign trade institute Ice have developed a new project to aimed at supporting the internationalisation of firms, especially small-to-medium-sized companies that want to bid for international…
Rome, Feb 15 (IANS/AKI) Italy needs to redistribute the troops it deploys world conflict zones and wants military support from other countries for its contingent in western Afghanistan, Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti has said. “We…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Without naming Pakistan, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said that talks cannot be held with countries that have trained their guns at India. “We are open to conflicting…
Tehran, Feb 15 (IANS) Iran on Thursday dismissed claims by the US intelligence about Tehran’s rising influence in the Middle East. Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi slammed US National Intelligence Director Dan Coats for making…
Beijing, Feb 15 (IANS) China on Thursday expressed its firm opposition to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing claims as its own, and said the Indian side should not take…
Hyderabad, Feb 15 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived here on Thursday on a three-day visit to India. Union Minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir received him at Begumpet Airport in the city. Telangana Governor E. S….