New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday decided to create a buffer stock of pulses in the country. An official statement…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) A Rs.4,000 crore ten-year policy aimed at boosting shipbuilding and ship repair industry in India under the ‘Make in India’ initiative was cleared on Wednesday by the Union Cabinet. The…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The BJP on Wednesday challenged the Congress to produce evidence in Parliament about their allegations that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) was indulging in ‘political vendetta’ in the National Herald…
Panaji, Dec 9 (IANS) On the backfoot following criticism by the opposition over elaborate preparations for the proposed 60th birthday bash for Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Wednesday said no…
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday called on Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the Heart of Asia Conference here. “Conveying India’s commitment to good neighbourly…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Refuting charges of “vendetta politics”, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said taking objection to a judicial verdict and stalling parliament was the biggest threat to…
London, Dec 9 (IANS) Author J.K. Rowling has waded into the controversy surrounding Donald Trump, saying the US presidential hopeful is worse than Lord Voldemort from her “Harry Potter” book series. The author took to…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday accused the Narendra Modi government of following different yardsticks on allegations concerning its own leaders and those of the…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the National Herald case row, saying “political vendetta” against his party…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The Congress should support the government to pass the Goods and Service Tax (GST) bill as it is the need of the hour, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to restrain the city government from enforcing its decision to allow even and odd number cars to ply in Delhi on alternative dates,…
Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) In the face of widespread criticism from across the political spectrum, Republican presidential frontrunner stuck to his guns over his controversial call to bar Muslims from entering the US. With his…
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday it was the time that India and Pakistan displayed maturity in doing business with each other. Islamabad: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj…
Islamabad: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addresses at the Heart of Asia Conference in Islamabad, Pakistan on Dec 9, 2015. (Photo: IANS/MEA) Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) While welcoming talks between Indian and Pakistani officials as…
Guwahati, Dec 9 (IANS) Street protests by the BJP rocked Assam’s main city Guwahati on Wednesday as thousands of its supporters took out a massive rally to the state legislative assembly while its winter session…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed repeated adjournments in the pre-lunch session after the Congress members created a ruckus over the National Herald case for the second consecutive day and…
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Pakistan next year, the first such visit by the head of the Indian government in over a decade, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj…
Moscow, Dec 9 (IANS) Russia attacked the Islamic State positions in Syria with Kalibr missiles fired by the submarine deployed in the Mediterranean Sea, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday. “It was the…
(Photo by Vinod Singh/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Tuesday exchanged views with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the Paris climate conference, the White House said on Tuesday….
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) The Pakistani woman involved in California mass shooting may have travelled to India from Saudi Arabia in 2013, a media report said on Tuesday citing a Saudi official. Denying that…