Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) Braving incessant rain and employing drones and satellite mapping technology, the West Bengal government is carrying out the survey expeditiously for initiating the process of returning land taken from peasants of…
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) After two weeks of lacklustre trading, the latest one that ended Friday saw some renewed appetite for equities among investors, lifting two key indices to their highest levels in 52 weeks….
Hanoi, Sep 3 (IANS) India and Vietnam on Saturday stressed the need to reform the United Nations and expansion of its Security Council, with “enhanced representation” from developing countries, a joint statement issued by the…
Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) On the eve of her canonisation in Vatican City where Pope Francis will confer sainthood on Mother Teresa, people on Saturday braved the rain to visit the city’s “Mother House” –…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The All India Government Nurses Federation (AIGNF), which has launched an indefinite strike to demand higher salary and allowances, on Saturday alleged that striking nurses were being threatened with termination…
Srinagar, Sep 3 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday visited the family of a youth killed in the ongoing unrest in south Kashmir. In a Facebook post the chief minister said:…
Islamabad, Sep 3 (IANS) Demonstrators in Pakistan who were speaking at an event here to show solidarity with Kashmiris, have questioned the efficacy of the MPs who were appointed to raise the Kashmir issue at…
Dimapur, Sep 3 (IANS) At least four soldiers of the Assam Rifles were injured after a group of heavily armed NSCN (K) militants ambushed a convoy of the security forces in remote Zunheboto district of…
Hyderabad, Sep 3 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that had Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel been given a free hand, Kashmir would have completely become an integral part of India. If…
Guwahati, Sep 3 (IANS) Expressing concern over the porous Indo-Bangladesh border in Mankachar sector of Assam, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that his government will take action on a war footing to seal the international…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The outgoing Governor of Reserve Bank of India Raghuram Rajan on Saturday said the status and the position of the central banker should not be changed in the interests of…
Hanoi, Sep 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left Vietnam for Hangzhou in China to attend the G-20 Summit being held on September 4-5. “A packed day of diplomacy in Vietnam ends as…
Hanoi, Sep 3 (IANS) Capping his visit to Vietnam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called on General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong here. “Final engagement for PM in this…
Hanoi, Sep 3 (IANS) Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang on Saturday said that Vietnam fully supports India’s Act East Policy. He said this when visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on him here. “President…
Hanoi, Sep 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called on Vietnam National Assembly Chairperson Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan here during the course of which both leaders called for greater parliamentary exchanges between India…
Hanoi, Sep 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called on Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang here. “A firm footing for #IndiaVietnam ties. PM @narendramodi calls on President Tran Dai Quang at Presidential Palace,”…
By Sheikh Qayoom Srinagar, Sep 3 (IANS) The 28-member all-party delegation headed by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh arriving here on Sunday should not expect a red carpet welcome in the Kashmir Valley, which has…
Hanoi, Sep 3 (IANS) From health to defence, India and Vietnam on Saturday signed 12 agreements following delegation-level talks headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc here. “12 for…
Hanoi, Sep 3 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China, India on Saturday boosted its defence ties with Vietnam by offering a $500-million defence line of credit to the southeast Asian nation…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday condoled the death of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov who died on Friday due to brain haemorrhage. In a condolence message addressed to Nigmatilla Yuldashev, the…