Jammu: Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday claimed that five years since the abrogation of Article 370, peace had returned to Jammu and Kashmir and large-scale development was underway, as he urged the people to vote for his party in the upcoming state election. Reddy said that before the abrogation of Article 370, which […]
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the “era of uninterrupted dialogue” with Pakistan is over even as he noted that India is “not passive” and whether events take a positive or negative direction, either way New Delhi will react. In his address at a book launch here, Jaishankar also said for […]
GUWAHATI: The Assam Legislative Assembly has made a significant change by discontinuing the long-standing practice of adjourning sessions on Fridays to allow Muslim members to offer Namaz. This tradition, which dates back to 1946, was initially introduced under the speakership of Sayed Sadullah. For decades, the Assembly would break from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM […]
NEW DELHI: Praising the achievement of India’s banking sector for making financial services accessible to millions and driving economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said there was a time when in rural areas, it used to take more than a day to access a banking service but today, banks have gone to every […]
KOLKATA: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote a letter to Narendra Modi reminding him of her demand for a “stringent central legislation on incidents of rape” and also apprised him about the steps taken by the state government on women’s safety and security. “No reply was received from your end on such a […]
NEW DELHI: India has ranked among the top five countries in 45 out of 64 critical technologies in 2023, up from 37 a year before. As per the Critical Technology Tracker report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, India has secured the second position in seven technologies. In 2023, India also overtook the US to […]
NEW DELHI: New York-based Moody’s Ratings on Thursday raised its forecast for India’s GDP growth for 2024 to 7.2 per cent from 6.8 per cent as projected earlier on the back of stronger private consumption driving up aggregate demand in the economy. “Household consumption is poised to grow as headline inflation eases toward the RBI’s […]
SAVANNAH (US): Kamala Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the U.S. southern border and said she would not withhold weapons to Israel, in her first interview with a major news organization since becoming the Democratic nominee for president. In the interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash, Harris sought to show she is in […]
BERLIN: Germany deported Afghan nationals on Friday for the first time since August 2021, when the Taliban returned to power. A government spokesman described the Afghan nationals as convicted criminals but did not immediately respond to a request for comment to clarify their offenses. The deportations occurred a week after a deadly knife attack in […]
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has defended a decision to grant fast-track citizenship to indicted Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. Speaking at a news conference during a visit to Serbia, Macron said that granting nationality to high-profile figures who learn French and contribute to the nation is “good for our country”. “It’s part of a strategy […]