New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has arrived here for the high-level UN General Assembly session, with a packed diplomatic week ahead that will include more than 50 official engagements including bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral meetings. Jaishankar arrived in New York Sunday to participate in the high-level 77th session of the UN General Assembly, […]
Beijing: China on Monday said it will strive with “utmost sincerity” for the peaceful reunification of Taiwan and not tolerate any activities aimed at splitting the country, in an angry response to President Joe Biden’s remarks that the US forces would defend Taiwan if Beijing tries to invade the self-ruled island. Biden said “yes” when […]
Beijing: President Joe Biden says US forces would defend Taiwan if China tries to invade the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing as part of its territory, adding to displays of official American support for the island democracy. Asked during an interview broadcast on Sunday on CBS News’s 60 Minutes program whether US forces, US men […]
London: India on Monday strongly condemned violence against the Indian community and vandalisation of Hindu premises in the eastern England city of Leicester as it sought immediate action against those involved in these attacks. In a statement, the High Commission of India here said it had “strongly” taken up the issue and called for protection […]
New Delhi,: The AAP on Monday questioned the Enforcement Directorate’s summons to its MLA Durgesh Pathak and alleged that the “actual target” of the move is not a probe into alleged irregularities in Delhi excise policy but the “rising political graph” of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) reaction came after Pathak, […]
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has urged Punjab government to stop the waste water flowing into the canals of the state from the downstream of Harike barrage. In a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Gehlot urged the Punjab government to finish construction of a Sewage Treatment Plant and Common Effluent Treatment Plant […]
New Delhi: The second day of the National Conference of State Tourism Ministers at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh started with felicitation of dignitaries from various States of India by Shri Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh and Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and DoNER Sh. G. Kishan Reddy. Tourism Ministers of 12 States including Madhya […]
MOHALI: India will look to sort out their combinations, especially in the middle-order, while giving a final shape to their plans and preparations for the T20 World Cup when a three-match home series against Australia begins here Tuesday. Though a few fast bowlers will be rested over the course of six games before the World […]
MOHALI: Australia skipper Aaron Finch on Monday said it will take a very brave man to write Virat Kohli off and what the former India captain has achieved in the last 15 years is just “ridiculous”. Kohli overcame a prolonged lean patch at the Asia Cup earlier this month and also scored his 71st international […]
Islamabad: In a major relief to former prime minister Imran Khan, a Pakistani court on Monday ordered to delete terror charges in a case against him for making controversial remarks against a female judge during a rally here last month. During a rally here on August 20, 69-year-old Khan had threatened to file cases against […]