Singapore: Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will arrive in India on Saturday on a five-day official visit to deepen the existing cooperation and identify opportunities for mutually beneficial collaboration in new and emerging areas, the Prime Minister’s Office here said on Friday. This will be Wong’s first official visit to the country in his […]
London: The House of Commons Speaker has refused permission for a Chinese government delegation to attend the Queen’s Lying-in-State at Westminster Hall within the Parliament complex before the funeral at Westminster Abbey in London on Monday, according to UK media reports. Sir Lindsay Hoyle is said to have refused a request for access to Westminster […]
Samarkand: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called upon SCO member states to give transit access to each other and pitched for boosting connectivity for ensuring resilient supply chains for the region. In his address at the SCO summit in this historic city, Modi also said that India’s economy is expected to grow at 7.5 […]
Chandigarh:Former chief minister and Punjab Lok Congress chief Amarinder Singh will join the BJP next week, party spokesperson said on Friday. Singh will also merge his newly formed party with the BJP. Singh (80) had floated the Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) last year after quitting the Congress following his unceremonious exit as chief minister. He […]
New Delhi: India added 6,298 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,45,22,777, while the active cases climbed 46,748, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 5,28,273 with 23 fatalities which includes four deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am […]
Srinagar: Five people, including two influential clerics, from south Kashmir were detained under preventive laws on Thursday, officials here said. Among those detained are Moulana Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri and Abdul Rashid Dawoodi, they said. The authorities are contemplating booking the clerics under the Public Safety Act and shifting them to a Jammu jail, they said. […]
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday strongly batted for preserving traditional life-sustaining system and maintaining ecological integrity and said regeneration of natural resources is a prerequisite for economic development. Sinha, who is on a two-day visit to Kishtwar district, launched a plantation drive organised by National HydroElectric Power Corporation (NHPC) at Dulhasti and said […]
New Delhi: The Centre has extended by three years the package of concession and incentives for its employees working in the Kashmir valley, according to a Personnel Ministry order. The valley comprises Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Kupwara, Pulwama, Srinagar, Kulgam, Shopian, Ganderbal and Bandipora districts. The order issued on Monday said the concessions have been extended […]
New Delhi: The disengagement between the armies of India and China at the Patrolling Point 15 in eastern Ladakh is “one problem less” on the border, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. At a media briefing after his talks with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, Jaishankar also took an indirect pot shot at […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “given” 1,000 square kilometres of Indian territory to China “without a fight”, and asked the government how it will be retrieved. He also claimed that China has refused to accept India’s demand of restoring status quo on the border as […]