Kathmandu: Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) will decide whether or not to join the government at a party meeting on Friday, a senior party leader said on Monday, a day after its Chairman Ravi Lamichhane met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ here. The RSP, the fourth largest party in Nepal’s Parliament, won two out…
Colombo: Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari arrived here on Monday on a four-day official visit to Sri Lanka during which he will meet the country’s top political and military leaders and discuss ways to enhance bilateral defence cooperation, amid China’s growing influence in the island nation. The Chief of the Air…
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said he is keen on settling the ethnic conflict with the minority Tamil community by the end of this year as he emphasised that the cash-strapped country could only move forward with the IMF bailout if this long-pending issue is resolved. Wickremesinghe, in his message to mark International…
Bengaluru: BJP president J P Nadda on Monday said his party was working within the ambit of the Constitution in trying to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country, and said they followed the policy of ‘Justice for All and Appeasement for None’. The ruling BJP in Karnataka on Monday promised to implement the…
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday said during the past eight and a half years, the BJP-led government in the state has not only launched several public welfare schemes, but also ensured their meticulous implementation. Interacting with residents of Jhansa village in Kurukshetra district during a ‘Jan Samvad’ programme, he also highlighted…
Aizawl: The Mizoram Congress on Monday said it has accepted the resignation of senior MLA Zodintluanga Ralte as the treasurer of the party’s state unit. Ralte, who is also the Congress Legislature Party leader, resigned as the state treasurer on April 21, saying he was dissatisfied with the functioning of state party president Lalsawta. His…
New Delhi: Traffic snarls and waterlogging were reported in several parts of the national capital on Monday as rain lashed the city making it difficult for the commuters to reach their destination on time. The Delhi Traffic Police said they received 31 calls at their control room regarding the traffic issue, along with three calls…
Kolkata: The West Bengal CID on Monday took over the probe into the “killing” of a man in alleged “police firing” during a raid last week in Uttar Dinajpur’s Kaliaganj, which was rocked by violence over a teenage girl’s death, an officer said. The Criminal Investigation Department of the state police will not probe into the…
Patna: The Bihar government has cancelled more than 1.2 crore “inactive” job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in the last one year, a minister said on Monday. The government has also provided 23.07 lakh fresh job cards to labourers, including 9,267 disabled people, in various districts of the state during the…
Chennai: The DNA of every culture in India has been ‘one and the same’, and that is why this country is called a ‘cultural continuum’, Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi said here on Monday. People are called migrants or immigrants when they move from one place to another. But there was no concept of…
