Chandigarh/Amritsar: A ‘jatha’ (group) of Sikh pilgrims will leave for Pakistan on June 21 to attend Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death anniversary congregation and also visit gurdwaras in the neighbouring country. The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) said it has received visas for 205 pilgrims for going to Pakistan and the ‘jatha’ will leave for Pakistan on…
Washington: Top American lawmakers have issued a series of video messages welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Official State Visit to the US next week and said they are eagerly looking forward to his address to the Joint Meeting of the Congress. Prime Minister Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation…
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden during their talks next week are expected to touch on five broad areas of significance –healthcare, technology, renewable energy, education and defence – which would be reflected in the joint statement, India’s envoy to the US has said. The remarks by India’s Ambassador to the US…
Imphal/Kolkata: Two civilians were injured as mobs clashed with security forces overnight in Imphal town and attempts were made to torch the houses of BJP leaders, officials said on Saturday. In separate incidents, automatic gunfire was reported from Kwakta in Bishnupur district of Manipur and Kangvai in Churachandpur district through the night. An attempt was…
New Delhi: The remnant of cyclone Biparjoy is expected to bring rain over parts of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh starting Sunday, and help the monsoon advance over east India currently in the grip of a severe heat wave, meteorologists said on Friday.. The monsoon’s progress has remained sluggish since May 11 in the absence…
New Delhi: Amid a push for making India a hub for international arbitration, the government has set up an expert panel led by former law secretary T K Vishwanathan to recommend reforms in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act with an aim to reduce the burden on courts. Additional Solicitor General N Venkataraman is also part…
Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam filmmaker and Sangh Parivar fellow traveller Ramasimhan Aboobakker announced that he has quit the BJP. Ramasimhan, as he is widely known after he renounced Islam in December 2021 and changed his name from Ali Akbar to Ramasimhan Aboobakker, was a state committee member of the BJP till he resigned all his organisational responsibilities in…
Singapore: A 20-year-old Indian worker was killed when a concrete wall collapsed on him during the demolition of a building structure in Singapore’s Central Business District, officials said on Friday. The Indian national employed by Aik Sun Demolition and Engineering was found dead under the rubble after part of the Fuji Xerox Towers building in Tanjong…
New Delhi: The BJP on Friday blamed the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal for the violence during the nomination process for the panchayat polls, calling it “a very dark chapter” in the democratic history of the country. It alleged that the State Election Commission and the police remained unresponsive to the incidents of violence which…
Colombo: Sri Lanka cannot afford to resume vehicle imports since the country is still grappling with an acute shortage of US dollars, a senior minister said on Friday, nearly a week after the cash-strapped government lifted import restrictions on nearly 300 items. “The exchange rate of the US dollar is now determined by supply and demand….
