Eindhoven: A profligate India squandered a one-goal lead to go down 1-4 to the hosts Netherlands in the FIH Hockey Pro League here. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh (11’) scored India’s lone goal despite the visitors being awarded as many as five penalty corners and a penalty stroke. Pepijn Reyenga (17′), Boris Burkhardt (40′) and Duco Telgenkamp (41′,…
New Delhi: India and Bangladesh will hold their bi-annual border-level talks here later this week during which the two sides are expected to discuss a host of issues related to cross-frontier crimes and measures to create better synergy between their security agencies, official sources said on Thursday. A 15-member delegation of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)…
New Delhi: India does not get swayed by coercion, inducements and false narratives, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday while citing the country’s approach towards the situation along the Northern border and its opposition to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Addressing a press conference on nine years of Modi government, Jaishankar also said that…
Prayagraj (UP): The Allahabad High Court has held that mere possession or transportation of cows and bullocks from one place to another within the state would not come under the ambit of the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act. Allowing the bail application of Kundan Yadav of Kushi Nagar district, Justice Vikram D Chauhan observed,…
Lahore: Scores of disgruntled leaders who quit Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan’s party have joined hands and are set to launch a new military-backed party to fight the general elections likely to be held in October. Sugar baron and Khan’s old friend Jahangir Khan Tareen (JKT) is leading the group of leaders who left Khan’s…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said in the last nine years, the Modi government has overhauled the country’s health infrastructure from primary to tertiary level while ensuring free treatment of up to Rs 5 lakh for the poor. In tweets, Shah said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India…
New Delhi: Eyeing the Indian Navy’s Rs 43,000 crore contract to procure six stealth submarines, German defence major Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and state-run Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) signed a framework agreement on Wednesday to bid for one of the biggest “Make in India” projects. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in Mumbai in…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will begin on Thursday his two-day outreach programme under the Delhi BJP’s month-long campaign to highlight the achievements of the Modi government in the last nine years. Jaishankar will meet Sikh refugees from Afghanistan who left that country after it was taken over by the Taliban, the Delhi BJP…
New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh is likely to submit in the court its investigation report in the two cases registered against him by next week, officials said on Wednesday. As part of its investigation so far, the SIT has questioned more…
Washington: Describing India as an important partner where people-to-people relationship plays a significant role, top US lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to address the visa wait time issue in the country on a priority basis. Senator Bob Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Congressman Michael Waltz, Co-Chair of the House India Caucus,…
