London: Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova, who recently visited India, on Tuesday expressed “regrets” over the depiction of Goddess Kali in a “distorted manner” by the defence ministry and apologised for the act, saying her country and its people respect “unique Indian culture”. Dzhaparova visited India on April 9, the first official visit from the…
London: A 65-year-old man has been jailed for five months for mailing a threatening letter to former Home Secretary Priti Patel after admitting to sending a grossly offensive letter to the Indian-origin ex-minister at a hearing. Pooneeraj Canakiah was sentenced by the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London last week. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in England…
Peshawar: Pakistan police found PKR 25 lakh from a packet buried under the rubble of the twin blasts which ripped through a counterterrorism facility in the country’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province last week, a media report said on Monday. The blast occurred on April 24 at the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Kabal police station…
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…
Washington: Top business executives of G7 countries have endorsed India’s G20 theme of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’ and said it is essential to achieve sustainable growth that is compatible with the protection of the global environment. Unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, the theme of India’s G20 Presidency – ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ or…
London: Sunak, Britain’s first Prime Minister of Indian heritage, reading from a biblical book will resonate with the multi-faith theme of Christian ceremony. Rishi Sunak will read from the biblical book of Colossians at the Coronation of King Charles III in keeping with the recent tradition of British Prime Ministers giving readings at State occasions,…
New York: In a “historic moment”, the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ was broadcast live at the United Nations headquarters here in the early hours of Sunday. “Just started. ‘Mann Ki Baat’ at the Trusteeship Council, UN Headquarters New York,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira…
Somerset (New Jersey): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ is the story of a changing India – a ‘New India – and is a connection between India and the world, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday as he joined the community members at a special event to listen to the 100th episode…
