Washington: Indian and American officials held the US-India 2+2 Intersessional Dialogue on Monday during which they discussed matters related to the Indo-Pacific region, Ukraine and Gaza, the State Department said here. The interaction, held in New Delhi, comes ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden. The US delegation…
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, made condemnable remarks on the social media platform X, while maintaining a stoic silence on the treatment of Muslims in China. His allegations that Muslims in India are unsafe are far from the truth and blatantly false. His comments are both unwarranted and provocative, raising questions not only about…
Washinton: India and the United States are working together to solve local and global problems, a senior American official said during her just-concluded trip to the South Asian country, according to a media release on Monday. Nisha Biswal, the US International Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC) Deputy Chief Executive Officer, during her travel to Mumbai and…
Chanderkote (J&K): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday alleged that the National Conference, PDP and the Congress wanted to release terrorists and stone-pelters to plunge Jammu and Kashmir into a terror inferno again. He said the Narendra Modi-led government would provide jobs to youths holding laptops and tricolour in their hands and would not…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday night announced that Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal, director of health services and director of medical education would be removed, giving in to the demands of the agitating junior doctors. Following a meeting with the medics, she claimed that talks were “fruitful” and nearly “99 per…
Tehran: India on Monday strongly deplored comments made by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on the condition of minorities in India, calling the remarks “misinformed and unacceptable”. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said countries commenting on minorities in India should look at their “own record” before making any observations about others. “We strongly…
Bangladesh is indisputably galloping in rapid transformation mode ahead of Pakistan as the “Epi-Center” of Islamist radical terrorism. The clash between Islamic and Hindu culture is real. It holds dangerous portends in posterity for India. List of Native Terrorist groups include: the Harkat ul-Jihad-e-Islami/Bangladesh (HuJI-B) – (1992); Bangladesh Taliban; Jamaatul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) – 1989; Jamaat ul-Mujahideen (JUM); Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JeL),…
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 74, speculation is growing over whether he will follow through on a supposed promise to retire by the age of 75. The debate has gained traction, fuelled by both his political opponents and the shifting dynamics within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi’s Chief Minister and a…
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday suggested setting up of a township dedicated to entrepreneurs and startups, aiming to replicate the success of American Silicon Valley. He also asked startups to participate in official delegation visits to different countries as it gives a good exposure to them. “We should be aspiring…
Chandigarh: Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre over the ‘one nation, one election’ issue, saying it is not possible under the present Constitution and requires at least five constitutional amendments. Replying to a question on reports that the BJP-led NDA government would implement ‘one nation,…
