New Delhi: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said connectivity with Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries is a priority for India, and emphasised on ensuring demand driven, sustainable development, while respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity of the countries. The road transport and highways minister further said India attaches special attention to SCO in promoting economy…
New Delhi: Opposition party leaders hit out at Indian Olympics Association President PT Usha on Friday for criticising the protest by wrestlers in Delhi, alleging she has become a “political mouthpiece”. The wrestlers have launched a second round of protest against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, accusing him sexual harassment…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the Uttar Pradesh government why gangster-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were paraded before media while being taken to hospital for a medical checkup in police custody in Prayagraj. The top court, which was hearing a plea by advocate Vishal Tiwari seeking an independent probe into…
Koppal/New Delhi: BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has likened former AICC chief Sonia Gandhi to a ‘Vishakanya’ (venomous maiden) in retaliation to Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘venomous snake’ barb hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the comments drawing sharp response from the opposition party which sought the legislator’s expulsion. Congress general secretary Randeep…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday permitted some forest dwelling tribals to move the Bombay High Court with their grievances related to the felling of trees in Mumbai’s Aarey forest for the metro rail project. Many trees being cut for the project are on their land. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and…
Mumbai: A special CBI court here on Friday acquitted actor Sooraj Pancholi, accused of abetting the suicide of his then actor girlfriend Jiah Khan in 2013, citing lack of evidence against him. Sooraj Pancholi (32), who is currently out on bail, was charged under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 306 (abetment of suicide). Jiah Khan’s mother…
Islamabad: A Chinese national arrested in Pakistan on charges of committing blasphemy has been set free and shifted to an undisclosed location after he was granted bail by an anti-terrorism court, a media report said on Friday. The court judge in the northwestern city of Abbottabad granted the suspect’s bail plea after he furnished a bond…
Bogota: India seeks to bolster its trade with Latin America which is approaching USD 50 billion, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, as he highlighted that the Indian companies are investing significantly in the region in sectors like energy, mining, agriculture and automobiles. Addressing the India-Colombia Business Forum here in Colombia’s capital on Thursday, he…
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army on Friday dismissed media reports quoting its former chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa’s statement on military’s combat preparedness and future threats to the country, saying his off the record remarks were “quoted out of context”. The Inter-Services Public Relations, the army’s media wing, issued a statement after senior journalist Hamid Mir…
Washington: The Indian diaspora and the US Congress have played a “pioneering role” in building and strengthening the relationship between the two countries, India’s ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said. He addressed a gathering of Indian Americans at a reception here on Thursday. A group of Indian Americans from across the US observed…
