New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to France beginning July 13 would be both rich in “substance” and set “new benchmark” for strategic partnership between the two countries in years ahead, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said on Wednesday. Boosting defence ties is expected to be a key focus of the talks between Modi and…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she is saddened at the loss of lives in “sporadic” incidents of violence during rural polls. Banerjee also asserted that her government has given a free hand to the police to take action against those behind the violence.. “I am saddened at the loss of lives…
New Delhi: A day after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Muslim World League Secretary-General Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa on Wednesday hailed his “passionate perspective” towards inclusive growth and said they agreed on the importance of working together to confront all aspects of extremism and hatred, regardless of their source. Al-Issa, who is on an…
New Delhi: Leaders of 24 opposition parties have been invited for the second unity meeting being convened by the Congress next week in Bengaluru, which would see them further strategise plans to take on the BJP in the next Lok Sabha polls. Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi is also expected to attend a dinner on…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Abu Dhabi on July 15 after concluding a two-day visit to Paris. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Modi will hold talks with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Abu Dhabi. “The India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said cybercrimes pose a major threat to the security of citizens across the globe in a rapidly advancing borderless digital arena. He also said that a reliable global partnership is the key to effectively combatting this menace. Shah will inaugurate the two-day G20 conference on ‘Crime and…
New Delhi: BJP MLA Purnesh Modi, the complainant in the defamation case against Rahul Gandhi, has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court seeking that he be heard if the Congress leader moves a plea challenging the high court verdict refusing to stay his conviction in the Modi surname remark case. A single judge bench…
Kolkata: A BJP fact-finding team, which arrived in West Bengal on Wednesday, said it will visit areas hit by poll violence and speak to victims to assess the ground situation. The four-member team led by former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said it plans to visit north and south Bengal districts. “Violence and killings during rural…
Kochi: A special NIA court in Kerala on Wednesday convicted six persons, who are allegedly members of now banned radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), in the sensational hand chopping case of a college professor in Kerala in 2010. Special NIA court judge Anil K Bhaskar found them guilty of attempted murder, conspiracy and…
Sriharikota, (AP): Four years after it broke many hearts, ISRO’s Chandrayaan is all set to soar towards the moon in its third expedition on Friday in an attempt to put the country in an elite club of nations that accomplished lunar missions with a soft landing. ‘Fat boy’ LVM3-M4 rocket will carry Chandrayaan-3 as part…
