London: One of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s close allies and former deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab, on Saturday called on the British Indian leader to up the government’s game to reap the full dividends of a closer partnership with India. Dominic Raab, who led Sunak’s leadership campaign and served as his Foreign Secretary before being…
Washington: In a strong pitch to US entrepreneurs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said “this is the moment” to invest in India as governments of both countries have done the groundwork for businesses and companies to take advantage of the opportunity and to “play and proposer”. Addressing business leaders and philanthropists from India and the US…
Chennai: Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Saturday appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to end the atrocities on Scheduled Caste members in the state and also be supportive of the Centre’s initiatives on the economic and social welfare front for the disadvantaged and marginalised sections. Expressing concern over…
Saharanpur (UP) Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said that a train service will be launched from the western Uttar Pradesh district of Saharanpur to Mata Shakambhari Devi Siddhpeeth. The survey for laying the rail line connecting the Hindu pilgrimage site has been started, according to the minister. Vaishnaw, who reached Saharanpur on a one-day visit…
Guwahati: Protests against the delimitation proposals continued in Assam on Saturday, with allies of the ruling BJP-led coalition as well as opposition parties venting their discontent. Terming the draft delimitation proposal an attempt by the BJP to polarise voters on religious lines disregarding the sentiment of the people, opposition parties decided to present the ‘grievances’ of…
Cairo: India’s multi-faceted relations with Egypt, which was elevated to a ‘Strategic Partnership’ this year, will receive further impetus with the first state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to this key Middle East nation, India’s ambassador here has said. Prime Minister Modi will be arriving here Saturday evening at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah…
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday distributed appointment letters to the next of kin of eight Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty, officials said here. Shah met with the family members of slain police personnel on the second day of his two-day visit to the Union…
Kochi: A day after he was arrested in a cheating case by the Crime Branch wing of Kerala Police, K Sudhakaran on Saturday offered to quit as KPCC chief if necessary even as the Congress leadership rejected the suggestion saying it would extend him all political and legal support to fight the case. The Kannur…
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US was not about leveraging India to be a “counterweight” to China but to deepen ties, including defence cooperation, between the largest democracies of the world, a top White House official has said. Prime Minister Modi on Saturday left for Egypt after concluding his state visit during which…
New Delhi: American defence major GE Aerospace will transfer 80 per cent of the technology to India for production of F 414 fighter jet engines under its deal with the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, a senior official said on Friday. The General Electric (GE) Aerospace inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)…
