India on Tuesday made a strong pitch for early reforms of the United Nations Security Council before a gathering of Africa’s leaders, saying both India and Africa can no longer be excluded from their “rightful place” in the world body. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who addressed the ministerial meeting of the Third India-Africa Forum […]
A police ‘raid’ on Kerala House here to check if it served beef triggered a storm on Tuesday, with the chief ministers of Kerala, Delhi and West Bengal as well as Left leaders condemning the “intolerance” and demanding action against Delhi Police — which reports to the central government. Although there was no response from […]
A day after returning to India from Pakistan where she was stranded for years, speech and hearing impaired Geeta met President Pranab Mukherjee — who called her “a symbol of India-Pakistan unity” — and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and took a ride on Delhi Metro. “You are the daughter of both our countries, a symbol […]
The popular ‘carabeef’ (buffalo meat) dish will be back on the menu of Kerala House here from Wednesday. Kerala House officials took it off the menu following a complaint by a little known Hindu group opposed to beef consumption and after some 20 Delhi Police officials visited the premises on Monday. The police action triggered […]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday made a strong pitch for “reasonable restrictions” on freedom of speech and expression to maintain peace and harmony across the country. “It is imperative to strike a fine balance between freedom of speech and expression and reasonable restrictions so as to maintain public order and integrity and sovereignty of […]
The third India-Africa Forum Summit kicked off here on Monday with senior officials of the host nation and 54 countries from the continent negotiating two agreements. “The summit formally started with the meeting of the senior officials of India and Africa,” Indian external affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup told the media here. “Two agreements are […]
The strongest earthquake in 10 years rocked Pakistan on Monday leaving at least 200 people dead and over a thousand injured and causing widespread damage, stretching from the areas near Afghanistan to Kashmir and Punjab regions bordering India. The 7.5 intensity quake with its epicentre in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush mountains at 2.09 p.m. jolted most […]
Geeta, a young speech and hearing impaired Indian woman left stranded in Pakistan for over a decade, arrived here on Monday morning as India said repatriation of mentally ill prisoners lodged in jails on both sides of the border would be taken up with Islamabad. Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered Rs.1 crore to Pakistan’s Edhi […]
An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale with its epicentre in Afghanistan on Monday shook large parts of north India, sparking panic in the region and damaging property in Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi telephoned Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif and offered India’s help. Hundreds of thousands […]
Mafia don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan — former aide and strongman-turned-foe of fugitive Dawood Ibrahim — has been arrested by the Indonesian police in the tourist resort of Bali, top CBI officials said on Monday. CBI director Anil Kumar Sinha confirmed the nabbing of Chhota Rajan, who operated from Mumbai and is wanted […]