New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday gave his assent to re-promulgation of the land ordinance, which was to expire next month. Rashtrapati Bhavan officials told IANS that the president signed the ordinance before leaving on an official visit to Sweden and Belarus. The recommendation for re-promulgation of the ordinance was sent […]
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that her “only regret” in her year in office has been the failure so far to bring back the 39 abducted Indians from Iraq, which she hoped to do soon. “My only regret is that while we have evacuated thousands of our […]
Islamabad/New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) India’s objections to the 3,000 km-long Pakistan-China Economic Corridor (PCEC) notwithstanding, Islamabad was firmly committed to the $46 billion project and would not permit any attempt to sabotage it, a key advisor to the prime minister said. Sartaj Aziz, foreign affairs and national security advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif […]
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday congratulated city football giants Mohun Bagan who became the I-League champions. “After 11 years the Football I-League trophy comes back to Bengal. Congratulations Mohun Bagan,” Banerjee tweeted. Bagan drew 1-1 against reigning champions Bengaluru FC at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru to finish […]
Mumbai, May 31 (IANS) The entire star cast of “Shajarur Kanta”, a Byomkesh Bakshi film which has national award-winning actress Konkona Sen Sharma in the lead, reached Mumbai on Sunday for a special visit. “‘Shajarur Kanta’ was a big challenge for me because it is a detective film, plus a love story,” Konkona Sen Sharma […]
Washington, May 30 (IANS) As China rapidly builds new artificial islands in the South China Sea to expand its territorial claims there, Washington is adamantly refusing to recognise those claims. On Saturday, US Defence Secretary Ash Carter called on Beijing to stop amid fresh tensions, CNN reported. Last week, a US surveillance plane swooped over […]
Srinagar, May 30 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas on Saturday evening lobbed a grenade at a police station in Handwara in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir which exploded without causing any damage, an official said. “Militants hurled a powerful hand grenade at the police station in Handwara this evening. The grenade exploded without causing any damage,” […]
Munich, May 30 (IANS) Armyman Gurpreet Singh on Saturday missed sealing India’s fifth 2016 Rio Olympics quota place by the narrowest of margins when he finished fourth in the Men’s 25-metre Rapid Fire Pistol event at the World Cup (Rifle/Pistol) here. At one stage of the final, the 28-year-old Gurpreet looked set to take the […]
Cairo, May 30 (IANS) Egyptian authorities on Saturday released a son of a leading member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group after the Egyptian-American man gave up his Egyptian nationality, official MENA news agency reported. Mohamed Salah Sultan was sentenced to 25 years in jail over violence and terror charges after he was arrested following […]
Paris, May 30 (IANS) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy who is also the boss of the right-wing newly renamed Les Republicains party pledged on Saturday to restore the confidence of discontented voters. “It is not a dream, it’s just our ambition, the Republic of confidence. That’s why we became Republicans,” Sarkozy said, Xinhua reported. “We […]