US President Donald Trump has said that he wants to further develop strategic partnership with India to achieve country’s goals in Afghanistan, saying American troops “will fight to win” and “from now on victory will have a clear definition.” “We appreciate India’s important contributions to stability in Afghanistan, but India makes billions of dollars in […]
The North Korean military on Tuesday threatened to respond in a ruthless way to the annual military exercise between South Korea and the US that began on Monday. North Korea said it considered the maneouvres “extremely dangerous reckless action”, Efe news reported. The Kim Jong-un regime said it cannot avoid a “ruthless retaliation” as the […]
Banking operations in Tamil Nadu were affected on Tuesday with around 55,000 bankers striking work pressing for their demands, said a top All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA) leader. “It is a dawn-to-dusk strike as cheque clearing operations start at 6 a.m. Bankers working in around 10,300 branches struck work protesting the policies towards the […]
Hindu epics Mahabharata and Ramayana will be taught in the upcoming Fall semester at Harvard University (HU), one of the world’s top and United States’ oldest institution of higher education established in 1636. These great Sanskrit epics will be focus of the graduate level “Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures: The Epics” class taught by Professor Anne E. Monius […]
On the occasion of the 71st Independence Day of the Republic of India, August 15, 2917, the Consul General of India in Sydney unfurled the Indian National Tricolour and delivered message from the Honorable President of the Republic of India to the members of the Indian Community and Friends of India, gathered to celebrate the […]
At least seven persons were injured in a knife attack in the Russian city of Surgut on Saturday, officials said. The man, who apparently stabbed passersby on the street at random, was shot dead by police. The attack happened at about 11.20 a.m. An earlier statement said eight people had been wounded, but that was […]
The Janata Dal-United led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday virtually put rebel leader Sharad Yadav on notice, hinting at action against him if he attends the RJD rally on August 27. JD-U General Secretary K.C. Tyagi told reporters that the party has not acted against Yadav for his “anti-party activities” because of […]
Fresh from a 3-0 Test cricket series whitewash over Sri Lanka, India will aim to continue with their ruthless approach as the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series begins at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium here on Sunday. Virat Kohli’s men routed the Islanders in the three Tests, posting easy wins through all-round performances. In the […]
A court here on Saturday pulled up Delhi Police for the delay in de-sealing of Room 345 of Hotel Leela Palace where former union minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in January 2014. Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmender Singh asked police why it has taken two months time to inform the hotel that probe […]
Asserting that the government was committed to empower minorities with dignity, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday urged people to be cautious of hostile forces trying to disturb an atmosphere of trust and development. “We have to remain cautious against these elements. Every section/community of the country is feeling a sense of trust and […]