India
- India
Fiji PM Rabuka begins 3-day visit to India
New Delhi: Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, on Sunday kick-started his three-day visit to India that is aimed at shoring up bilateral ties in areas such as trade and investment.…
- India
Jaishankar slams US ‘profiteering’ claim, asserts sovereign energy choice
New Delhi: India Saturday forcefully rejected Washington’s criticism that it is running a “profiteering scheme” by buying discounted Russian crude oil with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserting that New Delhi’s procurement…
- Middle East
Indian expat in Saudi Arabia heads home after embassy secures exit ban waiver
Riyadh: The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia has facilitated the return of an expatriate who had been hospitalised for four months after an accident, securing a waiver on his exit ban. Shavej…
- India
Reddy rejects RSS label, calls self ‘liberal constitutional democrat’
New Delhi: Opposition’s vice presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy on Saturday called his rival NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan a “quintessential RSS man” while describing himself as a liberal constitutional democrat who…
- India
Centre to set up mineral trading exchange, says Union Minister Kishan
Hyderabad: Union Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy on Saturday said the Centre would set up a mineral trading exchange similar to the London Metal Exchange. In a media interaction here,…
- India
India to launch more than 100 satellites over next 15 years: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: India plans to launch more than 100 satellites over the next 15 years, and it will be a mix of government technology missions and private sector-led operational missions, Science and…
- India
India temporarily suspends postal services to US
New Delhi: India, on Saturday, August 23, temporarily suspended postal services to the United States as the US-bound air carriers have denied carrying shipments due to a lack of clarity in the…
- Telangana
Harish Rao slams Telangana govt over fertilizer shortage
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao on Saturday, August 23, slammed the Centre and the Telangana government over fertiliser shortage. The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, in its press…
- India
Heavy rain closes 339 roads in Himachal, including NH-305
Shimla: Several roads, including one national highway, are closed in Himachal Pradesh as rain continues to lash several parts of the state, officials said on Saturday. Of the 339 roads closed, 162…
- Health
Doctors warn of health crisis: NCDs reach epidemic proportions
New Delhi: India is on the cusp of a health crisis, with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer reaching epidemic proportions, a group of Padma awardee doctors has said.…
- India
Dharmasthala case: SIT arrests whistleblower over ‘fake evidence’
Mangaluru: In a major development on Saturday, August 23, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested the former sanitation worker turned whistleblower in connection with the Dharmasthala case. CS Chinnaiah alias Chinna…
- Middle East
Big Ticket dream comes true for three Indian expats in UAE, Rs 11L won each
Abu Dhabi: Adding to the growing list of Indian winners, three United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based expats have secured Dirham 50,000 (Rs 11,87,311) each in the Big Ticket draw. The winners — Kabeer…
- India
‘Amendment needed after Delhi CM continued to govern from jail’, says Amit Shah
Kochi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday defended the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill, saying it was needed to “uphold political morality” after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal continued to hold office…
- India
PM Modi to visit Japan, China from August 29 to September 1
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a four-day visit of Japan and China on August 29, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday. In the first leg…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP CM Naidu slams Oppn for fielding candidate in VP election
New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Friday, criticised the opposition parties for fielding a candidate for Vice-Presidential election, knowing well that his…
