NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to flag off the first train between Katra in Jammu and Srinagar in Kashmir on April 19, barely weeks after inaugurating the Pamban railway bridge in the country’s southern most part. The PM will also inaugurate the Chenab bridge in Kashmir on that day. The date gains…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy demonstrates proactive engagement, exemplified by the implementation of the Act East Policy.The Look East policy, initiated in 1992, primarily concentrated on economic relations with Southeast Asia. In 2014, PM Modi revitalised India’s foreign policy approach by transforming it into the more comprehensive Act…
NEW DELHI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested the main assailant behind the killing of RSS leader Sreenivasan in Palakkad, Kerala, in April 2022.Shamnad E K alias Shamnad Illikkal, a resident of Manjeri in Kerala’s Malappuram district, was on the run since the murder. NIA had even declared a reward of Rs 7 lakh…
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka and PM Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday left Thailand and began the second leg of his foreign tour with a three-day visit to Sri Lanka, which will focus on defence ties and deepening cooperation in energy, trade, and connectivity. PM Modi last travelled to Sri…
NEW DELHI: The Army and DRDO conducted four successful flight tests of the medium-range surface-to-air missile (MR-SAM) systems, which have been developed jointly with Israel to have a 70-km interception range, on Thursday and Friday.The four operational flight-trials, conducted from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast, were carried out against high-speed aerial…
PM Modi meets Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of Bimstec Summit (Picture from X @narendramodi) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government on the sidelines of the 6th Bimstec Summit in Thailand. In the meeting, PM Modi raised strong concerns about the safety…
Indian-origin Rahul Kumar Kamboj, a politician and member of the Frankfurt City Parliament in Germany, addressed the 58th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.Kamboj participated in a panel discussion titled “Rights of Vulnerable Persons in the Middle East and Asia – Indo-Mediterranean Political Changes,” alongside…
NEW DELHI: Amid Opposition uproar over the issue of the United States imposing ‘reciprocal’ tariffs, Congress MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally address the issue in the House.The Congress leader insisted that the government must clarify its stance and explain the implications of the tariff move on India’s trade…
Union minority affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju speaks in Lok Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI) NEW DELHI: Union minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Friday said the Rajya Sabha set a new benchmark by holding a 17-hour and 2-minute-long debate on the Waqf Amendment…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday strongly criticised Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi over her comments regarding the passage of the Waqf Amendment Bill, stating that her remarks were “unfortunate” and undermined parliamentary democracy.Without directly naming Sonia Gandhi, Birla noted that the Bill underwent thorough parliamentary procedure, with discussions lasting 13 hours…
