Ex-PM Manmohan Singh’s ashes immersed in Yamuna river
New Delhi: The ashes of former prime minister Manmohan Singh were immersed in the Yamuna river near the Majnu ka Tila Gurdwara by members of his family following Sikh rituals. The ashes were collected from the Nigambodh Ghat on Sunday morning by Singh’s family members and later taken to the ‘Asth Ghat’ on the Yamuna […]
Musk vows to ‘go to war’ to defend H-1B visa programme; Trump sides with him
Washington: Elon Musk has received support from President-elect Donald Trump on his stance on H-1B visas, a day after the tech billionaire vowed to “go to war” to defend the programme used to bring skilled foreign workers to the US. Musk, who along with Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has been tapped by Trump to […]
India & Kuwait ink defence pact, elevate ties to strategic partnership after PM Modi meets top Kuwaiti leaders
Kuwait City: India and Kuwait on Sunday elevated their ties to a strategic partnership, inked a key pact on boosting defence cooperation and vowed to soon finalise an ambitious investment treaty as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held extensive talks with Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other top leaders of the Gulf nation to […]
PM Modi receives Kuwait’s highest honour
Kuwait City: Kuwait on Sunday conferred its highest honour – ‘The Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer’ – on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his role in strengthening the good relations between the two countries. Prime Minister Modi received the honour from Kuwait’s Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah at the Bayan Palace here. “I am […]
Amit Shah visits rehabilitated Bru tribal village in Tripura
Burha Para (Tripura): “I am more happy than you. Prime Minister Modi ji is also very happy that we could rehabilitate you after 40 years,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah told Bru tribal community members in this remote village on Sunday. Shah said the central government, in association with the Tripura government, has been doing […]
India can never permit others to have veto on its choices: EAM Jaishankar
Mumbai: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said India can never permit others to have a veto on its choices and will do whatever is right in the national interest and for the global good without being intimidated to “conform”. In a video message for a function in Mumbai on Saturday, he said when India […]
Rahul summoned by Bareilly court for remarks against Economic Survey
Bareilly (UP): A court here has summoned Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on January 7 for his remarks related to the Economic Survey during the Lok Sabha polls. District and Sessions Judge Sudhir Kumar on Saturday issued notice to Gandhi. The summons are related to a plea filed […]
Rahul Gandhi to visit violence-hit Parbhani on Dec 23; BJP dubs it as ‘drama’
Mumbai: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Maharashtra’s Parbhani city on Monday to meet the families of two persons who died following violence there earlier this month. The state BJP, however, has dubbed Gandhi’s visit as a “drama”. Parbhani witnessed violence after a glass-enclosed replica of the Constitution near Dr […]
I am the happiest person today, says Amit Shah as he meets surrendered Naxals
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh): “I am the happiest person today, more than you or your family, as our painstaking efforts to convince you to surrender and join the mainstream has bore fruit,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah told a group of former Naxals on Sunday. The event here, attended by about 30 surrendered Naxals and insurgents belonging […]
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain in San Francisco ICU with heart problems
New Delhi: Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has been admitted to the ICU of a San Francisco hospital with heart-related problems, his friend and flautist Rakesh Chaurasia said on Sunday. The 73-year-old US-based musician, who has taken the tabla to the global stage, had been having blood pressure issues, added Hussain’s manager Nirmala Bachani. “He has […]