‘Actor Irrfan Khan diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour’
Mumbai: Actor Irrfan Khan today revealed that he has been diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour and is out of the country for treatment. The actor, 51, said it has been difficult dealing with the disease but people around him have given him hope and support to fight it. “The unexpected makes us grow, which is what […]
Power and tact needed in Kashmir: RSS chief
Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today called for using strength and tact to counter “forces seeking to divide the people” of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh and said trouble-makers only understood the language of power. There was need for “shakti” (power) and “yukti” (tact) to ensure that “truth prevails”, Bhagwat said. The Indian Army, with its […]
India biggest strategic opportunity for US: Pentagon
Washington: India is the “biggest strategic opportunity” for the US with New Delhi showing more openness to strengthen bilateral security ties, a top Pentagon commander has said, underlining a mutual desire for global stability and support for the rules-based international order. Admiral Harry Harris, Commander of the US Pacific Command also told members of the […]
TDP quits BJP led NDA
Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today withdrew from the NDA, days after two of its ministers resigned from the Narendra Modi government following the Centre’s refusal to grant Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh. The party had earlier moved a no-confidence motion against the Modi government over the injustice meted out to the state, […]
Russia will ‘of course’ expel British diplomats: Lavrov
Astana: Moscow will expel British diplomats in response to London’s move to kick out 23 Russian diplomats over the poisoning of ex-double agent Sergei Skripal, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today. “Of course we will,” Lavrov told journalists when asked whether Russia will respond to the expulsion announced by British PM Theresa May in […]
Nagaland seeks to have own land laws: Minister
Kohima: The Land Revenue Minister Neiba Kronu today emphasised on the need to have the state s own land laws with patta system as people’s inability to mortgage land in Nagaland, “The Naga people do not have the clarity of Article 371(A) it is agreed that land and resources in Nagaland belongs to the people […]
Kejriwal has ‘murdered’ AAP in Punjab: Sidhu
Chandigarh: Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu today said AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal had “murdered” his party in the state by apologising to SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia. The Delhi chief minister had yesterday apologised to Majithia for accusing him of being involved in the drug trade in Punjab, saying he had learnt that his […]
No-confidence motion not taken up; LS washed out for 10th day
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Friday could not take up notices for no-confidence motion against the NDA government moved by Andhra Pradesh parties, with Speaker Sumitra Mahajan saying there was no order in the House and adjourned the proceedings for the day amid vociferous protests over various issues. In the nearly four-year rule of the […]
Rainbow of colours in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: A plethora of colours was visible in the Lok Sabha Friday with members, mostly those from southern India, sporting colourful stoles while those from the Samajwadi Party wearing their traditional red caps. While members of Telangana Rashtra Samithi were wearing pink stoles, those from the TDP sported yellow ones. Many AIADMK members, who […]
UNSC calls upon Taliban to go ahead with peace talks without any preconditions
United Nations: The UN Security Council has welcomed Afghanistan government’s offer to the Taliban to engage in direct peace talks, calling upon the group to go ahead with the process without any preconditions. In a statement issued here yesterday by Security Council President Karel Jan Gustaaf van Oosterom of Netherlands, members of the Security Council […]
