CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI General Secretary D. Raja were on Friday detained at the Srinagar airport when they arrived here to meet the ailing CPI-M MLA M.Y. Tarigami and other leaders in the Kashmir Valley. "Yechury has being detained at Srinagar airport and not allowed to move ...
Even as most parts of Kerala have been affected by heavy rains in the past few days, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday assured the people that there is no need to panic at all. Speaking to the media here soon after chairing a review meeting, Vijayan said ...
The US is willing to engage diplomatically with North Korea but will continue sanctions on Pyongyang until the regime gives up its nuclear programme, American Defence Secretary Mark Esper said here on Friday. ...
Barring good friend China, Pakistan has so far failed in its efforts to get global leaders to pass any adverse remark against India over revoking Jammu and Kashmir's special status. And this is despite Islamabad going on a diplomatic overdrive, with Prime Minister Imran Khan personally dialling leaders of many countries, including Muslim-...
Concerned over the non-stop slide in the equity markets and the massive erosion in market capitalisation, the government has called for a crucial meeting at 4 p.m. on Friday with Foreign Portfolio Investor Representatives in North Block. ...
The Samjhauta Express arrived in the national capital on Friday, in what is likely to be its last run for a while after the cross-border peace train was permanently suspended by Pakistan over the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
Leading foreign investors, including Morgan Stanley, Nomura, Templeton, Fidelity, GIC (Singapore), CPDQ are likely to meet Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, Finance Secretary Rajeev Kumar and DEA Secretary Atanu Chakraborty on Friday afternoon as the government reaches out to know their concerns over the surcharge on FPIs who are operating a...
While ostensibly Alice Wells, a senior US diplomat, arrived in Islamabad to hold key bilateral talks with Pakistani leaders on issues like the peace process in Afghanistan amid reports that she might also hold discussions over the current situation in Kashmir, indications are that she is focusing on FATF compliance. What at first looked like bunging in a monkey...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assured former Congress President Rahul Gandhi all help for those affected by floods and incessant rains in Kerala. Gandhi, the Wayanad MP, spoke to Modi "seeking all possible assistance for the people severely affected by the floods and landslides in the state, especially ...
Chaos gripped Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) after authorities announced sudden suspension of flight operations at 9 a.m. on Friday leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. The airport will resume operations at 3 p.m. on Sunday. CIAL Director A.C.K.Nair said the decision to close the airport was taken after ...
