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 ...
At least 30 people have been killed in various flood-related incidents in Maharashtra in the past one week even as more than 2.03 lakh people were evacuated to safer locations, officials said here on Friday. According to Konkan Divisional Commissioner Deepak Mhaiskar, 12 persons died in ...
Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan has not visited his home in Rampur since the past one month. It is rather unusual as Khan would remain in Rampur on weekends even when he was a minister in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet and stayed in Lucknow. According to sources, Khan is apprehensive of his arrest in multiple cases of ...
On the fourth day of the Ayodhya dispute hearing on Friday, senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan raised an objection to the daily hearing in the case. Dhavan, who is representing a Muslim party, said it will be difficult to prepare arguments in the case if the top court conducts hearings on all five ...
Traffic on the Chandigarh-Manali highway was blocked on Friday following massive landslides along the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh, police said. However, no casualties were reported. The highway was badly damaged owing to landslides near Hanogi Devi temple at...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a two-day state visit to "trusted friend and neighbour" Bhutan from August 17, in a visit that highlights the high priority New Delhi attaches to its relations with Thimphu. The visit is at the invitation of Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again proved that he is head and shoulders above the run-of-the-mill politicians. His decision in respect of Jammu and Kashmir required many exceptional qualities. First and foremost was real insight into and understanding of the complexity involved in the Kashmir problem....
Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, who was recently made to apologise for his derogatory behaviour towards a presiding officer in the Lok Sabha, was rusticated from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1975 for allegedly misbehaving with a woman. Azam Khan was then pursuing Master of Laws (LLM) and was also the secretary of ...
