The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday decided to implement the 7th...
An Indian Sikh pilgrim, who was reported to have gone missing in Pakistan...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday arrived in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district to address the Panchayat bodies and the indigenous communities. Earlier he tweeted: "National Panchayati Raj Day is an occasion to celebrate the efforts of all those who are a part of our vibrant Panchayati Raj institutions. "These institutions foster a spirit of democracy and...
A US Senate panel has narrowly endorse Mike Pompeo as the new Secretary of State after President Donald Trump and a Republican Senator intervened at the last minute, the media reported. Pompeo had seemed unlikely to secure a majority of the panel's support. But Senator Rand Paul, who had pledged to oppose him, tweeted moments before...
Nepalese and Indian officials began talks here on Tuesday to revise a Transit Treaty allowing a transit facility to Kathmandu through Indian waterways. A sub-committee level meeting under the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) kicked off in Kathmandu, reports Xinhua news agency. The commerce secretary level talks will start on Thursday. During ...
An Indian Army soldier injured earlier on Tuesday in a shootout between militants and security personnel in Jammu and Kashmirs' Tral forest area, has succumbed, police said. Ajay Kuamr of 42 Rashtriya Rifles died at the Army Base Hospital here. Kumar was injured when security forces, including the Rashtriya Rifles (RR), state police and the Cen...
The White House has insited that the US will not negotiate any concessions until North Korea takes concrete steps toward dismantling its nuclear and missile programmes, press secretary Sarah Sanders said. President Donald Trump immediately touted North Korea's pledge over the weekend to suspend its nuclear and missile tests as a sign of "progress", but o...
Former US President George H.W. Bush is in intensive care after contracting an infection, a day after a funeral was held for his wife, Barbara Bush, the media reported. Bush, 93, was admitted to the Houston Methodist Hospital on Sunday morning after contracting the infection that spread to his blood, CNN quoted family spokesman Jim McGrath as sa...
India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for sheltering terrorists and urged the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to act against the countries that promote terrorism. Without a direct reference to Pakistan, Sushma Swaraj said the world community together must "wipe-out this scourge from the face of the earth". ...
North Korea's nuclear test site remains fully operational despite Pyongyang's announcement last week that it would shut down such facilities, a specialist website said on Tuesday. Although the so-called North Portal where North Korea had conducted five of its six atomic tests seems abandoned, the construction of new tunnels has been detect...
