A day after they held a brief interaction at a dinner hosted by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, the two leaders "discussed bilateral, regional and global issues of mutual interest in a warm and productive meeting", External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. ...
Two troopers of 18 Assam Rifles were killed and six others injured in a bomb...
A possible hijack of a Jet Airways 9W 825 Cochin-Mumbai flight was averted after two passengers discussing a hijack plan were detained by security agencies, sources said. According to sources, the two passengers have been detained at Cochin airport. Sources have disclosed that the security agencies were pressed into action after an alert came from the ...
A gang of robbers opened fire and stole around Rs 38 lakh from a person outside a bank here on Monday, a police officer said. Deputy Commissioner of Police Omvir Singh told IANS that the robbery took place outside a branch of the Corporation Bank in Vasundhara Enclave in east Delhi around noon. "The gang robbed a petrol pump owner. They f...
New Delhi, Nov 13 Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a poetic dig at Delhi's smog situation, quoting lines from a Hindi film song, and questioned why everyone is indifferent to the issue. "Seene me jalan, ankhon me tufan sa kyon hai, is sheher me har shaks pareshan sa kyon hai (What is the cause of this burning sensation in the heart and st...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday visited the Mahaveer Philippine Foundation here that has helped rehabilitate thousands of disabled people in the country with the famed Jaipur Foot. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that Modi interacted with nine-year old Carlo Migel Silvano from Bulacan province at Mahaveer Philippine F...
Disgruntled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha on Monday demanded that all interrogations into the murder of seven-year-old Pradhuman Thakur must be done under "camera surveillance" with no "third-degree torture". The Class 2 Ryan International school student was found with his throat slit inside the Gurugram school washroom on September 8 ju...
Beijing, Nov 13 China on Monday said the US, Japan, India and Australia should not target Beijing, a day after the four met on the sidelines of the Asean Summit in Manila and decided to work for a "free, open, prosperous and inclusive Indo-Pacific region". China also said the US-brokered proposal of these countries to ensure free and open...
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had a "great relationship" with his Philippines counterpart Rodrigo Duterte, who is accused of carrying out a brutal campaign of extrajudicial killings in his nations war on drugs. The two leaders met for the first time briefly on Friday at an economic summit in Danang, Vietnam, and were photographed r...
Last week's decision of the GST Council to slash the Goods Services Tax on over 200 items was prompted by the "scare of defeat looming large" on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Gujarat Assembly elections, its key ally Shiv Sena said here on Monday. The BJP, which till the other day proclaimed arrogantly that there wou...
