Stung by the bitter lessons from Madhesi blockade of India trade points that caused acute fuel shortage, Nepal on Monday signed a transit and transportation treaty with China for its third-country commerce -- a move that is likely to end New Delhi's monopoly over the landlocked Himalayan nation's trade through Haldia port in Kolkata....
The BJP-led NDA will announce its candidates for the Kerala assembly polls on March 27, a senior BJP leader said on Monday. ...
Faced with protests against selection of 'celebrities' as the candidates for the Kerala assembly polls, the CPI-M got a setback on Monday when film actress K.P.A.C. Lalitha said she was unwilling to contest the election. ...
South African opposition, The Democratic Alliance (DA), threatened on Sunday to lay criminal charges against an Indian family "for what now amounts to further prima facie evidence of an attempt to improperly benefit from public resources". ...
The Myanmar parliament on Monday approved President-elect U Htin Kyaw's plan of forming a new government with reduced ministries. ...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti's decision to visit New Delhi on Monday fueled hopes in Jammu and Kashmir that channels of communication with the BJP have been once again opened. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday while praising B.R. Ambedkar said he was the voice of marginalised who inculcated inner power to the people of the country. ...
The Indian Police Service (IPS) Association of Uttar Pradesh has rejected Justic Vishnu Sahay's report on the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots that have blamed former SSP Subhash Dubey for the violence that killed 63 people and rendered over 55,000 homeless. ...
"It is wonderful to be here," said US President Barack Obama after he arrived in Cuba for a historic visit. He will hold talks with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro, the media reported on Monday. ...
In an attempt to woo Dalits, the BJP on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Mhow in Madhya Pradesh, the birthplace of the constitution's architect Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar on his birth anniversary. ...
