Modi to attend BIMSTEC summit on March 30

New Delhi (IANS) To cement economic, trade and security cooperation with friendly neighbouring countries in South Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the fifth summit of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic…

Border disengagement happening at slower pace: Jaishankar tells Wang

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Friday that during his meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, he told the latter that the disengagement of troops at the LAC in Eastern Ladakh is a "work in progress",…

Could visit China after border dispute resolved: NSA Doval

New Delhi (IANS) In response to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's invite to visit Beijing, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval said on Friday that he could embark on a trip to the neighbouring nation after the border issues were resolved,…

Need to promote youth of Kashmir by educating them, says SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday observed that it is essential to promote youth hailing from Kashmir by educating them, while observing that everybody makes mistakes in their youth.

Hearing a plea by the UT government challenging…

Ban on Muslim traders in K'taka temple fairs spreads to more districts

Bengaluru (IANS) The move to ban Muslim traders from Karnataka temple fairs has spread to more districts of the state and is likely to snowball into a major crisis in the coming days.

The trend which surfaced in coastal districts and capital…

ED to SC: Sanjay Chandra's wife involved in money laundering, has assets in Cayman Island & Mauritius

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the wife of jailed former Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra was actively involved in a huge money laundering operation, and she was operating from the UAE. The…

Trade, border dispute in focus as Chinese Foreign Minister lands in Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who landed in Delhi on Thursday evening, is expected to hold bilateral talks on trade and the pending border dispute in Ladakh that is almost two years old now.

Yi is scheduled to meet Foreign…

500 kg heroin smuggling by Pak through Gujarat, NIA files supplementary chargesheet

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said it has filed a supplementary chargesheet against an accused in connection with a 500-kg heroin smuggling case by people based in Dubai. The drug was smuggled through Pakistan-India…

Mamata targeting Governor to hide law and order failures: Dilip Ghosh

New Delhi (IANS) BJP Vice President and Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal's Medinipur, Dilip Ghosh has slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her failure to curb violence in the state, and claimed that she is targeting Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar…

CBI to probe ex-J&K Guv Satya Pal Malik's Rs 300 Cr bribe allegation

Jammu (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government has recommended a CBI probe into the allegations levelled by former Governor Satya Pal Malik that he was offered a bribe of Rs 300 crore.

On October 17, 2021, Malik had said at a function in Rajasthan,…