Modi receives Global Goalkeeper Award, dedicates it to 1.3 bn Indians

New York (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday conferred the Global Goalkeeper Award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the Swachh Bharat mission. The PM said the honour bestowed on him was for the millions of Indians who participated…

MiG 21 crashes near Gwalior in MP, no casualties

New Delhi (IANS) A MiG 21 fighter aircraft crashed near Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday after taking off from the airfield on a training sortie. There were no casualties in the incident, said the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Sources…

Adityanath announces Rs 6,000 per year for divorced women

Lucknow (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday announced annual support of Rs 6,000 to the victims of triple talaq and also Hindu divorced women till their rehabilitation.

The divorced women will also…

Broke Kashmiri students 'sell' apples in Maharashtra

Pune (Maharashtra)(IANS) Nearly two months after the revocation of Article 370 and 35A in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, scores of broke Kashmiri students here have resorted to a novel initiative - selling Kashmiri apples to make some extra…

Anti-terrorism measures should not be politicised: Modi

United Nations (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged nations not to politicise anti-terrorism measures like the listing of militants for UN sanctions or imposing financial restrictions on countries involved in financing terrorism.

Modi discusses cricket to counter-terrorism in meetings with leaders

United Nations (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with five world leaders on Monday on the sidelines of the General Assembly meeting to discuss bilateral cooperations with matters ranging from cricket to counter-terrorism cooperation.

Census 2021 exercise will begin from J&K in Sept 2020

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre is ready with a list of states and Union Territories for the first digital National Population Register (NPR) under census 2021 putting newly created Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir on top where the mammoth exercise would…

Rafale already flown by PAF: Pak media

New Delhi (IANS) Less than a fortnight before French aviation major Dassault delivers the first Rafale fighter aircraft to India, an Islamabad-based newspaper report quoted that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilots have already been given access to the…

Top RSS leadership meets foreign media

New Delhi (IANS) RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat met a slew of correspondents from the foreign media here on Tuesday to portray a picture of the Sangh as one whose primary role is "nation building".

Many prominent international publications…

France appreciates India being part of Christchurch Initiative

New York (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron appreciated India's association with the Christchurch Call to Action, an initiative to combat online terrorism and extremism and secure the internet, named after the New Zealand city where 51 people…