Maldives to confer its highest honour on Modi

Male (IANS) The Maldives government has announced that it will confer its highest honour accorded to foreign dignitaries -- Order of the Distinguished Rule of Nishan Izzuddeen -- on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his first bilateral visit on…

Two school kids among 3 die in fire at Faridabad school

Faridabad (IANS) Three people, including two children, died in a major fire that broke out at a private school in Haryana's Faridabad on Saturday.

According to Fire Department officials, the fire started from a cloth godown inside the school…

Rajnath added to four more cabinet committees

New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was added to four more committees of the Union cabinet late on Thursday, a day after the Cabinet Secretariat released the list of committees reconstituted by Prime Minister…

Three militants killed in Pulwama gunfight

Srinagar (IANS) Three militants have been killed in an overnight gunfight between security forces and holed up militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police sources said.

While one of the militants was killed on Thursday, two…

Last year's Nipah heroes await government jobs

Kozhikode (IANS) The second Nipah outbreak in Kerla has been contained to just one person, but around 47 people, who risked their lives and did yeoman services in the 2018 May outbreak when Nipah struck here for the first time, have been up in arms…

Indo-Nepal Treaty to be amended soon

Kolkata (IANS) With the aim to strengthen connectivity between India and Nepal, New Delhi is taking the lead to amend a clause of the Indo-Nepal Treaty of Trade and Transit in order to explore water routes for better links between the two countries,…

Visit to Maldives, Sri Lanka will strengthen ties: Modi

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed confidence that his visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka would further strengthen India's cordial ties with the maritime neighbours.

In his departure statement, the Prime…

Pro-Khalistan slogans to mark Operation Bluestar anniversary

Amritsar (IANS) Tension prevailed in this Sikh holy city of Punjab on Thursday as hardliners, brandishing swords, raised pro-Khalistan slogans inside the Golden Temple complex on the culmination of special prayers to mark the 35th anniversary…

Article 35A inserted by Presidential Order, can be struck down

New Delhi (IANS) Even as the new BJP government explores all options to bring an end to the brutal cage match taking place in Kashmir, with the setting up of a Delimitation Commission as one of the prongs available on the table to correct the regional…

Rate cut hat-trick: RBI turns accommodative to boost growth

Mumbai (IANS) Home and auto loans are set to become cheaper as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) went for a hat-trick of rate cut on Thursday as it lowered its key lending rate for commercial banks by 25 basis points (bps) to 5.75 per cent.

This…