'Mr Prime Minister, we're going to continue to build on our strong partnership'

New York (IANS) US President Joe Biden said: "Mr Prime Minister, we're going to continue to build on our strong partnership", as he sat down with India's leader Narendra Modi in the Oval Office for their bilateral meeting on Friday.

He…

State government is dedicated to villages, poor, labourers, farmers: Aalamgir Aalam

Ranchi: Minister Aalamgir Aalam on Wednesday said that the main objective of the works of the Rural Development Department is to bring positive improvement in the standard of living of the people living in rural areas.

Addressing the launch…

Incessant rainfall throws life out of gear in state, Ranchi records 1138 mm of rains so far

Ranchi: The incessant rainfall for the last 24 hours has once again thrown life out of gear in the state with even the localities and colonies getting submerged in water.

Such has been the rainfall scenario in the state that the authorities…

India, UNSC reform allies to push for text-based reform negotiations

United Nations (IANS) India and its three allies in the quest for Security Council reform have called for a determined push for the adoption of a text for conducting the negotiations and to set a time-frame for the changes.

The foreign ministers…

From 2004 tsunami to Covid-19: A timeline of Quad elevation

New York (IANS) Nearly 17 years after the deadly 2004 tsunami, when outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and US President Joe Biden meet September 24 for the…

Modi arrives in US for Quad summit, bilateral talks with leaders

New York (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in the US to attend the Quad summit convened by President Joe Biden, hold bilateral talks with leaders and address the United Nations General Assembly.

He was welcomed by US officials,…

Record-Highs: Global cues trigger rally; Sensex, Nifty make healthy gains

Mumbai (IANS) Positive global cues emanating from the US lifted India's key stock indices to their record high levels during Thursday's trade session.

Accordingly, both key indices - S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 - touched their new…

Pegasus row: SC likely to set up panel to probe snooping allegations

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it may set up a technical committee to probe the allegations of snooping by using the Pegasus spyware on journalists, activists etc.

A bench headed by chief justice N.V. Ramana orally…

3 dead, 4 injured in powerful blast in Bengaluru

Bengaluru (IANS) Close on the heels of a fire tragedy in an apartment in which two elderly women were burnt alive on Wednesday, in another incident three people died and four others were severely injured in a suspected blast on Thursday in Bengaluru,…

Google moves Delhi HC against CCI after confidential report 'leak'

New Delhi (IANS) Google on Thursday said that it has filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court against the leak of the Competition Commission of India's confidential report pertaining to the investigation against the global search engine giant.