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…

Monsoon hits Kerala coast, says IMD

New Delhi (IANS) Monsoon has hit the Kerala coast on Saturday, after a delay of one week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has confirmed.

The state's coastal regions have been experiencing downpours since early Saturday morning,…

Pakistan PM writes to Modi, offers talks

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday wrote a letter to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi offering dialogue to reconcilable problems.

In a letter to Modi congratulating him on his second term as the…

Modi to make offerings worth Rs 40,000 at Guruvayoor temple

Kochi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will fly from here on Saturday to Guruvayoor to offer to prayers at the famed Sri Krishna Temple, will make various offerings worth around Rs 40,000.

Modi arrived in Kochi late…

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…

RBI overhauls prudential norms for stressed assets' resolution

Mumbai (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday issued new guidelines for dealing with non-performing assets (NPA) after the Supreme Court quashed its February 12, 2018, circular, which had mandated the lenders to start resolution even in…

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,…

BCCI asks ICC to approve Dhoni's gloves with Army insignia

New Delhi (IANS) With Indians across all paths of life coming out in support of former India skipper M.S. Dhoni after the International Cricket Council (ICC) asked him to remove the 'Balidaan Badge from his wicketkeeping gloves, the Committee…

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…

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…