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Swaraj warns "conflagration' if world doessn't act on Pak-backed terror

9/30/2018

 
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UNITED NATIONS -  "If we do not act now, we will have to deal with conflagration later," India's External Affairs Minister warned Saturday as she renewed India's calls for international action against terrorism with a scathing attack on Pakistan's support for terror. Speaking in Hindi at the UN General Assembly, Swaraj said, "The demon of terrorism now stalks the world, at a faster pace somewhere, 


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Lalu Prasad gets three and a half years jail in fodder scam case

1/6/2018

 
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RANCHI - RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was on Saturday sentenced to three and a half years jail in a fodder scam case. Special CBI judge Shivpal Singh announced the sentence after hearing arguments on quantum of sentencing. He also slapped a Rs 5 lakh fine on the former Bihar Chief Minister. The court had on December 23 convicted Lalu Prasad and 15 others in the case relating to the multi-million-rupee scam.

Indian-American lawmakers slam Trump's transgender military ban

8/26/2017

 
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WASHINGTON - Prominent Indian-American lawmakers have criticised US President Donald Trump after he signed a memo instructing the Defence Department to stop accepting transgender people into the armed forces. The presidential memorandum signed on Friday officially requested the Pentagon to develop an implementation plan for the ban by February 21, 2018, to be put in place on March 23, 2018.


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DTC to be converted into world-class transport service: Kejriwal

7/31/2017

 
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NEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced that the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) will be converted into the most advanced and modern transport service at par with world-class transport services. He made the announcement while giving away Annual Road Safety Awards where he awarded 37 DTC drivers for Safe Bus Operation and 15 former employees of different posts for their excellent services...


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It's an honor for 1.25 billion Indians: Modi

6/26/2017

 
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WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached White House on Monday afternoon where US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump welcomed him. Modi called the "immense warmth" by the White House as an honour for 1.25 billion Indians. "The way I have been welcomed by the President and the First Lady is the honour for 125 billion Indians," Modi said at the White House.


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Lack of dialogue between India, China has led to gaps: Vijay Gokhale

6/24/2017

 
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BEIJING - Lack of dialogue between India and China has led to gaps that have been filled with "innuendos" while the talks "have not kept pace with the fast-paced developments of the last half-century", Indian Envoy Vijay Gokhale said on Saturday. "We have seen that gaps in understanding due to lack of dialogue are quickly filled by innuendo. Yet, we have also seen in this very relationship that both sides have the wisdom and maturity to...


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Will build forward-looking vision with Trump administration: Modi

6/23/2017

 
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NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he will hold in-depth discussions with President Donald Trump during his visit to the United States and hoped to build a forward-looking vision for partnership with the new administration. In a statement before his forthcoming visit to Portugal, the US and the Netherlands, the Prime Minister said the visits were aimed at enhancing bilateral engagement in various areas. 


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Modi to visit Portugal, Netherlands during US trip

6/21/2017

 
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NEW DELJI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Portugal and The Netherlands on his way to and from the US trip on June 26 when he will meet President Donald Trump. Modi will be in Lisbon on June 24 when he will hold talks with Indian-origin Prime Minister Antonio Costa, who was in India last year for the Pravasi Bharti day in Bengaluru, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay, told the weekly media briefing here. 


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Delhi on alert after warning of terror attack

6/19/2017

 
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NEW DELHI - The Delhi Police has been placed on high alert, and has asked its counterparts across India to tighten security after receiving an intelligence tip-off warning of a terror attack on crowded public spaces, a senior police officer said on Monday. "The Delhi Police Special cell has issued an advisory to all security agencies across the country to beef up the security measures at interstate bus terminals, railway stations, five star hotels, 


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Govt forcing everyone into silence: Rahul Gandhi

6/12/2017

 
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BENGALURU - Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the government was forcing everyone into silence and that people were threatened and/or beaten up in case they tried to speak the truth. He said thousands of journalists in the country are not being allowed to write what they wish to write. "Anybody who attempts to say the truth, or stand by truth, is pushed aside in different forms. The Dalits are beaten up; 


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