Police in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said on Monday that an initial probe has suggested that the banned terrorist group ISIS is behind the suicide attack on a political convention of a hardline Islamist party that killed at least 44 people and injured over 100.The attack took place on Sunday when more than 400 […]
Amid reports of heavily armed militants crossing over from Myanmar during the Kuki-Meitei clashes in Manipur, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday met his Myanmar counterpart Than Swe and flagged the disturbance of peace on their common border. Jaishankar underlined the importance of ensuring peace and stability in the border areas and said these […]
Addressing the diaspora in Paris on Thursday, Prime minister Narendra Modi said India is the mother of democracy and a model of diversity and it is the responsibility of the community settled in France to encourage French people to come to India and experience its diversity.The PM in a major announcement said an agreement had […]
A Manang Air helicopter with six people aboard went missing near Mount Everest in Nepal on Tuesday, aviation authorities said.According to Tribhuvan International Airport General Manager Pratap Babu Tiwari, the chopper, with call sign 9N-AMV, went contactless 15 minutes into the flight. The chopper had taken off from Surki in Solukhumbu for the capital Kathmandu […]
Canada has assured India of the safety of its diplomats following the circulation of Khalistani posters online which named Indian officials and termed the “promotional material” circulating ahead of a Khalistan rally “unacceptable”.The statement by Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly came a day after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India had asked its partner […]
An Indian-American attorney who once ran for a seat in the US House of Representatives has been indicted by a federal jury in Boston for defrauding clients of more than $5 million in escrow funds. Abhijit “Beej” Das, 50, was arrested last week in connection with a scheme to defraud a business-to-business supply company based […]
Former US President Donald Trump on Tuesday sued E Jean Carroll for defamation, alleging she falsely accused him of rape after a jury in a civil trial found that he sexually abused her.Trump’s counterclaim against Carroll in Manhattan federal court comes after a jury’s unusual finding in May that he sexually abused and defamed but […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received a glittering welcome at the White House that he said was an “honour for 1.4 billion Indians”. PM Modi, who is holding talks with US President Joe Biden ahead of his joint address to the US Congress, also thanked him for his friendship.”This is also an honor for […]
A massive cooking gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China killed 31 people and injured seven, Chinese authorities said on Thursday.The blast tore through the establishment at around 8.40 pm on Wednesday on a busy street in Yinchuan, the capital of the traditionally Muslim Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, as people were gathering on […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday presented uniquely inspired and crafted gifts to US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden as the two prepared to host him for an intimate state dinner in the US.To President Biden, the PM presented a set of elements offered in the Indian tradition in celebration of a […]