India

Jaishankar raises LAC issues with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi


New Delhi: India on Thursday sought early resolution of all outstanding issues on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with external affairs minister S Jaishankar pressing his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to complete the disengagement of troops to restore peace and tranquility in the border areas. The two leaders held an hour-long meeting on the...

US Embassy launches digital photo campaign ‘USIndiaAt75’

Post Date: July 7, 2022

The US Embassy in India this week launched a digital photo campaign highlighting some of the most iconic moments from 75 years of our relationship. The US Embassy will post a photo a day for 75 days. Here begins the journey… “Sir Rabindranath Tagore, eminent Indian poet, met with Helen Keller, American author & disability...

Punjab CM starts second innings, marries Dr Gurpreet Kaur


Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann tied the knot with Gurpreet Kaur, a doctor from Haryana, in a low-key small private ceremony as per Sikh rituals at his official residence here amidst the presence of Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal It is for the first time that a marriage ceremony was solemnized...

Frequent probes hurt business confidence: China on Vivo raid


New Delhi: As the Enforcement Directorate (ED) continued searches at the premises of Chinese companies in a money laundering case, Wang Xiaojian, counselor and spokesperson from the Chinese Embassy in India, said the frequent investigations by Indian authorities into Chinese enterprises "chill the confidence and willingness of market entities from other countries, including those from...

SC to examine Alt News Founder Zubair’s plea against FIR


New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court's refusal to quash FIR registered against him for allegedly calling Hindu seers "hatemongers". Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, representing Zubair, mentioned the matter before a vacation bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and J K Maheshwari and sought an urgent hearing on...

PT Usha, Ilaiyaraaja among four nominated to Rajya Sabha


New Delhi: Legendary athlete P T Usha, iconic music composer Ilaiyaraaja, philanthropist Veerendra Heggade, and acclaimed screenwriter-director K V Vijayendra Prasad were nominated to the Rajya Sabha. The four nominated members have had illustrious careers in their respective fields and received national and global recognition for their contributions. Usha, a celebrated athlete born in a small village...

Union Ministers Smriti Irani, Scindia get additional portfolios


New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignations of Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Steel Minister R C P Singh from the Union Cabinet and asked Union Ministers Smriti Irani and Jyotiraditya M Scindia to hold charges of their portfolios. "The President, as advised by the Prime Minister, has accepted the resignations of...

Jaishankar, Wang Yi meet in Indonesia, discuss LAC


New Delhi: External affairs minister S Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Indonesia and discussed “outstanding issues” related to the dragging military standoff in the Ladakh sector that has taken bilateral ties to an all-time low. The two leaders held an hour-long meeting on the margins of a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting being hosted...

FIR against MP Mahua Moitra over remarks on Goddess Kali


Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Police registered a case against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra for her controversial remarks on Goddess Kali. In the FIR registered by the Crime Branch in Bhopal, Moitra has been booked under Section 295A (outraging religious sentiments) of the India Penal Code. The development came after Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan condemned Moitra's...