Sofia, Sep 6: Visiting Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday greeted the people of Bulgaria on the occasion of its 133rd Unification Day.The most cordial wishes for the nice and hospitable Bulgarians on the occasion of the unification of Bulgaria. I am glad to be in Sofia to share this Skroven...
Moscow, Sep 6: British Prime Minister Theresa May's statement over the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia was absolutely unacceptable, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said.It contains a number of peremptory accusations against Russia and two of our citizens. We strongly reject these insinuations, the ministry said...
New Delhi, Sep 6: It was a cloudy Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's average, Met said.The sky will be generally cloudy during the day with light rain or thundershowers expected, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. The...
Mumbai, Sep 5: Ten outstanding Indian novels in English along with translations from Indian languages by veterans as well as debut authors were longlisted on Wednesday for the Rs 25 lakh JCB Prize for Literature, with its literary director highlighting enormous diversity in the submissions.The longlist features two novels in translation: Poonachi...
Srinagar, Sep 5: Security forces launched a cordon and search operation on Wednesday in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district.Police said the operation in Sheeri forest began after security forces received intelligence reports that some militants were hiding there. As the cordon around the militants was tightened, they fired at...
New Delhi, Sep 5: Poonam Khetrapal Singh on Wednesday was elected as Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia for a second five-year term, World Health Organisation said.Singh's candidature was unopposed, as the 11 member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region met at the ongoing Regional Committee session held here to elect the...
Jaipur, Sep 5: The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday directed the BJP to keep its ongoing Gaurav Yatra free from government programmes.Justice G.R. Moolchandani issued the order while hearing a PIL that alleged misuse of government machinery for the yatra being taken out under the leadership of Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. The high...
New Delhi, Sep 5: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the BJP will face the heat from the poor for deliberately cancelling ration cards in Delhi and warned of strict action against officers who followed the Centre's orders.Kejriwal's reaction came after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Gulab Singh tweeted a...
Islamabad, Sep 5: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned a senior Indian diplomat over cross-border shelling which it said killed a civilian along the Line of Control (LoC) in the divided Kashmir region, officials said.The Foreign Ministry said the Indian forces resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violations in the Kotkotera sector along the LoC on...
