New Delhi, india and Vietnam today decided to ramp up their defence and security ties that will see supply of four naval patrol vessels to Hanoi and increased training of its military personnel, a month after india extended USD 100 million Line of Credit (LoC) for defence procurement. The decisionRead More

  Mumbai, BJP’s 42-year-old Maharashtra unit chief Devendra Fadnavis was on Tuesday unanimously chosen as the BJP legislative party leader paving way for him to take over as the new chief minister of Maharashtra. Fadnavis’ name was forwarded by senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse and it was seconded by SudhirRead More

Jaipur, Elections for 46 civic bodies in Rajasthan, including six municipal corporations, will be held on November 22, Rajasthan State Election Commission (RSEC) announced today. Filing of nomination papers will start on November 7 with the notification of the elections, Chief Election Commissioner of RSEC Ram Lubhaya said here. TheRead More

New Delhi,Sanjay Kumar Pandey was today appointed as Officer on Special Duty to UnionDefence MinisterArun Jaitley. Pandey is presently working as Joint Director (Law) in Competition Commission of India (CCI). He has been appointed as OSD for a period of five years or on co-terminus basis with the Minister’s tenure, said an orderRead More

Sydney, Australia said it was suspending migration from Ebola-hit West African nations on Monday to try to prevent the virus from crossing its borders, as a teenager who arrived from Guinea tested negative for the disease. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison told parliament the government had stopped issuing visas to peopleRead More

Ottawa, Top Canadian security officials are due to testify on Monday before a parliamentary committee about threats facing the nation in the same building where a man described as an homegrown militant opened fire last week as Prime Minister Stephen Harper met with lawmakers. On Sunday police said Michael Zehaf-Bibeau,Read More

SYDNEY: A teenager who was in isolation in an Australian hospital has tested negative for Ebola after she developed a fever following arrival from Guinea, the authorities said on Monday. The 18-year-old, who arrived in Australia 12 days ago with eight relatives, had been under home quarantine in Brisbane beforeRead More

Islamabad, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that there were opportunities for investors in Pakistan and termed the country a potential place for long-term investments. The premier was speaking at a two-day investment conference titled ‘Invest Pakistan: priority sectors and legal framework for investment in the country’, DawnRead More

Toronto, A gunman who shot and killed a soldier at Canada’s national war memorial and then stormed Parliament before he was gunned down had prepared a video recording of himself that police say shows he was driven by ideological and political motives, police said Sunday. Royal Canadian Mounted Police CommissionerRead More

New York, Amid criticism of his decision of a mandatory 21-day Ebola quarantine, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has loosened some of the restrictions on people returning to the US from West Africa. Cumomo released new guidelines for screening procedures for Ebola at JFK International Airport after White House officialsRead More