UFA: Big breakthroughs were achieved at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s talks with Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif including India agreeing to send more evidence against terrorists being tried in Pakistan for their role in the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. The leaders met on the sidelines of the ongoing BRICS summit inRead More

ATHENS: With three of his transport company’s trucks immobilised in Germany, unable to pay for fuel and tolls, Yannis Fourtoulakis warns that Greece’s capital controls are wreaking deep damage to his beleaguered country’s economy. “If the situation is not resolved soon there will be problems, mainly with food,” predicted theRead More

OTTAWA: Large areas in Canada were battling several hundred fierce forest fires Thursday that have caused thousands to flee their homes, local authorities said. A total of 118 fires, including about 20 that authorities have classified as out of control, were blazing in Saskatchewan alone, according to a latest report.Read More

KAMPALA: A Burundi general who was part of a failed coup attempt in May said his group was still working to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza, accusing him of stoking ethnic divisions in a country still trying to recover from civil war. “At that time (in May), we just failed toRead More

NEW DELHI: The government has set a target of training 40.2 crore people under the new National Policy for Skill Development by 2022. This is slated to be unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 15. PM Modi will also launch the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana on theRead More

NEW DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair a meeting of Chief Ministers of the North-Eastern states tomorrow in Guwahati to discuss various issues, including strategy to deal with insurgents based in Myanmar. Security related issues like counter insurgency operations, suspension of operations pacts, effective functioning of anti-extortion cells andRead More

UFA, RUSSIA: Big breakthroughs were announced after a meeting today between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif including a meeting between their National Security Advisors to tackle terrorism, and a push for more frequent and face-to-face contact between senior army officers. The Prime Minister has also acceptedRead More

MUMBAI: Monsoon session of the Maharashtra Legislature, beginning July 13, is expected to be a stormy one with allegations against some of the high profile ministers giving ample ammunition to the Congress-NCP opposition to corner the BJP-led government headed by BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis. Apart from controversies centring BJP ministers PankajaRead More

PATNA: Months before assembly elections are held in Bihar, challenger BJP has bested the Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav combine in elections to 24 seats in the Bihar Legislative Council. The BJP and its allies looks set to win 13 of those seats, with the ruling alliance trailing at 10.Read More

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif have agreed that the National Security Advisers will meet in Delhi to discuss terrorism. The announcement was made by India’s Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyan Jaishankar on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia today. The leaders of India and PakistanRead More