New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to 18 countries in a short span of one year is “unprecedented”, the CPI(M) said on Sunday. “It needs to be noted that Prime Minister Modi visited 18 countries during the last one year. This is unprecedented for any Prime Minister during suchRead More

* DARSHAN DIDAR YATRA ENTERS MOGA DISTRICT Darapur (Moga), May 16: The Darshan Didar Yatra carrying relics of three Sikh Guru’s entered the Moga district from Darapur village side. It was well received by a sea of devotees led by Agriculture Minister Jathedar Tota Singh, Moga MLA Mr Joginder PalRead More

* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA TAKES THIS DECISION CONSIDERING PUNJAB’S EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION * EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ORGANISESONE DAY WORKSHOP ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR PRINCIPALS OF 400 SCHOOLS SAS NAGAR (MOHALI), MAY 16: “It is a matter of big pride that the government of india has given go ahead to start vocationalRead More

Washington, Hillary and Bill Clinton have earned at least $30 million since January 2014, including more than $25 million for delivering about 100 speeches, according to a government filing. Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, has earned more than $5 million in royalties for her book,Read More

Shanghai, Reaching out to Chinese investors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked them to take advantage of the “winds of change” in India with a much more transparent, responsive and stable regulatory regime even as leading firms from the two sides signed 26 deals worth more than $22 billion. “ThisRead More

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today condemned the death sentence handed out by an Egyptian court to former president Mohamed Morsi, saying it recalled “ancient Egypt”. “The popularly elected president of Egypt, chosen with 52 per cent of the vote, has unfortunately been sentenced to death,” Erdogan said atRead More

BEIJING: China’s foreign minister worked today to allay concerns that Beijing’s new regional infrastructure bank would not meet international standards as he met with US Secretary of State John Kerry. The US declined to become a founding member of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) amid doubts over how itRead More

Boston, The death sentence jurors gave Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sets the stage for what could be the United States’ first execution of a terrorist in the post-9/11 era, though the case is likely to go through years of legal appeals. In weighing the arguments for and against death,Read More

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s embattled ruling party was struggling to find a high-profile presidential candidate for key 2016 elections after its chief vowed today to stand by his pledge not to run. Kuomintang (KMT) leader Eric Chu was the last heavyweight to bow out of the race, leaving the party without aRead More

WASHINGTON: US special operations forces killed a senior Islamic State leader, who helped direct the group’s oil, gas and financial operations, during a raid in eastern Syria, the Pentagon and White House said today. The White House said President Barack Obama ordered the raid that killed the man identified asRead More