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New Delhi: Lauding the Narendra Modi-led NDA government for making “historic” and “extraordinary” achievements in just six months, BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday said its government has not just made the life of the common man easier but also laid the foundation of a strong India. Shah also attackedRead More
New Delhi: Wintry weather continued in several parts of north India as mild snowfall occurred in the higher altitude areas of Himachal Pradesh and many places in Jammu and Kashmir registered near-freezing temperatures. However, people in Delhi experienced a warm day today as the mercury shot up to 29.7 degreesRead More
Kathmandu: Increasing the engagement with observer countries like China, the eight-member SAARC bloc on Thursday decided to involve them in “productive and demand-driven” projects in priority areas. This comes in the backdrop of China pushing for an “elevated” role in the grouping. China, a observer in the grouping, has beenRead More
New Delhi: CRPF chief Dilip Trivedi on Thursday accused state governments of not making “serious and concerted efforts” to stop supply of explosives to Maoists. Trivedi, who is set to retire from service in the next two days, said “had systemic problems been addressed at the right time and notRead More
New Delhi: Complaints from Indian workers in some Gulf countries have shown an upward trend with the highest number those in Qatar in the last one year, the government told Rajya Sabha. 13,610 grievances have been registered till date this year as against 12,720 recorded last year with the maximumRead More
New Delhi: Aiming for transparent but faster military procurements, the Narendra Modi government is considering rolling out by January a new defence procurement policy that will have fresh norms for blacklisting firms and engagement of ‘agents’ besides attracting investments. The proposed guidelines are undergoing intense brain storming in the DefenceRead More
New Delhi: The Gulfs of Kambhat and Kutch in Gujarat show very high indices to multi-hazard coastal vulnerability, according to mapping carried out by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), the government on Thursday said. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Minister for Earth Sciences HarshRead More
Ferguson — Protesters returned to the riot-scarred streets of Ferguson on Tuesday, a day after crowds looted businesses and set fire to buildings in a night of rage against a grand jury’s decision not to indict the white police officer who killed Michael Brown. But with hundreds of additionalRead More
Hong Kong, Hong Kong police arrested two high-profile student leaders on Wednesday morning, pro-democracy demonstrators said as scuffles broke out during police attempts to clear one of the zones held by protesters. Joshua Wong and Lester Shum, whose detention was reported by the Hong Kong Students Federation and the SouthRead More
New Delhi, Defence minister Manohar Parrikar and senior Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav were among the 11 newly-elected members of Rajya Sabha who took oath on Wednesday. Parrikar was greeted with thumping of desks when his name was called for taking oath. He took oath in Hindi afterRead More
