NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said Afghanistan had achieved “huge” progress under its former president Hamid Karzai and congratulated him for the formation of the new national unity government in that country. Modi, who spoke with Karzai over phone, congratulated the former Afghan president for his leadership inRead More

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said Afghanistan had achieved “huge” progress under its former president Hamid Karzai and congratulated him for the formation of the new national unity government in that country. Modi, who spoke with Karzai over phone, congratulated the former Afghan president for his leadership inRead More

KOLKATA: The Central government’s stand that it cannot disclose all the information on black money issue came under sharp reactions from many political parties. The Trinamool Congress on Saturday said the central government has made a “u-turn” on the black money issue which was “shocking” and vowed to oppose itRead More

NEW DELHI: After Churchgate in downtown Mumbai, industrialist Anil Ambani Saturday took the Swachh Bharat campaign to Badrinath and Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, and appealed to the people to particularly keep India’s temple towns clean. Ambani, who was among the nine people personally invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to joinRead More

GURGAON: Assuring that no stone will be left unturned to stop racist attacks against people from Northeast, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today said the Centre will soon implement recommendations of Bezbaruah committee formed to look into the issue. The Minister also said an exclusive helpline willRead More

DEHRADUN: Calling for concerted efforts to check incidents of cancer, Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi has said governments should bear the expenses for treatment of poor affected by the dreaded disease. Qureshi was speaking at a conference on defeating cancer at Raj Bhawan auditorium here yesterday. “In case of poor peopleRead More

GHAZIABAD:  Congress leader and former Ghaziabad municipal councillor Hari Mohan Kaushik died Saturday, two days after being shot at five times, hospital sources said.Five bullets were pumped into his chest and the upper part of the body in Ghaziabad Thursday night. He was undergoing treatment at the Fortis Hospital inRead More

JAMMU: Pakistan Rangers Saturday resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions of the Border Security Force (BSF) on the international border in Jammu district, an official said. “Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing at the BSF positions in the R.S. Pura sector of the international border in Jammu district todayRead More

Manesar, (Haryana),  With China reacting sharply to government’s plans to construct a border road in Arunachal Pradesh, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday sent a strong message, asserting that no one can warn India. “Today no one can give warning to India. We are a very powerful country,” he toldRead More

New Delhi,  At least 85 trekkers are still unaccounted for after a blizzard dumped snow and triggered avalanches along a mountain trekking route popular with backpackers, the Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal said on Thursday. At least 21 trekkers were killed in the storm. Army and civilian rescue workers say theRead More