Bhubaneswar Cyclone ‘Bulbul’ over Bay of Bengal has gained strength and intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm, triggering rain in several parts of coastal Odisha and its adjoining areas, an IMD official said. Centred over west-central and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal, about 310 km south-southeast of Paradip, theRead More

Melbourne India will host the next edition of the ‘No Money For Terror’ conference to be held in 2020, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Thursday. The conference is organised by Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) of over 100 countries, jointly called The Egmont Group. India will host the nextRead More

Nagpur Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat shouldn’t be linked to the government formation moves in Maharashtra. Speaking to reporters here, the BJP leader also ruled out his returning to the state to assume the top job. “Devendra Fadnavis will head the new government,” heRead More

New Delhi As the air quality in Delhi-NCR hovered between “severe” and “very poor” category, the pollution situation in northern India was reviewed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day after the Supreme Court ordered an immediate and complete stop to stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. “PMRead More

New Delhi Changes to India’s 48-year-old abortion law are set for Union Cabinet clearance with the Ministry of Health finalising the revolutionary draft law at its end. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill 2019 proposes sweeping reforms to the mother legislation of 1971 and easing existing abortion rules forRead More

Bhubaneswar The depression over the Bay of Bengal has turned into a deep depression on Wednesday and is set to intensify into a cyclone, an IMD official said. As it is likely to trigger widespread rainfall, the Odisha government has already put 15 of the state’s 30 districts on alertRead More

New Delhi Pollution levels in the national capital are expected to reduce on Tuesday due to an increase in wind speed even as air quality remained in the ‘very poor’ category in the morning. According to the Meteorological (MeT) department, there is a possibility of strong winds in the nextRead More

Beijing China said on Tuesday that it will follow the principle of “mutual understanding and accommodation” to resolve the outstanding issues raised by India for not joining the Beijing-backed mega Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). China also said it would welcome India joining the deal at an early date. PrimeRead More

Dubai Iran will not lift its ban on talks with the United States, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, describing the two countries as implacable foes on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran. “One way to block America’s politicalRead More

NEW DELHI India today reiterated centrality of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in its Act East policy and convergence of views with its Indo-Pacific outlook, while leaders of the 10-nation grouping noted commonality with India’s maritime initiative SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region). WelcomingRead More