Chandigarh Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi a ‘Happy International Friendship Day’ on Sunday. In a tweet that the Israeli embassy in New Delhi shared, he said: “Happy Friendship Day 2019 India! May our ever strengthening friendship and growing partnership touch greater heights”. In the Hindi,Read More

New Delhi Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday presided over a high-level security meeting amid escalating tensions in Jammu and Kashmir, where a major security build-up has sparked fears and tensions. The meeting was attended by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Intelligence Bureau (IB) chiefRead More

Manila Senior Indian journalist Ravish Kumar was today awarded this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize, for harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless. Kumar, 44, who is NDTV India’s senior executive editor, is one of India’s most influential TV journalists, theRead More

New Delhi Parliament today passed the contentious Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment (UAPA) Bill, 2019, that sailed through the Rajya Sabha with 147 votes in favour and 42 against it — exposing the disunity among the Opposition ranks. The Lok Sabha had earlier passed the amendment Bill, which allows the CentralRead More

Washington Indian and American officials on Friday agreed to pursue a policy environment conducive to collaboration between the defence industry and start-ups in both countries. An understanding in this regard was reached during the 15th meeting of the India-US Defence Policy Group (DPG) here on Friday. The Indian side wasRead More

Islamabad A meeting between Indian High Commission officials and Kulbhushan Jadhav did not materialise on Friday amid differences between India and Pakistan on the terms of the consular access to the retired Indian Navy officer who is on death row. Jadhav, 49, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani militaryRead More

New Delhi India has asked Pakistan to provide “unimpeded” consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav in an environment free from the “fear of intimidation” and reprisal, in sync with the ruling by the International Court of Justice in his case, official sources said on Friday. Earlier this week, Pakistan sent IndiaRead More

Bangkok External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday made it clear to his American counterpart Mike Pompeo that any discussion on Kashmir, if at all warranted, would only be with Pakistan and only bilaterally, days after US President Donald Trump offered to mediate on the Kashmir issue. Jaishankar is inRead More

Jabalpur “I am hurt, but what can I do … we are poor people,” said the Muslim delivery executive from food aggregator Zomato who is a key character in the raging debate on social media over bigotry. Faiyaz, a food delivery executive with Zomato, was assigned the task of completingRead More

Lucknow Kuldeep Sengar would have remained just one of the 403 legislators in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, had it not been for the Unnao rape case that made it to the headlines on April 8, 2018, when the rape victim attempted to immolate herself in front of Chief Minister YogiRead More