New Delhi Senior diplomat Vikas Swarup has been appointed as Secretary, Overseas Indian Affairs, according to an order issued by the Personnel Ministry on Friday. Swarup, a 1986-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, is at present India’s High Commissioner in Ottawa. He has been appointed as the Secretary, (consular,Read More

Chennai A train carrying 2.5 million litres of water arrived in Chennai, which has been grappling with an acute water crisis over the past few months, officials said on Friday. The train with 50 tank wagons (BTPN), carrying 50,000 litres of water in each of them from Jolarpettai in TamilRead More

Washington Batting for strong Indo-US ties, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, has said there are very few countries like India that possess the potential for growth and the administration was “very focused” on further cementing the bilateral strategic ties. Kushner, 38, who is also senior adviser to President Trump,Read More

New Delhi Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam said on Friday that she had learnt “a number of lessons” from Congress leader P Chidambaram’s tenure at the head of the ministry. Responding to former finance minister Chidambaram’s criticism of the Budget that she tabled in Parliament on July 5, Sitharaman saidRead More

Washington Reflecting the strong bi-partisan support in the US Congress to boost Indo-US defence ties, a powerful congressional committee has passed a legislative amendment seeking additional steps to implement the Major Defense Partner designation on India, including through appropriate technology transfers. The amendment, which was moved by Democratic Party CongressmanRead More

Chennai India’s heavy lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle – Mark III (GSLV Mk III), nicknamed as ‘Bahubali’, and its passenger Chandrayaan-2 were being readied up for their historic flight to the Moon on July 15, said space agency officials. “Preparations are going at a hectic pace at the SatishRead More

Bengaluru Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday rejected demands for his resignation in the wake of 16 Congress-JD(S) MLAs quitting, which has pushed his 13-month-old coalition government to the brink of collapse. His response comes a day after the Karnataka unit of the BJP, led by its chiefRead More

New Delhi Attacking the Modi government over the “suffering” of farmers, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said it has given them no relief and wondered if it considered them “inferior” to businessmen who have been given concessions and loan waivers running into lakhs of crores. Union minister Rajnath Singh countered Gandhi’sRead More

New Delhi Attacking the Modi government over the “suffering” of farmers, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said it has given them no relief and wondered if it considered them “inferior” to businessmen who have been given concessions and loan waivers running into lakhs of crores. Union minister Rajnath Singh countered Gandhi’sRead More

New Delhi Rajya Sabha was on Wednesday forced to adjourn due to protests from Congress members regarding the political crisis in the JD(S)-Congress ruled state of Karnataka. The members entered into the well of the House and raised slogans about 10 minutes into the Zero Hour. Chairman Venkaiah Naidu adjournedRead More