New Delhi Opposing the AAP government’s proposed free travel scheme for women in Delhi Metro trains, its former chief E Sreedharan has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to agree to the proposal as it would set “an alarming precedence”. In a letter to the prime minister, Sreedharan, popularly calledRead More

Bishkek In a veiled attack on Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the countries sponsoring, aiding and funding terrorism must be held accountable as he called for a global conference to combat the menace. Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit here, Modi highlighted the spirit and idealsRead More

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday said he had helped clear outstanding loans of over 2,000 farmers from Bihar. The 76-year-old actor took to his personal blog to share the news. He said he was on his way to honour another promise to assist the martyr families of the PulwamaRead More

United Nations India has been lauded by a high-level panel on digital cooperation launched by UN chief General Antonio Guterres for undertaking revolutionary digital initiatives to ensure economic inclusion for its 1.3 billion citizens. Launched in July last year by the UN Secretary General, the 20-member panel, co-chaired by billionaireRead More

Bishkek Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived here in the Kyrgyz capital for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, the first multilateral engagement post his re-election. Modi, in a statement before his two-day visit to Bishkek from June 13-14, said that on the sidelines of the SCO Summit, heRead More

Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for voting in favour of a decision introduced by the Jewish state that objected to granting consultative status to a Palestinian group at the UN’s Economic and Social Council. In a rare move, India on Tuesday votedRead More

Washington US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has pushed for India to further open its economy and also “diversify” its energy portfolio, saying countries that have provided American companies access to their markets have seen “real opportunity”. Speaking at the India Ideas Summit of US-India Business Council here on Wednesday,Read More

Chandigarh Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return with his monthly radio programme ‘Mann ki Baat’ on June 30. The Prime Minister’s last address to the nation was aired on February 24. “Mann Ki Baat is back again as PM Narendra Modi assumes office for the second term. Your stories, ideasRead More

New Delhi Issues relating to agriculture and internal security with special focus on left Wing Extremism (LWE) are going to top the agenda of the fifth meeting of NITI Aayog’s Governing Council that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened on June 15. Almost all chief ministers except West Bengal’sRead More

Ahmedabad Bringing relief for Gujarat, Cyclone Vayu on Thursday began moving away from the state coast, even as the danger of heavy winds and rainfall continued, officials said here. State authorities have already evacuated three lakh people from low-lying areas near the coast to safer places, an official said. HeavyRead More