Qatar on Tuesday released 23 Indian prisoners, in a special gesture just after the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Modi, who had taken up the issue of welfare of Indians in Qatar with the country’s leadership, expressed gratitude to Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for this gesture that coincided with the start of holy month of […]
» Read moreFormer Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ajit Jogi on Monday said he would be starting a new political party to “free the State from the Raman Singh government.” Declaring his plans at a public meeting at Kotami village under his constituency Marwahi, the veteran politician, however, kept a window open for reconciliation with the Congress by not resigning […]
» Read moreA bronze statue of Saint Manikkavichavakar, a Hindu mystic and poet from the Chola period, stolen from the Sivan Temple in Sripuranthan Village in Ariyalur District in Tamil Nadu and recovered in the U.S. last year, started its return journey home on Monday. This 11-12th century bronze was among the several artefacts returned to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday began his three-day US visit by laying a wreath at the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers and paying homage to Indian-American astronaut late Kalpana Chawla at Arlington National Cemetery here. “Honouring sacrifice, saluting valour. Formal engagements begin with a solemn ceremony,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted. “In homage to heroism and indomitable courage,” […]
» Read moreA 65-year-old Hindu priest was killed on Tuesday by three bike-borne assailants in Bangladesh while he was on his way to a temple, the latest murder in the Muslim-majority nation which has seen a string of brutal attacks on minorities and secular activists by Islamists. Ananta Gopal Ganguly was attacked at around 9:30 a.m. by three men who slit his […]
» Read morePrices of 56 important medicines used in treatment of cancer, diabetes, bacterial infections and blood pressure have been capped by the government thereby reducing the cost by an average of around 25 per cent. Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority ( NPPA ), however, has also increased prices of some of the smaller volume packs of commonly used intravenous […]
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