Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets former US President Barack Obama, in New Delhi on Friday. “It was a pleasure to meet, once again, former president @BarackObama, and learn about the new initiatives being taken forward under his leadership at the @ObamaFoundation and his perspectives on further strengthening India-US strategic partnership,” Modi tweeted. It was a pleasure to meet, once again, […]
» Read moreLondon mayor Sadiq Khan will be arriving in Mumbai on Sunday as part of his first official tour to three Indian cities to promote the British capital’s resilience and strengths post-Brexit. Apart from Mumbai, Mr. Khan would be visiting Delhi and Amritsar in India and then fly to Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi in Pakistan on his six-day tour to six […]
» Read moreRuling BJP swept the Uttar Pradesh civic polls bagging 14 of the 15 mayoral seats for which results were declared till evening on December 1. Opposition Congress again fared poorly, including in its bastion of Amethi, while the BSP had some reason to cheer as its candidate snatched the Aligarh mayoral seat, a traditional BJP stronghold. Counting is on for […]
» Read moreA journalist working for a Hindi daily was shot dead on Thursday by unidentified assailants near the Nagar Palika market in Billhaur, 60 km from here, police said. Navin Gupta was sprayed with bullets when he came out of a public toilet, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Jai Prakash said. Mr. Gupta, in his 30s, succumbed to injuries while being rushed […]
» Read moreTwitter recorded a growing interest in Gujarat politics as conversations related to the Assembly election rose 20% in the past month, the micro-blogging platform said on Wednesday. During the elections, Twitter will launch initiatives such as real-time updates on the campaign trail and connect voters to politicians on key issues. It will unveil an emoji, available till December 22, which […]
» Read morePakistan’s former President Pervez Musharraf has called himself the “biggest supporter” of the Lashkar-e- Taiba and its founder Hafiz Saeed and asserted that he backs the terror group’s role in “suppressing” the Indian Army in Kashmir. Musharraf, the 74-year-old retired General who is on self-exile in Dubai, said Mumbai attack mastermind Saeed “is involved in Kashmir” and he supports their […]
» Read more