India to grant medical visa to Pakistani nationals: EAM
AMN / External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said, India would grant medical visa to Pakistani nationals in genuine pending cases. Mrs. Swaraj said in a tweet, on the auspicious…
‘Doordarshan, AIR refuse to air Tripura CM’s I-Day speech’
The CPI (M) Polit Bureau, party’s highest decision making body, has expressed outrage at the refusal by Doordarshan and All India Radio to broadcast Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s Independence…
NLUP brought economic development in Mizoram: CM
Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla today asserted that the New Land Use Policy (NLUP) has brought development in the state. Addressing the people at the Assam Rifles ground in Aizawl…
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh appeals to farmers not to resort to suicide
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amrinder Singh has appealed to farmers of the state not to resort to suicide while announcing his Government’s decision to provide jobs to 50000 youth in…
Flood sitution continues to be grim in Bihar, West Bengal
Bihar :Death toll in flood risen to 91 ANWARUL HODA / PATNA Over 64 lakh people of 12 districts of Bihar including Araria, Purnea, Kishanganj and Katihar are reeling under…
Leaders in J&K welcome PM’s outreach to Kashmiris
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Kashmir outreach today was welcomed in Jammu and Kashmir with PDP chief and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti stressing only dialogue can resolve problems. NC leader and…
Sonia Gandhi greets people on 71st Independence Day
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has greeted the people on the occasion of 71st Independence Day. In her message, Mrs Gandhi stressed the need for every Indian to unite and fight…
Bullets and abuses will not solve Kashmir problem: PM from Red Fort
AMN / NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that Kashmir problem could not be resolved by bullets or abuses but by embracing people of Kashmir.” Addressing the country…
EU urges ‘peaceful, not military’ approach to Korean crisis
WEB DESK The European Union’s foreign policy chief has called for peaceful, not military means to resolve the Korean peninsula crisis, urging Pyongyang to avoid any further provocative action that…
300 killed in Sierra Leone mudslides and flooding
In Sierra Leone, more than 300 people were killed in the capital Freetown following mudslides and torrential flooding. Red Cross spokesman Patrick Massaquoi said 312 people were confirmed dead and…