Lok Sabha adjourned following uproar over agrarian crisis
AMN Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 12 noon following opposition uproar on issue of agrarian crisis. As soon as the House met for the day, opposition members led by…
US to give 15,000 additional visas for seasonal workers
Shortage of labour in US The US government has cleared the way for thousands more foreign workers to enter the country under temporary seasonal visas. The Department of Homeland Security…
China to host symposium on Palestine-Israel peace
AMN / WEB DESK China will host a symposium on peace between Palestine and Israel later this year to contribute wisdom to resolving the Palestinian issue, President Xi Jinping said…
Chinese media rejects reports of Indian soldiers’ death in Chinese attack as ‘fake’
AMN China’s state-run media, People’s Daily Online and other have rejected as ‘fake’ a Pakistani news report that claimed over 150 Indian soldiers were killed in Sikkim in a Chinese…
UK’s first woman Sikh MP elected to key Parliament panel
WEB DESK Britain’s first woman Sikh MP has been elected to an influential cross-party panel in the UK Parliament that examines the workings of the Home Office. Preet Kaur Gill,…
Turkish President Erdogan to visit Qatar, Saudi amid Gulf crisis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will this month visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which are locked in a deep diplomatic crisis, his office announced today. Erdogan will also visit Kuwait,…
PM to inaugurate APJ Abdul Kalam’s memorial on July 27
AMN / NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will open the national memorial for former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam at Peikarumbu near Rameswaram on July 27. Union…
Lalu supports Mayawati’s resignation, offers Rajya Sabha seat from Bihar
AMN / PATNA RJD president Lalu Prasad today came out in support of BSP leader Mayawati who resigned from the Rajya Sabha, and offered to send her to the upper…
No letter is required for treatment of ailing PoK resident in India: Sushma
Our Correspondent / NEW DELHI India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today waived the condition of a letter from Pakistan’s Foreign Adviser Sartaj Aziz for an ailing Pakistan occupied Kashmir,…
Zakir Naik’s passport revoked
Government has revoked the passport of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. Sources said, the passport has been revoked by the Regional Passport Office, Mumbai on the request of National Investigation…