Sushma Swaraj in Tel Aviv on 2-day visit to Israel, Palestine
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Tel Aviv on a two-day visit to Israel and Palestine, three months after the historic visit of President Pranab Mukherjee, the first by…
PDP core group meets in J&K to discuss govt formation
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir, has called crucial meeting of core group members, legislators, senior party functionaries and former ministers in coalition government today. They will discuss…
Maldives allows opposition leader Nasheed to travel to UK for surgery
Maldives government has decided to allow jailed opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed to travel to Britain for surgery.Issuing a brief statement last evening, Maldivian Foreign Ministry said that the permission has…
US, UK lift economic sanctions imposed against Iran
United States and European Union have lifted economic sanctions imposed against Iran over its nuclear programme following the implementation of the July last year atomic deal by Tehran. The International…
Pak Executed 332 criminals, militants since 2014
Pakistan announced this week that authorities have executed 332 criminals and militants since lifting a moratorium on the death penalty in 2014, the first time an official tally has been…
IS offensive kills 85 civilians, 50 soldiers in Syria
Dozens of people have died in an offensive by Islamic State group on government-held areas of Deir al-Zour in Syria, .According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 85 civilians…
Al-Qaeda militants’ attack kills 29 in Burkina Faso
At least 29 people many of them foreigners were killed and a further 56 injured after Islamist militants attacked a hotel in the Burkina Faso capital, Ouagadougou, popular with foreigners.…
HM holds meeting with agencies’ officials over ISIS threat
Our Staff Reporter / Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today held a meeting with top officials of central intelligence and investigative agencies and discussed steps to check the growing influence…
PM launches action plan of ‘Start-up India movement’
Our Correspondent / New Delhi / Prime Minister Narendra Modi today unveiled the ambitious Start-up India action plan to boost ventures which are seen as key to employment generation and…
Unit 1 of Kudankulam Nuclear Plant to restart at end January
Minister of State for Atomic Energy and PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that unit 1 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant would restart by the end of this month. Inaugurating…