Barring good friend China, Pakistan has so far failed in its efforts to get global leaders to pass any adverse remark against India over revoking Jammu and Kashmir's special status. And this is despite Islamabad going on a diplomatic overdrive, with Prime Minister Imran Khan personally dialling leaders of many countries, including Muslim-...
Concerned over the non-stop slide in the equity markets and the massive erosion in market capitalisation, the government has called for a crucial meeting at 4 p.m. on Friday with Foreign Portfolio Investor Representatives in North Block. ...
The Samjhauta Express arrived in the national capital on Friday, in what is likely to be its last run for a while after the cross-border peace train was permanently suspended by Pakistan over the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. ...
Leading foreign investors, including Morgan Stanley, Nomura, Templeton, Fidelity, GIC (Singapore), CPDQ are likely to meet Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, Finance Secretary Rajeev Kumar and DEA Secretary Atanu Chakraborty on Friday afternoon as the government reaches out to know their concerns over the surcharge on FPIs who are operating a...
While ostensibly Alice Wells, a senior US diplomat, arrived in Islamabad to hold key bilateral talks with Pakistani leaders on issues like the peace process in Afghanistan amid reports that she might also hold discussions over the current situation in Kashmir, indications are that she is focusing on FATF compliance. What at first looked like bunging in a monkey...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assured former Congress President Rahul Gandhi all help for those affected by floods and incessant rains in Kerala. Gandhi, the Wayanad MP, spoke to Modi "seeking all possible assistance for the people severely affected by the floods and landslides in the state, especially ...
Chaos gripped Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) after authorities announced sudden suspension of flight operations at 9 a.m. on Friday leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. The airport will resume operations at 3 p.m. on Sunday. CIAL Director A.C.K.Nair said the decision to close the airport was taken after ...
At least 30 people have been killed in various flood-related incidents in Maharashtra in the past one week even as more than 2.03 lakh people were evacuated to safer locations, officials said here on Friday. According to Konkan Divisional Commissioner Deepak Mhaiskar, 12 persons died in ...
Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan has not visited his home in Rampur since the past one month. It is rather unusual as Khan would remain in Rampur on weekends even when he was a minister in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet and stayed in Lucknow. According to sources, Khan is apprehensive of his arrest in multiple cases of ...
On the fourth day of the Ayodhya dispute hearing on Friday, senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan raised an objection to the daily hearing in the case. Dhavan, who is representing a Muslim party, said it will be difficult to prepare arguments in the case if the top court conducts hearings on all five ...
