New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani is in India for a two-day state visit, marking his second visit to the country since March 2015 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Bhubaneswar, Feb 17 (IANS) Amid the controversy related to the suicide of a Nepali female student and subsequent issuance of eviction directions to the students hailing from Nepal, the Higher Education Minister of Odisha Suryabanshi Suraj on Monday said that following the intervention of state government, the private university authorities have revoked the order and appealed to the Nepali students to return to the campus and resume their studies.
Moscow, Feb 17 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov are heading to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia to meet a US delegation comprising Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday to prepare the ground for the much-anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin on resolving the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) In a special gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the Amir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani at the Air Force Station in Palam on Monday evening.
Dhaka, Feb 17 (IANS) Touhid Hossain, the Foreign Affairs Advisor to the interim government in Bangladesh led by Muhammad Yunus, emphasised on the importance of starting the discussions for renewal of the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty during his meeting with India's External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar held in Muscat on Sunday, the Bangladeshi media reported on Monday.
New Delhi/Amritsar, Feb 17 (IANS) Women and children onboard the second deportation plane of the US that landed in Punjab's Amritsar were "not restrained during the flight", sources said on Sunday. The assertion came in the backdrop of the furore that was created amid claims of "ill-treatment" meted out to the first batch of deportees from the US.
Muscat, Feb 16 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar held a series of meetings with his counterparts from the neighbouring countries, including Bangladesh, on the sidelines of the Indian Ocean Conference in Muscat, on Sunday.
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) BJP national spokesperson Amit Malviya on Sunday slammed the previous Joe Biden-led US government’s now-cancelled fund to influence "voter turnout in India", calling it a tool for "external interference" in the country’s democratic process.
Munich, Feb 15 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Saturday held a series of significant meetings on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Germany, including with former Prime Minister and Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg who has recently assumed the new role of country's finance minister.
Washington, Feb 15 (IANS) Tulsi Gabbard, the US Director of National Intelligence wrote in a post on X that she looked forward to strengthening the US-India ties.
