Top global CEOs meet PM Modi, reaffirm investment, expansion in India

IANS | December 9, 2025 8:40 PM

New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Tech leaders, including Cognizant's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ravi Kumar S, Intel's CEO Lip-Bu Tan, and Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, assuring investment and further expansion of their operations in India.

India emerging as global maritime innovator under PM Modi: Sonowal

IANS | December 9, 2025 7:53 PM

Mumbai, Dec 9 (IANS) Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday said India’s maritime sector is scaling its priorities from infrastructure expansion and digital innovation to green and sustainable shipping under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Electoral failure driving Opposition to blame ECI, doubt SIR: Meghwal

IANS | December 9, 2025 6:40 PM

New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday hit out at the Opposition for doubting the functioning of constitutional bodies like the Election Commission of India, the EVMs and the SIR of voters’ list to escape the blame for their own failure in polls.

Bangladesh: 15 injured in BNP-Jamaat clash amid rising tensions over election campaigning

IANS | December 9, 2025 5:45 PM

Dhaka, Dec 9 (IANS) As political conflict escalates ahead of next year’s election in Bangladesh, differences between the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) over election campaigning in the Kazipur upazila of Sirajganj district erupted into violence, leaving around 15 Jamaat workers injured, local media reported on Tuesday.