New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) As Union Home Minister Amit Shah defended the government’s efforts to "clean up" the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the BJP and JD(U) on Friday said he had raised a very fundamental issue. They further asserted that there is consensus on this matter across all political parties.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday that India has undergone a significant shift in recent years and that it now negotiates from a position of strength, reflecting the country’s growing economic confidence and global stature in terms of India’s approach to Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and other trading arrangements.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) The Department of Posts (DoP) has launched a dedicated medicine delivery service for ex-servicemen, the Ministry of Communications said on Friday.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Germany's Ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermann on Friday hoped that the proposed next meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will be "more fruitful" than the last one held in Alaska. Speaking at the NDTV World Summit, the diplomat stated that Germany looks at the situation in Ukraine with great concern and feels the desire to see an end to the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Expressing relief over the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, British High Commissioner to India Lindy Cameron on Friday said that the real challenge lies in the implementation of the peace plan as it is just the beginning of the process and not the end.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Citing the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) as a major investment opportunity for Indian companies, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Friday said that the transcontinental nation is encouraging to have an Indian industrial zone alongside the Gulf of Suez, north-west of the Red Sea.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Chief of Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi met Ethiopia's Chief of Land Force and Military Advisor General Alemshet Degife Balcha in New Delhi on Friday, with discussions focused on enhancing cooperation in training, peacekeeping and defence capacity-building.
Jagdalpur, Oct 17 (IANS) In a landmark event signalling a severe setback to the insurgency in Chhattisgarh, 208 Naxalites from the remote Maad region formally surrendered on Friday before Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma, who virtually participated in the programme at the Reserve Police Lines in Jagdalpur, Bastar district.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday held a meeting with the visiting Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin in New Delhi as both sides discussed ways to enhance cooperation across several sectors, including trade, investment, energy, connectivity, health and technology. Alckmin is also Brazil's Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services.
Guwahati, Oct 17 (IANS) Unidentified terrorists opened fire on an Indian Army post at Kakopathar in Assam’s Tinsukia district around midnight on Friday, prompting an immediate and measured retaliation from the troops, officials said.
