Category: India

Delay in communication of bail orders affects liberty, needs redressal at ‘war footing’: SC judge

New Delhi, Nov 3:  Supreme Court judge Justice D Y Chandrachud has termed the delay in communicating bail orders to prison authorities as a very serious deficiency and stressed the need to address it on war footing as it touches the human liberty of every under-trial prisoner. Justice […]

Pope Francis agrees to make first papal visit to India since 1999

VATICAN CITY, Oct 30 – Pope Francis has accepted an invitation from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit, in a turnaround in relations with the Vatican following the failure of negotiations for a papal trip to the predominantly Hindu nation in 2017. There are about 20 million […]

PM Modi says had ‘great interaction’ with members of Indian diaspora in Italy

Rome, Oct 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that he had a ?great interaction? with members of the Indian diaspora in Italy, including those who are studying about India and those who have developed a close bond with their home country over the years On the second […]

U.S. senators urge Biden to avoid India sanctions over Russian deal

NEW DELHI, Oct 27 – Two U.S. senators have urged President Joe Biden to waive sanctions against India over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defense system, saying such a punitive measure would endanger growing cooperation. India signed a $5.5 billion deal with Russia in 2018 for five […]

J-K records 72 new Covid cases

Srinagar, Oct 23: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 72 fresh coronavirus cases, raising its tally to 3,31,566, officials said. No death due to the pandemic was reported in the union territory in the past 24 hours, they added. Of the72 cases, nine were recorded from the Jammu division […]

India celebrates 1B vaccine doses, hopes to speed 2nd shots

NEW DELHI — India celebrated giving its billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose on Thursday, a hopeful milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fueled a crushing surge earlier this year and missteps initially held back its inoculation campaign. About half of India’s nearly 1.4 billion people […]

Explainer: What is behind the recent surge in violence in Indian Kashmir?

NEW DELHI, Oct 18 – A surge in violence in Indian Kashmir in recent weeks, including a spate of militant attacks on civilians and a widespread crackdown by security forces, has left 33 people dead in the heavily militarised region since early October. Kashmir, which is claimed in […]

No shortage of anything; reports of coal crisis baseless: FM Sitharaman

By Yoshita Singh Boston, Oct 13: Amid reports of the ongoing coal shortage in the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stressed that there is no shortage and termed these as absolutely baseless , saying India is a power surplus country. Sitharaman said that Power Minister R K Singh went […]

India, China army talks to defuse border tensions fail

NEW DELHI — Talks between Indian and Chinese army commanders to disengage troops from key friction areas along their border have ended in a stalemate and failed to ease a 17-month standoff that has sometimes led to deadly clashes, the two sides said Monday. The continuing standoff means […]

PM Modi holds talks with Danish counterpart

New Delhi, Oct 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held talks with his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen with a focus on expanding overall bilateral cooperation in a range of areas including renewable energy and trade and investment Frederiksen arrived here early this morning on a three-day state visit […]

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