India

The last of the three students diagnosed with novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Kerala after returning from the epicentre of the outbreak in Wuhan in January left for home after being declared disease free on Friday, even as the World Health Organisation said data from China continues to show a decline […]

Congress leader and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday called on Pakistan President Arif Alvi during which the two leaders agreed that there was a strong need to work for promotion of peace in the subcontinent. Sinha, who is in Pakistan on a personal visit, called on President Alvi at […]

Nationalism and the slogan of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ are being misused to construct a militant and purely emotional idea of India that excludes millions of residents and citizens, former prime minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday. Singh was speaking at a book launch on selections from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s […]

Union minister Smriti Irani said on Saturday is looking for a house in Amethi, her parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh, to be near the people when they need her. Smriti Irani had defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from his family stronghold of Amethi in the last Lok Sabha election in […]

Union minister Smriti Irani on Saturday defended the Citizenship Amended Act (CAA) saying she is proud of the fact it provides refuge to non-Muslims persecuted in a country such as Pakistan. “There have been cases where Sikh or Hindu girls have been raped and forced to marry her rapists. They […]

A 12-member delegation accompanying US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to India will include US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster, Secretary Wilbur Ross, of Commerce Department, Secretary Dan Brouillette, of the Energy Department, Mick Mulvaney, Assistant to the President and Acting Chief of Staff and Acting Chief of Staff […]

Bollywood singer Kailash Kher has a plan for Donald Trump when the US President visits Ahmedabad, which is in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat, on February 24. Trump will be in India for a jam-packed and intense two-day visit, along with First Lady Melania Trump, and will be […]

Chinese authorities are “deliberately delaying” clearance for a third Indian flight that was expected to ferry medical and relief supplies and bring back some 100 Indian nationals from the Coronavirus-affected Hubei province, people familiar with developments said on Saturday. India had planned to send a massive C-17 Globemaster military transport […]

The BJP Saturday said there should not “petty politics” after reports surfaced that the names of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and deputy CM Manish Sisodia were dropped from the school event where US First Lady Melania Trump is scheduled to visit on Tuesday in the national capital. The Indian […]

A man was arrested in Handwara of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday for spreading rumours on social media, police have said. This comes two days after the arrest of a man in Srinagar who had uploaded photographs on Facebook last year falsely accusing security forces of vandalism in Kupwara […]

Authorities of Tihar Jail on Saturday said in a local court claims by Vinay Sharma, one of the December 16 gang rape case death row convicts, about his injuries are self-inflicted and he is not suffering from any mental health issues. Vinay Sharma’s counsel, AP Singh, had told the court […]

US President Donald Trump will raise concerns over rising trade barriers and tariffs during his India visit, which begins on Monday, but the onus for the announcement of a deal was “wholly” on India, senior Trump administration officials said Friday. The official took aim specifically at Make in India, one of Prime […]