New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Appreciating the Narendra Modi government’s initiatives to make India investor-friendly, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal on Tuesday said US investment in…
Moscow, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif is scheduled to visit Russia at the end of April to attend an international security conference. Asif will discuss bilateral military-technical cooperation with Russian officials as…
Kohinoor Amritsar, April 19 (IANS) Claiming that the Sikh community was the “legitimate” owner of the Kohinoor diamond, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Tuesday demanded that the priceless stone should be handed back to…
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the deadliest suicide attack on Tuesday in Kabul and called for coordinated approach with Afghanistan to counter the common threat. Taliban claimed the responsibility for…
Pyongyang, April 19 (IANS) North Korean foreign Minister Ri Su-yong on Tuesday left for the UN headquarters in New York to join the signing ceremony of Paris climate agreement. The report said Ri led a…
Havana, April 19 (IANS) Cuba’s Communist Party congress ended its third day of closed-door sessions with the approval of new economic and social reforms for the next five years while one of its top young…
By Gurmukh Singh Toronto, April 19 (IANS) Top leaders in Canada’s Ontario province led by Premier Kathleen Wynne joined the Sikh community in celebrating Baisakhi at the Ontario legislative assembly. For the first time, the…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) India shares many cultural affinities with neighbouring countries, including Southeast Asia, but New Delhi needs to be “humble” in claiming cultural parentage and also be “sensitive” towards the “inherent anxiety”…
London, April 19 (IANS) The British royal family will host US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at a dinner at Kensington Palace on Friday, said a tweet posted on the palace’s verified…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condemned a terror attack in the Afghanistan capital that left at least 28 people dead and hundreds injured. “I condemn the attack in Kabul,”…
Amritsar, April 19 (IANS) The body of Indian prisoner Kirpal Singh, who died in suspicious circumstances in a Lahore jail last week, was brought back to India on Tuesday. Pakistani authorities handed over the body…
Amritsar, April 19 (IANS) The body of Indian prisoner Kirpal Singh, who died in a prison in Pakistan’s Lahore city on April 11, was brought to India on Tuesday afternoon. The body was brought to…
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday condemned the terrorist attack in Kabul that left over 200 people injured. “We extend our heartfelt sympathies and condolences to those who have lost their loved ones and…
Amritsar, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday handed over the body of Kirpal Singh, an Indian prisoner who died in suspicious circumstances in a Lahore jail, to Indian authorities, officials said. The Border Security Force…
Seoul, April 19 (IANS) South Korea’s military on Tuesday expected North Korea to conduct a “surprise” nuclear test at an unpredictable time as seen in the case of its previous nuclear detonation. “As seen in…
Tehran, April 19 (IANS) Iran and Pakistan will hold joint naval drills in the Persian Gulf waters later on Tuesday. The drills will be held in cooperation with a Pakistani flotilla of warships that has…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 19 (IANS) India has regretted the “downward trend in the peace process” for the Middle East but refrained from direct criticism of either Israel or the Palestinians for the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) Jammu, April 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India has the wealth of knowledge to lead the world in the 21st century. Addressing the fifth…
Washington, April 19 (IANS) US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Syria and Ukraine over phone, the White House said. Obama on Monday shared his concern over the status of a cease-fire…
Tibetan Spiritual leader Dalai Lama. (File Photo: IANS) Dharamsala, April 19 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama has written to Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressing grief over the…