Spread the love       Albanese highlights India’s energy connectivity under PM Modi. NEW DELHI: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has credited PM Narendra Modi with providing energy access to India’s population on a scale that, he said, no other country has achieved before.Speaking at an event on Sept 24 organised by Asia Policy Institute in New York on the sidelines of...

Spread the love       Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman NEW DELHI: After an earlier attempt was aborted, India and Bangladesh are looking to schedule a visit by PM Tarique Rahman to India in the third week of Nov, sources said.Efforts to reschedule the visit are likely to gain momentum after the arrival of the new Bangladesh high commissioner, Asad Alam Siam, in...

Spread the love       Congressman Ed Case presented Lee with her Gold Medal and a certificate of special recognition in August. She became the seventh person from his district to receive the honor over the past 25 years. For 17-year-old Jessica Lee, earning the highest youth honor presented by the U.S. Congress was not the result of a single achievement. It...

Spread the love       J&K high court rejects ED plea to add charges in JKCA fund scam case JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir high court Friday rejected an Enforcement Directorate‘s petition that challenged a Srinagar CJM court’s order denying permission to add charges related to the receipt and concealment of stolen property in the alleged Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) fund...

Spread the love       Sunil Sharma meets HM Amit Shah in New Delhi SRINAGAR: A day after CM Omar Abdullah moved an assembly resolution for restoration of J&K’s statehood with a reference to a similar document of the year 2000 on autonomy, BJP leader of opposition Sunil Sharma met Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday for “advice” even as PDP...

Spread the love       Sonam Wangchuk clarifies Ladakh-Tibet comparison, apologises SRINAGAR: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk walked back his comparison between Ladakh and Tibet, saying he meant only to highlight the gravity of the violence in Leh on Sept 24 last year and had no intention of hurting Tibetans. The Leh Apex Body member apologised Saturday after the Central Tibetan Administration in...

Spread the love       Jaishankar addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN, defends India’s right to defend against terrorism NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar defended India’s right to defend itself against terorism, while taking a veiled jab at Pakistan about “spreading misinformation” and that it’s on “the perpetrator of terrorism to mend its ways”.While not naming directly...

Spread the love       Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the Commission had issued the statement only after the media reports and nationwide protests seeking Kumar’s removal. NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday demanded the immediate suspension of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and called for chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation or prosecution. Their demand comes after...

Spread the love       EAM Jaishankar speaks at UNGA NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday and called for exercising restraint amid continued attacks on commercial ships and seafarers in Gulf region amid the Iran-US war.“Countries far from conflicts are being penalized for no fault of theirs. Those most impacted often have the...

Spread the love       Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly (Photo: Reuters). Russia on Saturday backed a permanent seat for India and Brazil on the United Nations Security Council, while strongly opposing the same for more Western countries.During his speech at the General Assembly, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said no additional seats at the...