Day: December 21, 2020

Vietnam important partner in India’s Indo-Pacific vision: PM Modi

6:38 pm December 21, 2020

New Delhi: Describing Vietnam as an important partner in India’s Indo-Pacific vision, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said cooperation between the two countries can contribute to maintaining peace and stability in the region. At a virtual summit with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Modi said India looks at its ties with Vietnam with a long-term and strategic perspective. ”Vietnam is […]

New coronavirus strain: India suspends all UK flights from Wednesday to Dec 31

6:32 pm December 21, 2020

New Delhi: All flights connecting the UK and India will remain suspended from Wednesday till December 31, the Civil Aviation Ministry said on Monday in view of the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus there. Moreover, it said passengers coming from the UK through flights till Tuesday midnight would be tested for COVID-19 […]

BMW to increase vehicle prices in India by up to 2 pc from January

5:16 pm December 21, 2020

New Delhi: German luxury carmaker BMW on Monday said it will increase prices of its entire model range in India by up to 2 per cent from next month. The automaker will introduce the revised pricing for all BMW and MINI models effective January 4, 2021, BMW Group India said in a statement. Prices will […]

Countries begin to seal off UK amid new coronavirus variant surge

5:12 pm December 21, 2020

London: France became the latest European country to close all its borders with the UK after Germany, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Bulgaria, the Irish Republic, Turkey and Canada suspended flights amid growing concerns of an ”out of control” new variant of coronavirus spreading at a much faster pace in parts of England. India, so far, remains in the […]

5-yr-old girl raped, killed in Haryana’s Jhajjar district

5:09 pm December 21, 2020

Chandigarh: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped and killed by a man living in her neighbourhood in Haryana’s Jhajjar city, police said on Monday. The 30-year-old man, who has a criminal background, kidnapped the girl from her house at night and took her to his residence where he allegedly raped and then killed her, a […]