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Respect towards India increased significantly in last 5 yrs: PM Modi

11:31 pm September 28, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the respect and enthusiasm for India has increased significantly on the world stage in the last five years, as he was given a rousing welcome by BJP workers here on his return from nearly a week long trip to the US. Addressing the gathering outside the […]

Pakistan's counter-terrorism steps important but not irreversible: US

UNSC allows Hafiz Saeed to withdraw money from his bank account for basic expenses

9:00 pm September 26, 2019

United Nations: Mumbai attack mastermind and banned JuD chief Hafiz Saeed has been allowed by an anti-terror committee of the UN Security Council to withdraw money from his bank account for basic expenses on Pakistan’s request. Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) is the front organisation for the Lashkar-e-Taiba which is responsible for carrying out the 2008 Mumbai […]

Europeans see last chance for Iran-US meeting

2:40 pm September 25, 2019

United Nations: US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani face their last chance Wednesday for a historic meeting as European leaders raced to arrange talks aimed at defusing soaring tensions. A meeting between the arch-adversaries would be historic but also come under a political cloud, with Trump’s Democratic rivals on Tuesday announcing […]

Taliban cheer Trump tweet promising early troop withdrawal

Chinese officials hold talks with Taliban delegation

8:39 pm September 23, 2019

Beijing: Chinese officials have held talks with a Taliban delegation ahead of the presidential elections in Afghanistan on September 28 and US President Donald Trump cancelling a meeting with the militant group in the war torn country. The Taliban delegation, headed by Mullah Baradar, spoke to China’s special envoy to Afghanistan Deng Xijun on Sunday, […]

Bollywood stars praise Modi for ‘Howdy, Modi’ event

8:05 pm September 23, 2019

Mumbai: Describing his speech as “inspiring”, several Bollywood celebrities, including Karan Johar, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan, took to Twitter on Monday to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address at the Howdy Modi event in Houston. About 50,000 people of the Indian-American community attended the event on Sunday that was jointly addressed by Prime Minister […]