India

Vancouver, Apr 17: Slogan-shouting and placard-waving protesters greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday at Canada's oldest gurdwara in Vancouver and a temple, the only sore points during a three-nation tour which resulted in ground-breaking agreements across several vital sectors. The protests outside the Ross Street gurdwara and also the Laxminarayan temple in Surrey saw people from

Srinagar, Apr 17: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday placed separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Masarat Alam under house arrest ahead of their rally in South Kashmir's Tral town on Friday. "Geelani has been placed under house arrest. A posse of policemen has been deployed outside the Hurriyat chairman's house at Hyderpora as a preventive measure to maintain law and order," a police

Vancouver, Apr 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Vancouver, and is scheduled to offer prayers at Gurdudwara Khalsa Diwan and Laxmi Narain Temple here. Earlier while leaving from Toronto Modi tweeted "Leaving for Vancouver, which is the final leg of my Canada visit. Will offer prayers at Gurudwara Khalsa Diwan and Laxmi Narain Temple there." Modi will leave for India after the Vancouver

New Delhi, Apr 16: Rahul Gandhi today returned from his 56-day "unexplained" sabbatical that had raised a lot of questions over his leadership of the party at a time when Congress has been battered in elections repeatedly. The Congress Vice President arrived here at 11.15 AM on a Thai Airways plane from Bangkok. The plane, which was scheduled to land at 10.35 AM, was delayed by 40 minutes, sources

Srinagar, Apr 16: After a gap of five years, Jammu and Kashmir Government today allowed hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani to hold a public rally in the outskirts of Srinagar city where his supporters including Masarat Alam, released from jail last month, raised pro-Pakistan slogans and others waved Pakistani flags. Geelani, who returned here after spending winter months in Delhi

Toronto, Apr 16: Contending that development is the only answer to all of India's problems, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today vowed to clean up the "mess" created by others and change the country's image from the one of "scams" to that of a "skilled" nation. Modi said the "jan mann" (the attitude of people) had changed over the last 10 months since he took over and there was now an "atmosphere of

New Delhi, April 15: The Supreme Court today asked the trial court in Maharashtra to decide on the bail pleas of accused persons, including Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, within a month in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. A bench of Justices F M I Kalifulla and Shiva Kirti Singh also said the provisions of stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) would not be considered while

New Delhi, Apr 15: In its final arguments in the 2G spectrum allocation case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday told the Special Court that ex-telecom minister A Raja had misled then PM Manmohan Singh on policy matters pertaining to 2G spectrum allocation. The CBI also said 2G spectrum was granted to ineligible companies such as Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd and Unitech Wireless. The

Ottawa, Apr 15: In the first standalone bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Canada in 42 years, Prime Minister Narendra reached Ottawa on Wednesday morning. The focus of the visit will be on setting a "trajectory" in ties through cooperation in energy, including civil nuclear, and attracting trade and technology for India's development. Modi will meet his Canadian counterpart Stephen

Berlin, Apr 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sought German Chancellor Angela Merkel's help in concluding a "balanced and mutually beneficial" Free Trade Agreement with the European Union that has been stalled for two years. "I have requested Chancellor Merkel that India and European Union should resume the negotiations quickly and conclude a balanced and mutually beneficial agreement at the