India

Fortaleza, Jul 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has favoured broadening of the strategic partnership with Russia in nuclear, defence and energy sectors and invited President Vladimir Putin to visit Kudankulam atomic power project during his trip in December for his annual summit. The two leaders met for 40 minutes on the sidelines of the BRICS summit here late last night after their Monday meeting

New Delhi, Jul 16: Indian Railways have received proposals totalling Rs 15,000 crore for development of various projects under the PPP mode, Railway Minister Sadanada Gowda said today. Gowda also defended the recent 14.2 per cent passenger fare hike and 6.5 per cent freight hike saying it was the need of the hour as there was no hike for the last 10 years and the organisation was "run on

New Delhi, July 15: The government "disapproves" of the meeting between yoga guru Ramdev's aide Ved Pratap Vaidik and Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Tuesday. "Government of India disapproves of the meeting between Ved Pratap Vaidik with Hafiz Saeed. I condemn this. "We have sought a full report from the Indian high commissioner in Pakistan. Once the

New Delhi, Jul 15: The turmoil over the meeting of a journalist with terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed today stalled Parliament for the second consecutive day, with Government stating it has nothing to do with it and terming it as "diplomatic misadventure of a private individual". Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha saw disruptions as soon as the two Houses met for the day, with opposition Congress seeking

New Delhi, Jul 15: Describing journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik as an "RSS man", Rahul Gandhi today questioned whether the Indian High Commission in Islamabad had facilitated the meeting between him and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed. ''The question is did the Indian embassy facilitate the gentleman (Vaidik) or not. We are curious to find out if Indian embassy has facilitated this event. "If they

Mumbai, Jul 14: In first of its kind order with far reaching implications, the Election Commission has asked senior Congress leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Shankarrao Chavan to respond as to why he should not be disqualified under section 10A of Representation of People Act, 1951. In its order approved on Sunday, on the case pertaining to 'paid news’, the Commission has given

New Delhi, Jul 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave from Delhi today for Brazil to attend the five-nation Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) summit slated to be held for two days, starting tomorrow. The meeting is expected to finalise the setting up of a development bank and seek reforms of the United Nations and international financial organisations. After a stopover in

New Delhi, Jul 12: Doing hunger strike did not help me and that is why I finally entered politics, AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal told protesting teachers who are sitting on fast unto death here, urging them to end their strike. A group of teachers from All Guest Teachers Association teaching in different government schools and paid on daily basis, have been sitting on a dharna for around

Kochi, Jul 12: Another batch of 29 nurses from Kerala returned to the state from war-torn Iraq on Saturday. The nurses, working at Baquba General hospital in Diyala in Iraq, travelled to Sharjah from where they emplaned to Kochi this morning, airport officials said. One of the nurses told media personnel at nearby Nedumbasery airport that they could hear bombs exploding, but did not have any

New Delhi, Jul 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted President Barack Obama's invitation to visit the US in September and said he looked forward to a "result-oriented visit" with concrete outcomes that impart new momentum to the strategic partnership between the two countries. Obama's formal invitation was conveyed by US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns who met Modi Friday and