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Brussels, Jun 23: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has met Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Didier Reynders and the two leaders undertook a comprehensive review of bilateral ties and exchanged views on regional and multilateral issues. Swaraj arrived in Belgium on Wednesday from Luxembourg on the last leg of her four-nation tour. Earlier, she had visited France and Italy.

Mumbai, Jun 23: As the Maharashtragovernment is set to enforce the ban on a variety of plastic items -- announced in March -- from Saturday, environment minister Ramdas Kadam said errant manufacturers will face a strong action, but common people and small traders will not be harassed. He was speaking to reporters after a review meeting with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board officials. On

Washington, Jun 23: US President Donald Trump on Friday cited "an unusual and extraordinary threat" from North Korea's nuclear arsenal to extend sanctions on Kim Jong Un's regime, despite touting the success of a historic summit earlier this month. After flying back to Washington last week, boasting of success, the US leader tweeted: "There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea." "Sleep

Havana, Jun 22: President Ram Nath Kovind has paid tribute to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in Santiago de Cuba, describing the late leader as a great friend of India who lent strength to the voice of developing countries in the international arena. President Kovind arrived here yesterday on the last leg of his three-nation tour to Greece, Suriname and Cuba. Kovind along with his wife

Lucknow, Jun 22: An investigation has been launched against three policemen after a photograph showing them walking with a mob dragging away an alleged lynching victim in Uttar Pradesh created outrage on social media. The 45-year-old man, identified as Qasim, was beaten to death in Pilkhuwa, Hapur district, on Monday evening allegedly over rumours of cow slaughter. The victim was a cattle trader

Jeddah, Jun 22: Since the foundation of Saudi Arabia, its wealth has not been limited to its citizens but has been spread throughout most of the world. It has provided humanitarian aid, charitable grants and soft loans to countries regardless of color or race. The Kingdom has always been one of world’s top providers of aid. To highlight the Kingdom’s effort internationally and to preserve its

Siddapet, Jun 22: A debt-laden journalist in Telangana’s Siddipet district committed suicide by hanging himself after smothering his two children to death and strangulating his wife at his residence in the early hours of Thursday. According to ACP Rajeswar, journalist S Hanumantha Rao, 35, working for a Telugu daily at Kondapaka mandal smothered to death his two children Deekhsa Sri (5) and Shine

New Delhi, Jun 21: The Centre has banned new offshoots of terror organisations al-Qaeda and ISIS under the stringent anti-terror law -- Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, according to an official order Both al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham-Khorasan (ISIS-K), an Afghanistan-based affiliate of ISIS, have been declared unlawful by the Union home

Kolkata, Jun 21: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday called the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a "militant organisation," engaged in dividing people along religious lines and dared it to attack her party. Banerjee, a known critic of the saffron party, also alleged that the BJP was manipulating EVMs to increase its vote share in the state and urged

New Delhi, Jun 21: India increased duties on a slew of farm products, steel and iron imported from the United States, a government notice said, joining the European Union and China in retaliatory action against President Donald Trump`s tariff hikes on steel and aluminum. India`s move came a day after the EU`s decision to charge higher import duties on a range of US products. In tariff rates issued