US special envoy for North Korea going to Pyongyang
The US special envoy for North Korea will head to Pyongyang on Wednesday for talks ahead of a much-anticipated second summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, the State Department has said. In addition to preparations for the summit, Stephen Biegun's meetings with...
read moreDonald Trump to call for unity in State of the Union address
US President Donald Trump will touch on the issues like immigration, national security and trade and call for unity in a divided Congress in his annual State of the Union address as he begins the second half of his first term in office. The annual State of the Union...
read moreIndian embassy opens hotline for students detained by US authorities
The Indian embassy in the US has opened a 24/7 hotline to assist 129 Indian students arrested by the American authorities in the "pay-and-stay" university visa scam, officials have said. As many as 129 Indians are among the 130 foreign students arrested for enroling...
read more‘Good chance’ of declaring emergency to build proposed border wall: Trump
US President Donald Trump on Friday said there is a "good chance" that he will declare a national emergency to build his proposed wall along the US Mexico border to prevent flow of illegal immigrants into the country. The president said he would use his State of the...
read moreRussia exiting missile treaty in response to US move
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Russia was suspending its participation in a key Cold War-era missile treaty in a mirror response to a US move the day before. "Our American partners have announced they are suspending their participation in the deal, and we...
read moreModi says TMC is now Trinamool Tolabazi Tax
Addressing another public rally in Durgapur, PM Modi on Saturday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal of killing the aspirations of the middle-class people in the state. Attacking the opposition parties over their attempt to present a united front...
read moreIPS Rishi Kumar Shukla appointed as new CBI Director
Former Madhya Pradesh Police chief Rishi Kumar Shukla was on Saturday appointed the chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a fixed tenure of two years, according to a Personnel Ministry order. Shukla, a 1983-batch IPS officer, is at present chairman of...
read more‘Will file complaint in Rafale audio tape case if Cong directs’: Girish Chodankar
A police complaint will be filed in the Rafale audio tape case if All India Congress Committee (AICC) directs us to do so, said Goa Congress Committee (GCC) president Girish Chodankar on Monday. “As neither a case has been registered nor action taken against Manohar...
read moreAmit Shah praise PM Modi for speaking in hindi in UN meetings
BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday heaped praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi while referring to surgical strikes and his address in Hindi at the UN General Assembly. “Pakistan attacked Uri by sending its terrorists. Within 10 days, Prime Minister Modi took the...
read moreDon’t force kids to ‘fulfil’ your ‘unfulfilled’ dreams
With less than two months left for Class 10 and Class 12 exams, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the 'Pariksha Pe Charcha 2.0' on Tuesday, requested parents not to force children to "fulfil" their "unfulfilled" dreams. The interactive session with the...
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