The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, scored most in foreign policy in his first year in power. No one anticipated Modi’s natural flair for diplomacy, to which he has brought imagination and self-assurance. Modi has been more […]
A-grade star cast. Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Shilpa Shetty along with cricketer Virat Kohli and wrestler Sushil Kumar will be the brand ambassadors for Yoga Day on June 21. The show stopper […]
NEW DELHI: India and the United States have sealed an agreement to jointly develop protective gear for soldiers against biological and chemical warfare, and another on building generators, defence officials said on Wednesday. The projects […]
New Delhi (TIP): Narendra Modi will be travelling to Israel, the first by an Indian Prime Minister to the Jewish country with which bilateral defence cooperation is on an upswing. No dates have been finalised for […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Germany’s defence minister held out the prospect of more talks on a possible sale of Eurofighter jets to India and, on a visit to New Delhi, said Berlin stood ready to back […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Hours after Manmohan Singh attacked the centre govt saying it has put the institution of democracy under threat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met him at his residence in 7RCR on May 27 […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks abroad on how people earlier used to think what sin they committed to have been born in India and how this has now changed sparked angry […]
As Greenpeace India struggles to stay afloat, the real reason why the government wants to shut down the global environmental NGO hasn’t got much attention: Coal, the single biggest source of primary energy in India, is […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India’s defence ministry has agreed to buy 56 planes from Airbus for$1.87 billion, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi moves to modernise the country’s military, an official said on May 14. The ministry’s […]
[quote_right]”Cut to US President Barack Obama’s visit during the 2015 Republic Day celebrations, and the “breakthrough” in negotiations over the nuclear deal, the breakthrough, it turned out, was that the US got exactly what it […]
KABUL (TIP): Fourteen people, most of them foreigners, were killed in a Taliban attack on a Kabul guesthouse that trapped dozens attending a concert and triggered an hours-long standoff with Afghan forces, officials said on May 14. […]
BEIJING (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 14 received a warm welcome by Chinese President Xi Jinping in the ancient Xi’an City, the latter’s hometown, and the two leaders held discussions on mutual trust […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Cabinet on May 13 approved a ban on employment of children below 14 years, with a caveat that children can pursue family businesses, entertainment and sports activities after school or in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dispelled the notion that his government is anti-minority, telling Time magazine in an interview that “so far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, […]
[quote_right]For a large country like India, which has the potential of becoming a big power in the future, strategic autonomy is a compelling choice. By virtue of its demographic, geographic, economic and military size, India […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Parliament on May 7 passed the constitutional amendment bill regarding the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh, following which Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally thanked Congress president Sonia Gandhi for Opposition’s support […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Entrepreneurs keen on setting up new enterprises will be able to incorporate one by filing just one form starting May 1 against eight separate forms earlier, as part of the government’s drive to […]
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron appears to have discovered a new electoral language: Hindi. Speaking to a TV correspondent on April 30 while crisscrossing UK in a frenetic election campaign, Cameron was asked if there […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A US government panel tracking international religious freedom has said in its latest report that religious minorities in India were exposed to “derogatory” comments by leaders of the ruling BJP as well as […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who arrived in Nagpur on April 29, started his padyatra at around 8.15 am and visited five villages in Amravati division during his 15-km march on foot. He visited […]
POKHARA (TIP): At Pokhara airport in the Himalayas, Indian soldiers race back and forth loading rice, blankets, tarpaulins and other aid onto waiting helicopters for delivery to Nepal’s quake-devastated villages. In the ruined ancient town […]
ISLAMABAD (TIP): Pakistan on Aprl 30 blamed the Indian media for maligning its relief efforts for survivors of the devastating earthquake in Nepal. According to media reports, the food items in relief aid sent by […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): The April 25 earthquake and its aftershocks have turned one of the world’s most scenic regions in the world into a desolation and devastation. [quote_box_right] More than 5,800 are confirmed dead as per […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is taken aback by events following the suicide of a farmer at the Aam Admi Party (AAP) rally. The Opposition in Parliament squarely blamed the “anti-farmer” policy of the Narendra […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Congress is likely to probe the government on how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to buy 36 Rafale fighters reconciles with his “Make in India” objective, seeking to get back at the […]
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