The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee received books and reports related to Rashtrapati Bhavan today (July 24, 2017) at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on the eve of demitting office as the 13th President of India. Speaking on the occasion, Pranab Mukherjee said that he was overwhelmed by a deep sense of gratitude to the […]
Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, Chief of the Air Staff is on an official visit to France from 17-20 Jul 17. The visit is intended to further strengthen the existing defence cooperation between the Air Forces of the two countries. The areas of cooperation presently include exchanges in military training courses, mutual visits by […]
Many Pakistanis have been tweeting to Sushma Swaraj, the Indian External Affairs Minister to get the Indian Medical Visa for their treatment. However, the problem is not India but their own ‘discourteous’ Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz who failed to acknowledge Swaraj’s letter earlier in which she had requested that Pakistan also grants the visa to Kulbhushan […]
The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to the Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling regarding the security situation in the state and areas neighbouring West Bengal. In a telephonic conversation, Pawan Kumar Chamling has apprised Union Home Minister that the state is facing an acute shortage of supplies specially essential commodities such as medicines, […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu replicas of 2 sets of relics from Kerala that are regarded as key artifacts in the long Jewish history in India. They comprise two different sets of copper plates that are believed to have been inscribed in 9-10th century C.E. The first set of […]
Indian government today issued a detailed clarification over an alleged comment by Maneka Gandhi on suicide by men which created controversy online. Following is the verbatim clarification by the government: “To connect with people through online space, the Minister of Women & Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi held a one-on-one interaction with people through a […]
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh has postponed his visit to China. The minister also informed the public via social media platform Twitter. India has been seeing violent protests by farmers. While the visit has been postponed” for the purpose of every possible help to farmers in the current environment […]
In a major operation, Security Forces eliminated three hardcore underground cadres of a joint group of NSCN(K) and ULFA(I) in general area of Tizit in Mon District of Nagaland last night. In a press statement, the Eastern Command of Indian Army said that “based on a specific input regarding movement of terrorists, Security Forces launched […]
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stated that it has been following closely the current developments in the Gulf region, namely the severance of diplomatic relations with Qatar by many OIC Member States following information and evidence of hostile acts emanating from Qatar. Saudi Arabia severs ties with Qatar, read its […]
Zee Media channels and newspapers have decided to boycott India and Pakistan cricket matches. Dr. Subhash Chandra made this announcement on Twitter and said that: Zee News, Zee Hindustan, WION, DNA and all other news channels from Zee Media will not be covering any news about India-Pak match. He further said: None of the portals, […]
