New Delhi, 2/6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people of Telangana on the state’s formation day on Friday. India’s youngest state, Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014 following a decades-long agitation. The prime minister said, “On the Formation Day of Telangana, my greetings to the people of this wonderful state. The…
Kyiv, 2/6: Ukrainian authorities on Friday lifted air raid alerts across most of the nation, including for the capital Kyiv, hours after Russia fired off a new round of aerial missiles, official websites showed. Russia has launched around 20 separate missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian cities since the start of May. Kyiv Mayor…
Chattisgarh, 1/6: Two Naxalites, one of them carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, surrendered in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said on ThursdayThe rebels turned themselves in before police and the Central Reserve Police Force’s second battalion officials here on Wednesday evening citing disappointment with “inhuman” and “hollow” Maoist ideology, a…
Kashmir, 1/6: Security forces arrested two militant associates of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession, police said. Acting on specific information regarding the movement of terrorists in Frestihar Kreeri village, the security forces placed a mobile vehicle checkpoint (MVCP) at…
Manipur, 1/6: Senior Indian Police Service officer Rajiv Singh was on Thursday appointed as the new DGP of Manipur, according to an official order. Singh replaces P Doungel, who will be Officer on Special Duty (Home), a new post created by the Manipur government. Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department Special Secretary N Geoffrey…
Colombo, 1/6: Sri Lanka’s central bank caught markets off-guard by cutting its key rates by 250 basis points on Thursday, as it cited inflation easing faster than expected and the price outlook turning more benign. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) cut its standing deposit facility rate and standing lending facility rate to 13…
Kyiv,v1/6: Russia launched an air attack on Kyiv early Thursday, killing at least three people including two children and bringing fresh terror to the city after a week of strikes. Moscow’s forces have recently launched a series of aerial assaults on the Ukrainian capital, including an unusual daytime attack on Monday that sent…
New Delhi, 31/5:Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday asked protesting wrestlers not to take any step that could undermine sports or hurt players and said appropriate action will be taken once the probe into their allegations is completed, a day after the grapplers threatened to immerse their medals in river Ganga. He also said that…
Bangalore, 31/5: Congress lawmaker Priyank Kharge will reprise his role as Karnataka’s IT/BT minister thanks to a minor reallocation of portfolios that was given effect to on Wednesday. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has divested himself of the IT/BT portfolio. Now, Priyank is the minister for Rural Development & Panchayat Raj (RDPR) and IT/BT
Nepal, 31/5: Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Wednesday began a four-day visit to India that is expected to inject a fresh momentum in the already close relations between the two countries. It is the first bilateral trip abroad by the 68-year-old Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist) leader after he assumed the top office…
