United Nations Secretary-General today expressed serious concern about the recent escalation of violence along the Line of Control between India and Pakistan, which reportedly resulted in a number of casualties on both sides, including civilians. “The Secretary-General calls upon the Governments of India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint and take all feasible steps to […]
The Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) successfully concluded the dialogue on Naga political issue, which has existed for six decades, and signed an agreement today in the presence of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Government’s Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks, Shri R.N. Ravi, signed the Agreement on […]
Floral tributes were paid on Monday to martyrs of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks on the fourth anniversary of the strike with Union ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde and Sharad Pawar laying wreaths at the police memorial in South Mumbai. Shinde and Pawar paid homage to the heroes at the Police Gymkhana in Marine Lines where […]
Ajmal Kasab, the lone Pakistani gunman caught alive after the Mumbai terror attack, was hanged to death at the Yerawada central prison here in a top-secret operation on Wednesday morning, less than a week before the fourth anniversary of the carnage. 25-year old Kasab was hanged at 7.30 am, Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil […]
Indian PM Manmohan Singh met his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in Phnom Penh on the sidelines of ASEAN and East Asia Summit; both the countries agreed to make bilateral ties stronger, wider and deeper as the Chinese leader would be demitting office in March. Both the countries agreed to make bilateral ties “stronger, wider and […]
At least 18 people, including children and women, mostly devotees, were killed and several others were injured in a stampede during Chhath festival celebrations in Patna, Bihar on Monday evening, police said. A district administration official said the incident took place when people were returning after offering prayers around sunset at Adalatganj ghat. “This shocking […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that cooperation between India and ASEAN in the field of economy, maritime security and counter terrorism is key to the regional and global economy and stability. PM Manmohan Singh announced that India is ready to conclude the much- delayed Free Trade Agreement in Services and Investment with ASEAN by […]