Chennai: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship C-449 was commissioned on Thursday by chief secretary K Shanmugam in Chennai, which would further strengthen the maritime and coastal security of Tamil Nadu.The ship is the 49th in the series of 54 ships bei...
New Delhi: Reflecting priority that India accords to Bangladesh as part of its Neighbourhood First policy, Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla paid two-day visit to Dhaka. The two sides have agreed to boost cooperation in a number of areas, incl...
Air India FlightNew Delhi: A total of 11.23 lakh Indians stranded overseas have been repatriated so far under Vande Bharat Mission.“As on August 19, 11.23 lakh Indians stranded abroad have been repatriated by different modes under VBM,” M...
Kulbhushan Jadhav in Pakistan jailNew Delhi: In a bid for free and fair trial, India wants Kulbhushan Jadhav to be represented by an Indian lawyer for filing a review petition against his death sentence in Pakistan, MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava...
File PicNew Delhi: Amid ongoing border standoff between two Himalayan nations, India and China on Thursday agreed to resolve the outstanding issues in an “expeditious” manner.The 18th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation...
New Delhi: Stating the world will never be the same again, External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that after Covid-19 pandemic there is need to go beyond orthodoxies, whether of trade, politics or security. “As we come ou...
Foreign secretary Harsh V Shringla in BangladeshNew Delhi: India and Bangladesh have decided to display their good neighborly relations as a ‘model’ on the world stage.Coinciding with 50 years of the freedom struggle of Bangladesh as well...
India-China: WMCC meetingNew Delhi: The Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China border affairs will hold a meeting on Thursday to discuss on disengagement and de-escalation process in the eastern Ladakh.The meeting c...
Naval Commanders' Conference 2020New Delhi: Inaugurating the three-day-long Naval Commanders’ Conference here, defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday complemented Indian Navy’s role in protecting the country’s maritime inte...
New Delhi: The government, on Tuesday, relaxed visa and travel restrictions for foreign journalists and their dependents, who left the country amid the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.The home ministry issued an order on Tuesday allowing journalists wi...