The three characteristics that make Fergana stand out are that this patch is where the borders of Tajikistan Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan meet (the valley spreads in all three countries); this is the most populated area in central Asia; and this valley has a historic Islamist character – Turko-Uzbeg invader Babur was from Fergana, as […]
NEW DELHI: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said that the ties between India and Bangladesh reached their golden chapter under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh. Dr Momen’s comments came during his address at the third edition of Natural Allies in Development and Interdependence (NADI) in […]
RAJKOT (GUJARAT): The Central government has done nothing in the last 8 years which could have made citizens hang their heads in shame, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a gathering here on Saturday as he set the ball rolling for BJP’s campaign for the Assembly polls later this year. On a two-day tour in his […]
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Saturday reiterated that connectivity is the key to improving the ease of doing business and living. He was speaking during the third edition of Natural Allies in Development and Interdependence (NADI) in Guwahati. The conference was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma with […]
NEW DELHI: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted a massive drug trafficking network with the seizure of 34.89 kg of “high grade” heroin, and arrested nine accused including its kingpin, a Nigerian operating from Delhi. Acting on credible inputs, sleuths of the NCB in Bengaluru seized 7 kg of heroin, which was concealed […]
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh on budget carrier IndiGo for denying boarding to a boy with special needs permission to fly. The DGCA in a statement said, “In the case involving a special child with reduced mobility, who along with the […]
How is the world responding to China’s newly unleashed Wolf Warrior diplomacy? To be honest, the West, which is just about waking up to this phenomenon now has so far been ‘shocked’ or ‘surprised’, but to the smaller and weaker neighbours of China, this nature of projection has resulted in a certain amount of stress […]
CHENNAI: During his Chennai visit to lay the foundation stone for development projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appeared going all-out to woo Tamils and assuage the perceived discontent among them against the BJP over the issues linked to their identity. In Chennai, PM Modi dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation […]
NEW DELHI: Days after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared a state of emergency, ostensibly in response to the economic crisis owing to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó met External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar in New Delhi on Friday. “A real pleasure to welcome FM Péter Szijjártó of Hungary to […]
NEW DELHI: Superstar Shahrukh Khan’s son Aryan, who was arrested on charges of “involvement in consumption, sale, and purchase of contraband”, has been given a clean chit in the high-profile cruise drugs case that hogged media headlines and brought Bollywood under close scrutiny in October last year. Aryan Khan was taken into custody by […]