Author: TNI Team

  NEW DELHI: From touring the country as a backpacker in 1991 to leading a parliamentary delegation in 2018, Australia’s Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese is no stranger to India. Albanese led the Labor Party to its first electoral victory in nearly a decade beating incumbent Scott Morrison in a closely contested electoral battle. According to […]

  NEW DELHI: In a big relief to consumers, the Modi government on Saturday announced a sharp cut in central excise duty on fuel prices, bringing down the price of petrol by Rs 9.5 per litre and diesel by Rs 7. The Central government has slashed the excise duty on petrol by Rs 8 per […]

NEW DELHI: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that India’s territorial integrity and national security were non-negotiable and that it was the duty of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to defend the nation. In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi, who is on a six-day trip to the United Kingdom said, “China builds 1st bridge on […]

NEW DELHI: Highlighting the Ukraine crisis, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar called for United Nations Security Council reforms at the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meet on Thursday. “BRICS has repeatedly affirmed respect for sovereign equality, territorial integrity and international law. We must live up to these commitments. The knock-on effects of the Ukraine conflict have […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to participate in the third Quad Leaders’ Summit in Tokyo on Monday, May 24, along with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan, President Joseph Biden of the USA and Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia. During his visit, PM Modi will also hold a bilateral meeting with […]

NEW DELHI/ NEW YORK: As prices of essential commodities soar as a consequence of global instability and Global Hunger Index presents a terrible scenario, V Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs affirmed India’s commitment to food security at the domestic and global level on Wednesday. Muraleedharan was speaking at the Ministerial Meeting on “Global […]

NEW DELHI: Almost after five years and four months, Delhi’s Lieutenant governor (LG) Anil Baijal on Wednesday resigned citing personal reasons. According to LG House sources, Baijal sent his resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday afternoon. He was appointed the LG on December 31, 2016, after Najeeb Jung announced his resignation from the […]

  We need to dig deep into the basics of the Gordian knot – the Kashmiri Pandits problem – if we are thinking of establishing a policy outline to undo the logjam. It is a complicated phenomenon. Therefore, I shall welcome constructive criticism. Kashmiri Pandits (KPs), who decided not to leave the valley in the […]

After turning barely a couple of pages under its new leadership, Afghanistan is in the news again. This time there brews trouble across several sectors. On April 18, a barrage of rockets were fired into Uzbekistan. While the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed responsibility for that, and through their official news agency Amaq […]

SRINAGAR: Despite the J&K administration’s effort to lock down the Kashmiri Pandits inside their camps, their unprecedented protests against the brutal murder of fellow community member Rahul Bhat continued for the fourth day. In a bid to contain the growing protests, the J&K administration had deployed heavy security outside the camps to restrict them from […]