Author: Ayanangsha Maitra

NEW DELHI: Vinay Mohan Kwatra, India’s envoy to Nepal has been named as the next Foreign Secretary of India in place of current Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is superannuating by the end of this month. 1988-batch IFS officer Ambassador Kwatra holds an M.Phil degree in Finance and brings in over 34 years of […]

COLOMBO: Within 24 hours of the mass resignation of Sri Lankan ministers, four new ministers were sworn in on Monday even as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa called upon all political parties to stand united to deal with the economic crisis that has spurred widespread protests across the country. President Rajapaksa has urged all the political parties […]

ISLAMABAD: A day after a government body de-notified Imran Khan as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, President Dr. Arif Alvi on Monday announced that Khan will continue to hold the office until the appointment of a caretaker PM. “Caretaker Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President in consultation with the Prime Minister and the […]

NEW DELHI: The air was heady with excitement at the Red Fort in New Delhi on Saturday as beams of colourful laser lights brought this heritage monument to life. At a distance, joyous screams of children enjoying the Ferris Wheel rides filled up the atmosphere. The mood indeed was festive as Bharat Bhagya Vidhata, a […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Nepalese PM Sher Bahadur Deuba jointly inaugurated an India-funded passenger railway service and a power transmission line, and launched the RuPay card in the neighbouring country. After Bhutan, Singapore, and the UAE, Nepal has become the fourth country where RuPay services are now available. In a joint […]

NEW DELHI: India and Australia on Saturday signed a trade deal to boost bilateral ties and break trade barriers, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling the development a “watershed moment”. The trade between India and Australia is expected to rise to USD 45 billion from the existing USD 27.5 billion, said Union Commerce Minister Piyush […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov here on Friday, and conveyed “India’s readiness to contribute in any way to the peace efforts”. As per a release by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), PM Modi reiterated his call for an early cessation of violence. The Russian foreign minister briefed […]

NEW DELHI: Calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin put out a string of appeals and expressed his concerns over the bitter financial crunch in Sri Lanka. The TN CM presented a memorandum to Prime minister Modi on Thursday in New Delhi requesting the PM to allow the government of Tamil […]

KOLKATA: The West Bengal Police have arrested three more persons in connection with the murder of TMC leader Bhadu Sheikh that sparked the retaliatory killing of eight people in Bagtoi village of Birbhum district. The three accused identified as Shera Sheikh, Sanju Sheikh and Raja Sheikh were booked and arrested from different places in Malda, Rampurhat, […]

NEW DELHI: Dr. Jens Plotner, Security and Foreign Policy Advisor to the German Chancellor met National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval here on Wednesday and discussed with him the situation arising out of the Ukraine war, sources said. The visit of the senior German official comes at a time when several other high-level foreign dignitaries are […]