Author: Ayanangsha Maitra

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the war in Ukraine had “raised questions about the stability of the international order” and called for deepening regional cooperation among south and south-east Asian countries. Virtually addressing the 5th BIMSTEC Summit, PM Modi called up BIMSTEC member states — Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri […]

NEW DELHI: UK Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss will arrive in New Delhi on Thursday for an official visit to India on Thursday, March 31. She will discuss bilateral trade and ties with External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar during her visit. Truss will hold bilateral consultations with External Affairs Minister, Dr S. Jaishankar on bilateral, […]

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar signed a string of pacts with the Maldives and discussed regional security and bilateral cooperation with President Ibrahim Mohammad Solih at the Addu City on Sunday. During the EAM’s two-day visit, Hyderabad-based Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) signed an MOU with Maldives Police Service to support […]

BIRBHUM: The West Bengal Police on Saturday recovered as many as 40 crude bombs from Margram area of Birbhum district where eight people, including women and children, were attacked and burnt alive earlier this week. The bombs, stored in four buckets, were defused soon after the recovery, the police told The New Indian. This is […]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in the fifth BIMSTEC Summit to be held in a hybrid format on 30 March in Sri Lanka, the incumbent BIMSTEC chair. Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will chair the summit. In the BIMSTEC Summit, PM Modi and other leaders will discuss the establishment of basic […]

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will embark on a five-day visit to Maldives and Sri Lanka starting Saturday. In Sri Lanka, he will participate in BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting on March 29.   During first leg of visit to Addu city in Maldives on March 26 and March 27, EAM Jaishankar will call on President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and […]

  NEW DELHI: Soon after holding nearly 3-hour long talks with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the relation between India and China was “not normal” given the presence of a large number of troops along the border. Addressing a press conference here, Jaishankar said that the […]

BIRBHUM: CBI’s Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) on Friday visited the smouldering houses and adjunct area of Birbhum in West Bengal. Eight people were burnt alive on Tuesday following the murder of a local TMC leader in Bagtoi under Rampurhat in Birbhum. An eight-member-team from CFSL of the CBI went to the spot to collect samples […]

NEW DELHI: Wang Yi , China’s Foreign Minister and State Councillor reportedly reached New Delhi on Thursday for the first time after the Galwan valley face-off in 2020. His visit occurs at a time when China is arranging the BRICS Summit later this year. China will most likely urge India for talks on Russia-India-China Forum […]

NEW DELHI: Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has written to President Ram Nath Kovind, urging him to invoke Article 355 in West Bengal to ensure that the government is run in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. Citing post-poll violence and Tuesday’s incident in Birbhum district in which eight people were […]