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President Kovind Accepts Credentials From Russian, Canadian, 3 Other Envoys

  NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind accepted credentials from the Ambassadors/High Commissioners of Russia, Canada, Indonesia, Algeria, and Malawi at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Wednesday. President Kovind interacted in a one-to-one format with Denis Evgenyevich Alipov, Ambassador of Russia, Cameron Dean MacKay, High Commissioner of Canada, Ina Hagniningtyas Krisnamurthi, Ambassador of Indonesia, Abderrahmane […]

Ex-Defence Secy SK Sharma, 4 Ex-IAF Officials Chargesheeted By CBI In AgustaWestland Chopper Deal Case

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet against former Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma and four retired officials of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, sources said. Sharma had also served as Comptroller and Auditor General of India […]

J&K: 3 LeT Terrorists, Involved In Killing Of Sarpanch, Eliminated in Srinagar Encounter

SRINAGAR: Three wanted terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF), who were involved in the murder of a sarpanch, were eliminated in an encounter with security forces here, the police said on Wednesday. The terrorists were killed during a search operation by a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Rashtriya Rifles […]

PM Modi Interacts Virtually with Indian Mission Workers, Orgs involved in Evacuation from Ukraine

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday, interacted with the officials of Indian missions and community organisations and commended them for facilitating speedy and dignified evacuation of the stranded Indians from besieged Ukraine. Four union ministers tasked with evacuating Indians from the neighbouring states of Ukraine — namely, Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for […]

India, Japan Conclude 6th Act East Forum Meet, Following 3 Grants For Infrastructures In UP, Ut’khand, Punjab

NEW DELHI: India and Japan bilaterally convened the sixth joint meeting of the India-Japan Act East Forum yesterday in New Delhi under the stewardship of Harsh V Shringla, India’s Foreign Secretary and Suzuki Satoshi, Japan’s Ambassador to India, officials from both the sides informed. Set up in 2017, the Act East Forum is a bilateral […]