Come, connect and contribute towards Indias transformation: Sushma to Pravasis
Gandhinagar: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today appealed to the Indian diaspora to contribute to the country's transformation as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through investments, especially in government initiatives such as 'Make in India' and 'Swachch Bharat'. Speaking at the inauguration of the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) here, Swaraj said the government was taking a slew of steps to ensure that investing and doi
Former minister Tharoors wife Sunanda was murdered: Police
New Delhi: In a sensational twist to the mysterious death of Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar, Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a case of murder after a medical report said her death was unnatural and was caused due to poisoning but nobody has
Andhra Pradesh man robbed, killed in US
Vijayawada: Forty-two-year old Paruchuri Balagopal, an NRI from Krishna district, was gunned down by an unidentified assailant during a robbery attempt at a gas filling station at Myrtle Beach town of South Carolina in the United States, sources from
26/11-like terror attack averted. Pak terror boat intercepted off Gujarat coast, blown up
New Delhi: In a mid-sea operation that probably averted a 26/11-like terror attack, a suspected Pakistani fishing boat carrying explosives was intercepted by the Coast Guards in the Arabian Sea but the four occupants on board set the vessel afire and
Blast in IT Citys Church Street, one killed
Bengaluru: A woman was killed and a man injured in a blast triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in front of a popular restaurant on a busy road in the heart of the city tonight. The IED wrapped in a plastic bag and suspected to hav
Countrys highest honour Bharat Ratna for Vajpayee, Malaviya
New Delhi: Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the late Madan Mohan Malaviya, educationist and freedom fighter, were chosen for the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian honour, on Wednesday. The announcement from Rashtrapati
Bodo militants massacre 65 Assam tribals
Guwahati: Violence spread in Assam as the toll in the massacre of tribals by Bodo militants rose to 65 including 21 women and 18 children, sparking a retaliation in which Bodo homes were torched and a police station attacked leaving three more
Tiny Gujarat village has over Rs 1000 cr in NRI deposits
Vadodara: Kerala's nearly Rs 90,000 crore of NRI deposits, which is highest in the country, pales into oblivion when compared to the over Rs 1,000 crore that the members of this sleepy Dharmaj village near here cumulatively have in their banks. The t
External Affairs Minister of India cancels dinner for MPs following Pak school attack
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's dinner for Members of Parliament on Tuesday night was cancelled in view of the terror attack on a school in Peshawar in which at least 160 people, mostly children, were killed. "In view of the
