The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Leaders’ summit held virtually on Tuesday concluded with a joint communique ‘New Delhi Declaration’; along with two separate joint statements, one on ‘cooperation in countering radicalisation leading to separatism, extremism, terrorism’; and the other on ‘digital transformation’. During the summit, the SCO Heads of State Council approved the SCO Economic...
Gearing up for the big 2024 elections, and crucial state polls this year, the Bharatiya Janata Partytoday announced new chiefs in many states.G Kishan Reddy, MP and union minister, will now lead the party in poll-bound Telangana, replacingBandi Sanjay Kumar. BJP MLA Etela Rajender, who served as the first finance minister ofTelangana, has been appointed...
The meeting has come amid a heightened buzz about a likely Cabinet reshuffle following a series of meetings of the ruling BJP’s top brass. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers on Monday at the newly built convention centre at the Pragati Maidan, which will host the G20 summit...
In what is seen as a massive political development ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Sunday was sworn in as deputy chief minister in the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government. Pawar, who will now share the deputy CM post with Bharatiya Janata Party’s Devendra Fadnavis, took the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a ride in Delhi Metro to reach the valedictory ceremony of DU centenary celebrations. Amid tight security preparations, PM Modi swiped his card at a metro station and boarded the train. The Prime Minister can also be seen interacting with his fellow passengers while on his way to the Delhi University centenary celebrations. In...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flagged off five Vande Bharat trains in Madhya Pradesh. He gave a go ahead to these trains from Rani Kamalapati railway station in Bhopal at around 11 am. The five Vande Bharat trains that Modi flagged off are — Rani Kamalapati-Jabalpur Vande Bharat Express, Khajuraho-Bhopal-Indore Vande Bharat Express, Madgaon (Goa)-Mumbai...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who arrived in Delhi last night after concluding his US and Egypt state visits chairecapital on Monday Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Hardeep Singh Puri along with senior officials attended the meeEarlier today Shah had met with PM Modi and briefed him on the developments in Manipur. On Sunday Manipurabout...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Sunday conferred with ‘Order of the Nile’ award, Egypt’s highest state honour. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi conferred the PM with the coveted award ahead of their bilateral meeting. Both the leaders signed important memorandums of understanding (MoU) during their meeting. Modi’s state visit to the African country is...
Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday hosted a luncheon for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the State Department. Prime Minister Modi is currently in Washington on a state visit at the invitation of President Joe Biden. The two leaders held a historic summit on Thursday. Biden also held...
WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Narendra Modi hailed a new era in their countries’ relationship after the White House rolled out the red carpet for the Indian prime minister on Thursday, touting deals on defense and commerce aimed at countering China’s global influence. “Two great nations, two great friends, and...