‘Big win for human rights’: Hindus in Canada, US, UK laud CAA implementation
New Delhi, March 12 - Calling the government's decision to offer Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities a "big win for human rights", Hindu organisations across the US, the UK, and Canada on Tuesday hailed the announcement of the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment
UN chief calls for action as women’s rights face backsliding, violence
United Nations, March 12 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the critical urgency of protecting women's rights, now endangered by regressing achievements, escalating violence, and a widening digital gender divide.
Belarus toughens army combat readiness amid NATO drills
Minsk, March 12 - Belarus has started a full-scale inspection of the combat readiness of the armed forces, in light of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)'s exercises going on near its borders, said the Defense Ministry.
UN chief calls for Ramadan truce in Gaza, Sudan
United Nations, March 12 - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for ceasefires in Gaza and Sudan during the holy month of Ramadan.
US, UK conduct 3 airstrikes in Yemen’s port
Sanaa, March 12 - Warplanes of the US and Britain conducted at least three airstrikes in Yemen's Hodeidah port city, the media reported.
India assails ‘disguised veto’ at UNSC anti-terrorism panel protecting Pakistan-based terrorists
United Nations, March 12 - India has assailed the secretive "subterranean" working of the Security Council sanctions committee on terrorism, accusing it of allowing a system of "disguised veto" in blocking the listing of Pakistan-linked terrorists.
At Ramadan start, Guterres calls for Gaza ceasefire, hostage release
United Nations, March 11 - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages to end the "civilian killing and destruction at a level that is unprecedented in all my years" in office.
Jamalpur Railway Workshop creates history, commissions largest solar power plant of Indian Railways
Kolkata, March 11 - The 162-year-old Jamalpur Railway Workshop -- the first ever full-fledged such facility in the country -- has added yet another first to its name. It has commissioned the largest solar power plant among all workshops under Indian Railways.
PM Modi lauds DRDO scientists for first flight test of Agni-5 ICBM with multiple warheads
New Delhi, March 11 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed Mission Divyastra, the first flight test of homegrown Agni-5 ICBM with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle technology (MIRV), terming it a landmark achievement by DRDO scientists.
Dwarka Expressway will boost economic activities in Delhi-NCR, says PM Modi
Gurugram, March 11 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, after inaugurating the Dwarka Expressway, said that the project will boost economic activities in Delhi-NCR (national capital region), and also improve the quality of life of the people.
PM Modi inaugurates, lays foundation stone of 112 National Highway projects worth Rs 1 lakh cr
Gurugram, March 11 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 112 National Highway projects spread across the country worth about Rs one lakh crore from here.
Three SP candidates file nominations for UP Vidhan Parishad
Lucknow, March 11 - Three Samajwadi Party candidates have filed their nomination for elections to the Vidhan Parishad.
Commonwealth nations celebrate 75-year milestone
New Delhi, March 11 - Today, 56 of the world’s largest countries and smallest islands, across six oceans, continue to stand united and celebrate the shared values for Commonwealth Day.
Heteropolar world, rise of China, new Cold War mark changing world order today: Ram Madhav
New Delhi, March 11 - A heteropolar world, rise of China, and a new cold war marks the changing world order today and the decline of international institutions like the UN, falling international dollar, human displacement due to climate change and influence of
Safe & secure atmosphere will be provided to voters during LS polls: J&K DGP
Srinagar, March 11 - J&K Director General of Police (DGP) R.R. Swain said on Monday that the police were fully prepared to provide safe and secure atmosphere to voters during the ensuing Lok Sabha polls in the union territory.
Dream project: Swank, toll-free ‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Coastal Road’ corridor opened
Mumbai, March 11 - Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde inaugurated the national commercial capital’s first ‘Mumbai Coastal Road’ project’s phase one’s north-south arm connecting Worli-Marine Lines, here on Monday.
PM Modi inaugurates Haryana stretch of Dwarka Expressway in Gurugram
Gurugram, March 11 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the Haryana section of the landmark Dwarka Expressway in Gurugram.
Toll-free Mumbai Coastal Road north-south arm inaugurated
Mumbai, March 11 - Chief Minister Eknath Shinde inaugurated the national commercial capital’s first ‘Mumbai Coastal Road’ project’s phase one’s north-south arm connecting Worli-Marine Lines, here on Monday.
Sukhbir Singh Badal calls for ‘complete Panthic politics’
Badal (Punjab), March 10 - Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal, on Sunday, gave a clarion call for “complete Panthic and Punjabi unity to secure social, economic and political justice for the state, and to take Punjabis to the next era
Protesters resort to ‘rail roko’ agitation in Punjab
Chandigarh, March 10 - Protesters in Punjab on Sunday stopped trains for five hours from 12 noon at various places in the state as part of their agitation, leaving commuters harried.