Promote millet to address food security crisis, PM Narendra Modi tells SCO meet
Samarkand: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday suggested cultivation and consumption of millets as a solution to the global food security challenge and proposed a 'Millet Food Festival under the SCO'.
SCO Summit: Narendra Modi meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discuss issues related to bilateral relations
Samarkand: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Friday met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit here and reviewed the full range of bilateral relations between the two nations.
March to Nabanna: Suvendu detained as BJP workers, police clash
Kolkata: Clashes between the police and BJP workers broke out and leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari was detained as the saffron party activists began their March to Nabanna (the state secretariat) on Tuesday in protest against rampant "corruption" of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress.
Crowd at Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra swells on 3rd day in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: The third day of the Kerala leg of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra commenced from Kaniyapuram near Kazhakootam on Tuesday and witnessed huge turnout.
Congress is finished, stop taking their questions: Arvind Kejriwal to reporter in Gujarat
Ahmedabad/IBNS: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday refused to respond to an allegation levelled by the Congress questioning the country's oldest political party's existence as he gears up to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's backyard, poll-bound Gujarat.
Top honours for surgeons from USA, India and Spain in International Robotic Surgery Innovation Award
New Delhi / Michigan: Robotic surgeons from USA, India and Spain were named the top 3 winners in the K.S International Robotic Surgery Innovation competition hosted by the Michigan-based robotic surgery evangelist Vattikuti Foundation.
Church Art celebrates Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav in collaboration with ICCR Kolkata
Kolkata/TWF: Kolkata-based Church Art, a firm engaged in creative work of art projects that promote and preserve Indian art and culture, celebrated Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and International Literacy Day in collaboration with Indian Centre for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Kolkata.
Kolkata Police Commissioner meets senior citizens of Pronam; urges spread of awareness to combat rising cases of cyber fraud
Kolkata: Pronam - a joint initiative of Kolkata Police and The Bengal for the elderly - organized a cultural and cyber fraud awareness programme at the Body Guard Lines Auditorium recently which was attended by the organisation’s nearly 200 senior citizen members.
Veteran Telugu actor and former union minister Krishnam Raju passes away
Hyderabad, Sep 11, UNI/IBNS: Renowned Telugu actor and former Union Minister Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here in the early hours of Sunday. He was 83 and is survived by his wife and three daughters.
India logs 5,076 new Covid cases
New Delhi, Sep 11, UNI/IBNS: India recorded 5,076 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of active caseload to 47,945 as per the Health Ministry data on Sunday
India observes state mourning to pay respect to departed Queen Elizabeth
New Delhi/IBNS: India, which is a Commonwealth nation, is observing a one-day state mourning on Sunday as a mark of respect to UK's Queen Elizabeth II who passed away on Thursday.
Amit Shah condoles death of ex-Union Minister Krishnam Raju
Hyderabad/ New Delhi, Sep 11, UNI/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah condoled the death of legendary telugu actor and former Union Minister Uppalapati Venkata Krishnam Raju, who died due to cardiac arrest at AIG Hospitals here in the early hours of Sunday.
Charles III officially proclaimed British monarch
London: Charles III is formally proclaimed king at an elaborate ceremony at St James' Palace by a 700-member Accession Council on Saturday.Prince Charles Philip Arthur George is now Charles III, the BBC quoted the proclamation as saying. The proclamation was made after Penny Mordaunt announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Britain's longest reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96
London: Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest serving monarch, breathed her last on Thursady, the Royal Family confirmed in a tweet. She was 96.
PM Modi, his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina pledge to bring down border killings to zero
New Delhi/UNI: The incidents of border killing have decreased significantly -- that has made two top leaders of India and Bangladesh satisfied, claimed a joint statement that was issued on Wednesday following a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina
Bengaluru flood forces billionaires to leave homes on boats as posh localities pass out
Bengaluru/IBNS: As cities across India struggle to cope with flooding, submergence and water stagnation during the monsoon owing to unchecked urbanisation, the country's IT capital Bengaluru has joined the urban sprawl. So much so that the city's billionaires are being rescued on boats.
'Bangladesh is India's biggest development & trade partner in the region,' says PM Modi, holds talks with Sheikh Hasina on multiple bilateral issues
New Delhi: India and Bangladesh will soon initiate talks on a bilateral economic comprehensive partnership agreement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday (Sept 6) as both countries held talks to review and strengthen the relationship here.
Bharat Biotechs intra-nasal Covid-19 vaccine receives approval for emergency use in India
Hyderabad/UNI: Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) Tuesday announced that iNCOVACC (BBV154), its intra-nasal vaccine against Covid-19, has received approval under restricted use in an emergency situation for ages 18 and above in India.
'We now unite behind new PM, Liz Truss': Rishi Sunak after defeat in UK leadership race
London/IBNS: Rishi Sunak, who lost in the leadership contest to succeed Boris Johnson, asked the Conservative Party members to unite behind the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
Liz Truss defeats Rishi Sunak to become UK's new PM
London: UK's current Foreign Secretary Liz Truss Monday defeated her nearest competitor Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership race to become the country's new Prime Minister, media reports said.
Two killed, several injured in Lucknow hotel blaze
Lucknow, Sep 5, UNI/IBNS: A man and a woman are dead in a major fire that broke out in a hotel in the Uttar Pradesh capital here on Monday that also left several injured, police said.
Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry dies in road accident close to Mumbai
Mumbai: Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, who had replaced Ratan Tata, died in a road mishap in Palghar region of Maharashtra on Sunday.
Axar Patel replaces injured Ravindra Jadeja in Asia Cup squad
Mumbai: Injured Ravindra Jadeja has been ruled out from the ongoing Asia Cup and Axar Patel has been named as his replacement, BCCI said in a statement on Saturday.
Nitish Kumar to leave for New Delhi on Sep 5, slams BJP for Manipur defection of JD(U)
Patna: In a bid to forge opposition unity to counter BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will leave for New Delhi on Sept 5 and sharply criticised the saffron party for engineering defection in JD(U) MLAs of Manipur.
Nora Fatehi quizzed by Delhi Police in Rs. 200-cr extortion case involving conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar
Bollywood actor and dancing sensation Nora Fatehi was Friday quizzed by the economic offences wing of the Delhi Police in a Rs. 200-crore extortion case involving jailed conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, media reports said.
PM Modi commissions INS Vikrant, says 'our security concerns Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific'
Kochi/UNI: Commissioning the first indigenously designed and built warship INS Vikrant Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared India's security interests to the world and hailed the momentous occasion as the country did away with yet another mark of her colonial past with the Navy unveiling a "Bharatiya nishaan".
19th International Foodtech Kolkata 2022 show gearing up to draw foreign and Indian companies
Kolkata/IBNS: More than 130 major foreign and Indian food and hospitality sector companies and leading brands would participate at the eastern regions largest food and hospitality exhibition - 19th International Foodtech Kolkata 2022 to be held at the Biswa Bangla Milan Mela Prangan from 26 to 28 August.
Independence Day: Mega 75x50 ft national flag hoisted by Tamil Nadu Minister KN Nehru
Salem: A mega national flag measuring 75x50 feet and hand painted by 75 students of fashion technology department of Sona College of Technology and Textile Technology dept of Thiagarajar Polytechnic Salem over 14 days was hosted by Tamil Nadu Minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply KN Nehru at Salem on Sunday.
Cathedral of The Most Holy Rosary in Kolkata holds special mass and inter faith meet
Kolkata: The Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary, Burrabazar, Kolkata, held a special mass on Sunday conducted by the Vatican Nuncio to India and Nepal, Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli with Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, President of The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences, Myanmar, the Archbishop of Calcutta Thomas DSouza and Rev. Father Franklin Menezes, Pro-Vicar of The Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary, and other dignitaries.
Polyglot-educationist Father Nirmol Gomes to be ordained Bishop of Krishnanagar diocese
Kolkata: A polyglot and educationist for over four decades, Father Nirmol Vincent Gomes, 63, would be ordained the Bishop of Krishnanagar diocese on Saturday at a function at the `Cathedral of the Holy Redeemer in Krishnanagar.
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