Tag: State
US Secretaries Of State And Defence Call On Modi
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Defence Secretary Jim Mattis called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday following the first ever India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue.....
Pakistan Says India-US Statement Violates Diplomatic Norms
Pakistan on Thursday took "strong exception to the unwarranted reference" against it in the joint statement issued following the 2+2 India-US dialogue in New Delhi last week.....
Modi Slams UPA For Not Building Sufficient Homes For Poor
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the previous UPA government for not building sufficient homes for the poor. ....
Cow's Death Given More Significance Than That Of Police Officer: Naseeruddin Shah
Actor Naseeruddin Shah, who is "angry" about the rise of mob violence, has said "poison" has spread in the Indian society where at some places, the death of a cow is given more significance than of a police officer, an indirect reference to the recent Bulandshahr violence where a police officer was killed allegedly by cow vigilantes.....
SC Reinstates Alok Verma As CBI Director
The Supreme Court on Tuesday restored the powers of the CBI Director Alok Verma as it set aside the Centre's decision to divest him of his powers to function as the head of the investigating agency.....
Buoyed By Verma's Reinstatement, Congress Targets Modi Over Rafale
The Congress on Tuesday launched a frontal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale deal after the Supreme Court reinstated Alok Verma as the CBI Director.....
US Imposes Sanctions On Venezuela's State-owned Oil Giant
The United States has slapped sanctions on Venezuelan state-owned oil firm PDVSA, said the White House.....
Karnataka Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav Resigns
Karnataka's "rebel" Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav resigned from the state Assembly on Monday.....
Gokhale, Pompeo Discuss 'urgency' Of Pakistan Acting Against Terrorist Groups
In the first high-level face-to-face India-US meeting after the Pulwama terrorist attack, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale discussed on Monday "the importance of bringing those responsible for the attack to justice and the urgency of Pakistan taking meaningful action against terrorist groups operating on its soil", State Department Deputy Spokesperson Robert Palladino said.....
Rahul Should Apologise For Pitroda's Remarks: Shah
BJP chief Amit Shah on Saturday said that Congress President Rahul Gandhi should apologise for his chief advisor Sam Pitroda's statement on the February 14 Pulwama attack.....
