FORMER PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE DIES AT 84
August 31 ,2020
Former President Pranab Mukherjee has died at 84, weeks after a brain surgery after which he had developed complications. He had also t...
PAY RE 1 OR FACE 3-MONTH JAIL TERM WITH 3-YEAR BAN: SUPREM...
August 31 ,2020
On August 14, the bench had held Bhushan guilty over the tweets made on June 27 and June 29.
Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, who was...
FLOOD DEATH TOLL RISES TO 251 IN BANGLADESH
August 31 ,2020
A total of 251 people had been killed in floods caused by heavy seasonal rains and onrush of water in parts of Bangladesh, said a gover...
CHINA-INDIA BORDER DISPUTE: ARMY SAYS THWARTED CHINESE BID...
August 31 ,2020
India said on Monday it had foiled an attempt by Chinese troops to change the status quo on their disputed and ill-defined border i...
INDIA AND RUSSIA SET TO CLOSE DEAL FOR OVER 6 LAKH AK 203...
August 31 ,2020
The long-pending AK 203 rifles deal with Russia, under Make in India, has been finalised and a final contract is being legally vetted b...
11 TALIBAN KILLED IN FARYAB AIRSTRIKE
August 31 ,2020
At least 11 Taliban were killed in an Afghan forces airstrike in northern Faryab province, 209 Shaheen Army Corps said in a statement o...
MUSTAPHA ADIB SET TO BE DESIGNATED AS LEBANON'S NEW PM
August 31 ,2020
Lebanon's ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is set to be designated prime minister on Monday ahead of a visit by French President Emm...
SINHA MURDER: SI NANDALAL GIVING CONFESSIONAL STATEMENTS
August 31 ,2020
Sub-inspector (SI) Nandalal Rakkhit is giving confessional statements in retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case.
He has b...
FRESH CLASH ERUPTS BETWEEN INDIAN-CHINESE TROOPS IN PANGON...
August 31 ,2020
India and China have been in a border stand-off along the 4,057 km Line of Actual Control since the last week of April. The violent fac...
LEBANESE AMBASSADOR MUSTAPHA ADIB POISED TO BE DESIGNATED...
August 31 ,2020
Lebanon's ambassador to Germany Mustapha Adib is poised to be designated prime minister on Monday after winning the support of major pa...
BANGLADESH FS IS LIKELY TO VISIT INDIA 'SHORTLY'
August 31 ,2020
Bangladesh foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen is likely to arrive in New Delhi in middle of September, a month after his Indian counterp...
MAHINDA PRAYS FOR SHINZO ABE’S GOOD HEALTH
August 31 ,2020
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today prayed for outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s good health after he had announce...
SECOND ROUND: PAK-AFGHAN BILATERAL FORUM TO MEET TODAY
August 31 ,2020
The second review meeting of Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) will be held in Kabul on Monday, accord...
PEACE DOES NOT MEAN POWER-SHARING DEAL: GHANI
August 31 ,2020
President Ashraf Ghani and other officials on Sunday participated in an Ashura ceremony held in western Kabul to commemorate the martyr...
MAJOR PARTIES OPPOSE GHANI’S RECONCILIATION COUNCIL LIST
August 31 ,2020
The new member list of the High Council for National Reconciliation, announced in a decree by President Ghani on Saturday, has been met...
A legacy slipping away: Why Shinzo Abe stepped down
August 31 ,2020
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned on Aug. 28. He said his illness prevented him from giving sufficient attention to his dut...
Can Malaysia’s Muhyiddin see out the year as PM, with Maha...
August 31 ,2020
The six-week parliament session that ended on Thursday had been billed as Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s first big t...
Transparency needed in securing a vaccine
August 31 ,2020
The world over, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken lives and devastated livelihoods, businesses and industries. An effective and safe vacc...
Beijing-New Delhi-Moscow trilateral defense ministers’ mee...
August 31 ,2020
According to Indian media, Russia plans to promote a "China-India-Russia" defense ministers' meeting in September to coordinate deadloc...
Eye on China: India to start process to build 6 subs worth...
August 31 ,2020
India is all set to launch the bidding process by next month for a Rs 55,000-crore mega project to build six conventional submarines fo...
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Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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