Bengal: Kunal Ghosh congratulates Bengal CM
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MLA and party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh on Monday congratulated Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in a Facebook post. Kunal Ghosh wrote: “Congratulations and best wishes to the new Chief Minister of Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari. The Trinamool Congress has a specific statement on the voter list, the looting of voting machines, […]
Increasing farmers’ income top priority of government: Meghalaya CM
Shillong, May 11 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Monday inaugurated a biochar plant at Umsli in Bhoirymbong, saying that improving farmers’ income remains one of the state government’s foremost priorities and that value addition to agricultural produce is essential for strengthening the rural economy. The biochar plant, set up at the Eastern […]
Historic day tomorrow as BJP to form govt for third time in Assam: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Guwahati, May 11 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday termed the swearing-in ceremony of Himanta Biswa Sarma as a “historic day” for the BJP and said the party’s return to power in Assam for the third time with a massive mandate reflects people’s faith in PM Modi and the National Democratic Alliance’s […]
PM Modi arrives in Guwahati for Assam govt’s swearing-in ceremony
Guwahati, May 11 (IANS) PM Modi arrived in Guwahati on Monday night to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new Assam government, scheduled for April 12. The Prime Minister landed at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport at Borjhar, where he was warmly received by Chief Minister-designate Himanta Biswa Sarma, along with state Bharatiya Janata […]
Myanmar: India begins UN peacekeeping training for 30 officers in Naypyidaw
Naypyidaw, May 11 (IANS) New Delhi-based Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK) has commenced a two-week course on United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Operations for 30 Myanmar officers in capital Naypyitaw, the Indian Embassy in Myanmar stated on Monday. This is the 9th United Nations peacekeeping operation course between India and Myanmar and a three-member training […]
Nepal: UN experts concerned over forced evictions of settlements in Kathmandu’s riverbeds
Kathmandu, May 11 (IANS) Human rights experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday expressed grave concern over the forced eviction and displacement of several thousand residents from informal settlements along riverside corridors in Kathmandu, as the Nepali government bulldozed those settlements. The government began the campaign to remove the settlements […]
India, Japan agree to deepen collaboration in strategic industrial sectors
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) India and Japan held the second round of Economic Security Dialogue in New Delhi on Monday, agreeing to deepen collaboration in strategic industrial sectors for increasing supply chain resilience. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Japan’s Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Takehiro Funakoshi co-chaired the meeting. “Foreign Secretary Shri Vikram Misri […]
Any restart of fighting would have terrible consequences: UN Chief Guterres
Nairobi, May 11 (IANS) UN Chief Antonio Guterres on Monday appealed for the Strait of Hormuz to be completely open and the ceasefire to be maintained. “My strong appeal is for the negotiations to go on until that diplomatic solution is found, the ceasefire to be maintained, and in between, the Strait of Hormuz to […]
South Korean, US defence chiefs hold talks amid OPCON transfer push, Hormuz ship issue
Seoul/Washington May 11 (IANS) The top defence chiefs of South Korea and the United States held talks in Washington on Monday, focusing on advancing the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) from Washington to Seoul and Korea’s push to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back met one-on-one with US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to […]
Iran ceasefire on ‘life support’: Trump
Washington, May 11 (IANS) President Donald Trump on Monday rejected Iran’s latest nuclear proposal as “a piece of garbage” and said the ceasefire was “on massive life support” during a White House event on maternal healthcare and fertility access. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House after unveiling new fertility and […]
