In a ceremony held in Amritsar, foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla along with Afghan ambassador Farid Mamundzay and World Food Program Country director Bishaw Parajuli flagged off the first convoy of 50 trucks carrying the consignment.
Born on November 3, 1933 at Challakere in Chitradurga, Sharief had an illustrious political career spanning 50 years.
Sukhu said that he was a warrior and will fight till his last to ensure the welfare of the state and its people.
Returning home after a five-day high-profile state visit to China, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu on Saturday struck a defiant note saying that his country may be small but 'doesn't give them the license to bully us'.
Inaugurating the solidarity rally, Venugopal, a Rajya Sabha MP, strongly condemned the war unleashed by Israel in Gaza and their attacks against hospitals and refugee camps there.
He was admitted to the hospital on Sunday after he complaints of breathing problem.
Many of those who have been to Covid hell and back are unable to shake off the memories of their days in hospitals, leading to worries about post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety related problems, including insomnia.
Shimla has witnessed several landslides in the past weeks with the toll in rain-related incidents in the district in the past 10 days rising to 26, which include 17 deaths in Summer Hill landslide, five in Fagli and two in Krishna Nagar.
Travellers coming from the United Kingdom to the national capital will have to undergo a seven-day institutional quarantine and a seven-day home quarantine even if they test negative for COVID-19 on arrival, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Friday.
Considered Asia's largest tulip garden, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden in Kashmir is located on the foothills of the Zabarwan hills range and attracts thousands of tourists from different parts of the world every year.
The first day of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's three-day visit to Rae Bareli, her parliamentary constituency, was devoted to Dalits and Muslims. She visited several villages on Monday and took stock of implementation of various centrally-sponsored schemes.
AFor a mega event like the G20 Summit -- being attended by so many heads of States and international bodies, top diplomats and bureaucrats -- nothing can be more important than security.
Former Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu governor P C Alexander died at a hospital in Chennai on Wednesday. Alexander, 90, died at the Madras Medical Mission Hospital.
Right from his arrest in May 2014, the Nagpur jail authorities have denied Professor Saibaba his basic rights, even flouting court orders in the process.
'Today's engineering graduates have to learn the skills to solve problems which is actually a higher order skill.'
'Priyanka has done very well in Bollywood and Hollywood. But had she joined politics, it might have been a different story altogether. Given how ambitious she was, she would have made a good youth leader. She might even have launched her own party,' says Sathya Saran
Vidya Charan Shukla, a Congressman by origin who changed parties and held key portfolios including external affairs, achieved fame during the infamous Emergency as a propagandist for Indira Gandhi's government. Son of illustrious Congressman and freedom fighter Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, the first chief minister of the re-organised Madhya Pradesh, V C Shukla entered Lok Sabha from Mahasamund after winning in the second general elections.
The Congress president has resigned from more than 10 posts she has been holding.
Around 300 people were taken ill after chlorine gas leaked from a nearby chemical factory in Puducherry on Wednesday, the police said.
D Vishwa was part of the Tamizhaga Table Tennis Association (TTTA) State men's team who were on their way to take part in the 83rd Senior National and Inter-State table tennis championships to be held in Meghalaya, Shillong.
A United States federal court in New York has given Congress president Sonia Gandhi time till January 2 to respond to charges of "shielding, protecting and rewarding" the perpetrators of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Shiv Sena said Opposition was not targeted in such manner even during Emergency
Despite his acquittal in three cases relating to the 1984 riots, he could never get over the stigma following serious allegations that he had led mobs in the aftermath of Indira Gandhi's assassination in 1984.
India's line of credit will help Maldives come out of a tight fiscal situation, reports Prasanna D Zore from Male
'Swamy's complaint about Rahul's citizenship is baseless'
'Despite being Bihar chief minister twice and an MLA for over three decades, he and my mother used to stay in a jhopri in our village.'
A suspected case of swine flu has been reported in New Delhi. Unconfirmed reports say that the flu was detected on passengers who came from the United States. Details are awaited.
The Indian state of Rajasthan is known for its hospitality. It is, as many would agree, also a state of palaces and havelis. A Ganesh Nadar visited the Pink City of Jaipur and stayed at a charming hotel called Mahal Khandela. He shares with us his experiences.
Sathe complained of chest pain late in the evening and was rushed to a private hospital where doctors declared him dead. He breathed his last at 7:50 pm, doctors said. A lawyer by training, Sathe was the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting in Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's cabinet.
The local administration in Nagpur has decided to send 17 medical teams to assist in relief operations in flood-hit areas of Maharashtra.
These entities did not apply for renewal of their FCRA licence. In addition, the Union home ministry also rejected renewal applications of 179 organisations, officials said.
A wave of suicide attacks in Kabul, which left 18 people dead -- half of them Indians, once again highlighted the bloody wrestle between India and Pakistan for influence in Afghanistan.
The Indira Gandhi National Open University invites applications for its BSc in Hospitality and Hotel Administration programme in collaboration with the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology.
Some of the witnesses claimed though they did not hear what exactly Tytler told the mob, people gathered there "became violent after that (i.e. after the visit of accused) and began to attack the Gurudwara Pul Bangash and set it on fire."
The remains of Swedish woman Margot Lydua Aulikki was recovered from Kangla Jot glacier after it had lain there for 23 years.
The Indira Gandhi National Open University invites applications for its Post Graduate Diploma In Community Cardiology programme.
Two more persons died at Government Medical College hospital in Nagpur on Saturday, taking the toll in the passenger train collision to 57.
"She is sick and on life support system needing medication to support her blood pressure'
Senior freedom fighter, social worker and former Union Minister Dr Mohan Dharia passed away on Monday morning. He was 88. Dharia was a close associate of former Prime Minister Chandrashekhar and was among the Young Turks of the Congress during the late 60s.
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