The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has promised safe return passage for every foreigner involved in the lucrative eight-team league.
Modi is likely to hold separate bilateral meetings with the foreign leaders.
Captain Ashalata Devi will become the first Indian woman footballer to play 100 international matches when she takes the field in the SAFF Championship opening match against Pakistan in Kathmandu on Thursday.
Suresh Narayanan, chairman and managing director of Nestl India, is set to retire on July 31 next year, marking the end of an era that began 26 years ago with the Nestl group, a multinational giant in the food and beverage space. His tenure is perhaps most famously defined by his role in reviving the Maggi noodles brand. When Narayanan stepped into leadership at Nestl India in 2015, the company was facing criticism: the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had ordered a nationwide recall of the popular Maggi noodles due to high levels of lead found in the product.
Alaya is in Paris... Sanya takes a selfie... Shriya promotes a new show...
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Vivek Oberoi takes a trip to the Maldives with wife Priyanka and children Vivaan and Ameyaa.
Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu's party secured a 'supermajority' in Parliament by winning over 60 seats in Sunday's crucial parliamentary election, seen as a litmus test for the pro-Beijing politician whose policies are being closely watched by both India and China amidst regional power dynamics.
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The interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus as the Chief Adviser has asked Bangladesh's envoys in India, Brussels, Canberra, Lisbon, and the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York to return immediately and report to the foreign ministry here as part of the latest reshuffle.
Maldives is Bollywood's go-to holiday destination but Sonam Kapoor gives us another perspective of the exotic island, as she takes her son Vayu along with husband Anand Ahuja, sister Rhea Kapoor and brother-in-law Karan Boolani.
'Last to get on the Maldives bandwagon, but I fully get the hype'.
Anushka sweats it out... Adah is on her toes... Janhvi gets ready for the lockdown...
Kohli is said to have recovered from the infection now
Varun misses his dog... Rasika starts shooting for a new season...Neena catches a sunset...
A passenger at Delhi airport said that most of the flights are delayed.
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Parineeti Chopra and Raghav Chadha are celebrating their first wedding anniversary in the Maldives.
'There is suffering everywhere.' 'The cases of Covid are multiplying.' 'Please don't taunt those who are suffering.'
The Maldives Jumhooree Party (JP) leader Qasim Ibrahim called on Maldivian President Mohammed Muizzu to formally apologize to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the people of India, Voice of Maldives, a Maldivian digital news outlet, reported.
After Taapsee Pannu, Neha Dhupia, Mandira Bedi and badminton star Saina Nehwal, it is Varun Dhawan's turn to head out to the Maldives.
The fundamental construct of India's neighbourhood policy still needs to be what Vajpayee postulated, Manmohan Singh embraced, and Modi energised. It's just that we need to junk domestic politics and excessive religiosity, while acquiring much humility and a renewed respectfulness towards our neighbours, recommends Shekhar Gupta.
The Indian senior men's team have begun their preparations for the upcoming friendly match against Vietnam, and head coach Manolo Mrquez believes his wards are in better physical shape now than in the September window.
'The loveliest surprise at the Olympics was having Chiru Uncle and the whole family, including the sweetest Kaara, for my first match in Paris'.
During his just-concluded visit to China, Muizzu, regarded as a pro-China leader, sought to align Maldives closer to Beijing and both countries elevated their ties to a strategic partnership.
In addition to participating in the swearing-in ceremony, the leaders will attend a banquet hosted by President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, it said.
The Stars emerge and Rediff.com's Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar is there!
P V Sindhu registered a straight games victory over Maldives' Fathimath Abdul Razzaq in the women's singles group stage match, in Paris, on Sunday.
Rashmika says 'I love you'... Rekha floors Sayani... Kriti plays Do Patti...
The Maldives former deputy speaker Abdulla said the remarks by the minister are "simply shameful, racist and intolerable."
Tara Sutaria celebrated her 25th birthday in Maldives, Bollywood's favourite holiday destination.
The government of the Maldives on Sunday suspended three deputy ministers for derogatory social media posts against Modi.
Shefali Jariwala, better known as the Kaanta Laga girl, has been holidaying with husband Parag Tyagi in the scenic Maldives.
Glimpses of Indian athletes in action at the 2024 Olympics on Sunday, July 28, 2024.
The meeting between Jaishankar and Zameer in the Ugandan capital city of Kampala came amid an unease in the Maldives' bilateral ties with India.
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He urged China to bolster the flow of its tourists to the Maldives.
Madhuri holidays... Swara is ready for wedding season... Pooja reads...
Withdrawing a blanket ban on overseas shipments of non-basmati white rice, the government on Saturday imposed a floor price of $490 per tonne and exempted the commodity from export duty. Exports of non-basmati white rice have been banned since July 20, 2023 to boost domestic supply. "The export policy for non-basmati white rice (semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or gazed) ...is amended from prohibited to free, subject to MEP (minimum export price) of $490 per tonne with immediate effect and until further orders," the directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT) said in a notification.
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