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Aizwal (Mizoram) [India], September 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dedicated Mizoram's first railway line, the Bairabi-Sairang express to the nation, highlighting how the line will be a "lifeline of transformation" by helping people avail better services and local businesses will get access to the rest of the country. "This is not just a railway connection, but it is a lifeline of transportation. It will revolutionise the lives and livelihoods of people of Mizoram. Farmers a ...Read More >
Kathmandu/VARANASI : A no-nonsense judge who scripted history by jailing a minister for corruption in Nepal, Sushila Karki first stepped into the limelight in July 2016 when she became the first woman chief justice, and the only one till date, of the Himalayan nation. On Friday, that journey scaled a new height as the 73-year-old took oath as the interim prime minister of a country convulsed by violence that killed 51 people and displaced an entire regime. Karki emerged as the leading candidate ...Read More >
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], September 13 (ANI): Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and commitment to Mizoram as he inaugurated the Bairabi-Sairang rail line, worth over Rs 8,070 crore. Addressing the public meeting in Aizawl, he acknowledged the challenges in building the Bairabi-Sairang railway line, which includes 45 tunnels and 55 bridges. He said, "Today, Mizoram's capital gets railway connectivity. I congratulate all of you, gathe ...Read More >
Aizwal (Mizoram) [India], September 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated Mizoram's first railway, the Bairabi-Sairang, which will ensure connectivity of the northeastern state to the rest of India. During the inauguration, Railway Minister Ashiwini Vaishnaw highlighted the engineering marvel of constructing such a line in the challenging Himalayan region. Also Read | 'India Committed to Peace and Prosperity': PM Narendra Modi Wishes Sushila Karki on Becoming Nepal's I ...Read More >
Aizwal (Mizoram) [India], September 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated Mizoram's first railway, the Bairabi-Sairang, which will ensure connectivity of the northeastern state to the rest of India. During the inauguration, Railway Minister Ashiwini Vaishnaw highlighted the engineering marvel of constructing such a line in the challenging Himalayan region. He also highlighted how PM Modi started the "Act-East policy" an upgrade from the Look-East policy. "Before 2014, ...Read More >
Aizwal (Mizoram) [India], September 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated Mizoram first railway, the Bairabi-Sairang, which will ensure connectivity of the northeastern state to the rest of India. During the inauguration, Railway Minister Ashiwini Vaishnaw highlighted the engineering marvel of constructing such a line in the challenging Himalayan region. He also highlighted how PM Modi started the Act-East policy an upgrade from the Look-East policy. Before 2014, the ...Read More >
Kolkata: Tourism to Nepal is likely to take a major hit with uncertainty prevailing ahead of the festive season, including Durga Puja and Diwali, as the Himalayan country faces political unrest. Around 51 people have died and over 1700 have been injured in related violence. "The incidents (caused by political or social restlessness) happening in Nepal are called physical factors in tourism, which become the first barrier to promote tourism. It takes a long time for the impact to get reduced. B ...Read More >
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], September 13 (ANI): Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw highlighted the engineering challenges overcome to complete the Bairabi-Sairang line, ahead of the inauguration of Mizoram's first railway connectivity by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. Calling the project a "crucial initiative" to link the state with the rest of India, Vaishnaw said engineers had to tackle loose sand and difficult Himalayan geology. "It is a matter of great joy that railway connectivity ...Read More >
Srinagar- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday underscored the urgent need for coordination between academic research and government action to protect the Hangul, Markhor, and other threatened Himalayan species. Speaking at the valedictory session of the Second International Conference on Hangul Protection and Other Threatened Ungulates Conservation (2IHUC-25) at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), he pledged swift implementation of the confer ...Read More >
New Delhi [India] September 13 (ANI): Underlining that India and Nepal are "close neighbours, fellow democracies and long-term development partners", the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday welcomed the formation of an interim government in Kathmandu led by former Chief Justice Sushila Karki, expressing hope that the move would "help foster peace and stability" in the Himalayan nation. In its response, the MEA said India "will continue to work closely with Nepal for the well-being and ...Read More >
The primary rain-bearing system usually makes its onset over Kerala by June 1 and covers the entire country by July 8. The southwest monsoon is likely to start withdrawing from parts of northwest India around September 15, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. Typically, the monsoon makes its onset over Kerala by June 1, covers the entire country by July 8, and begins its retreat around September 17, completing the withdrawal process by October 15. "Conditions are becoming ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Sep 12: The southwest monsoon is likely to start withdrawing from northwest India around September 15, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. The primary rain-bearing system usually makes its onset over Kerala by June 1 and covers the entire country by July 8. It starts retreating from northwest India around September 17 and withdraws completely by October 15. "Conditions are becoming favourable for the withdrawal of the Southwest Monsoon from some parts of west R ...Read More >
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today pledged that his government will act promptly on the recommendations of the Second International Conference on 'Hangul Protection and Other Threatened Ungulates Conservation' (2IHUC-25), so that measurable progress is achieved in the population of Hangul and Markhor before the next such conference is held. The Chief Minister, who is also Pro-Chancellor of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), was spe ...Read More >
New Delhi [India] September 13 (ANI): Underlining that India and Nepal are "close neighbours, fellow democracies and long-term development partners", the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday welcomed the formation of an interim government in Kathmandu led by former Chief Justice Sushila Karki, expressing hope that the move would "help foster peace and stability" in the Himalayan nation. In its response, the MEA said India "will continue to work closely with Nepal for the well-being and ...Read More >
New Delhi, September 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the Gyan Bharatam Portal aimed at accelerating the digitisation. Highlighting that millions of manuscripts were destroyed and lost in the cruel tides of history, the Prime Minister stressed that there was a need to explore the past through technology. Emphasising the importance of preservation and public access to manuscripts, the Prime Minister said that despite the destruction in the past, India still possesses the world ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the Gyan Bharatam Portal aimed at accelerating the digitisation. Highlighting that millions of manuscripts were destroyed and lost in the cruel tides of history, the Prime Minister stressed that there was a need to explore the past through technology. Emphasising the importance of preservation and public access to manuscripts, the Prime Minister said that despite the destruction in the past, India still possesse ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Highlighting that millions of manuscripts were destroyed and lost in the cruel tides of history, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the Gyan Bharatam Portal aimed at accelerating the digitisation, while stressing on exploring the past through technology. Emphasising the importance of preservation and public access to manuscripts, the Prime Minister said that despite the destruction in the past, India still possesses the world's largest collection ...Read More >
Lucknow, Sep 12 (PTI) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday took an indirect jibe at Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, asking can a person who is intimidated be able to rectify the functioning of the health department. Speaking to reporters at the party office after meeting a delegation from the Sikh community, Yadav, without naming Pathak, said, "Can a deputy chief minister, who is intimidated, be able to rectify (the functioning of) the health department? See the co ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 12 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday met with the Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu for a discussion on strengthening aviation infrastructure in the state and resuming helicopter services for Char Dham Yatra. An official statement mentioned that the CM appreciated the initiative of setting up self-service kiosks under the umbrella brand House of Himalayas at airports, which has significantly enhanced t ...Read More >
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 12 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday met with the Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu for a discussion on strengthening aviation infrastructure in the state and resuming helicopter services for Char Dham Yatra. An official statement mentioned that the CM appreciated the initiative of setting up self-service kiosks under the umbrella brand House of Himalayas at airports, which has significantly enhanced t ...Read More >
Recent years have witnessed significant political upheaval in India's neighboring countries. Economic collapse in Sri Lanka, student-led protests in Bangladesh, and social media ban-related unrest in Nepal led to the ousting of sitting leaders. In the last three years, three of India's neighbours have seen mass street movements that removed sitting leaders. Sri Lanka's economic collapse in July 2022 forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down and flee the country. In Bangladesh, widespread ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Nepal's first female chief justice, Sushila Karki, is set to take charge as interim head, stepping in to run the poor Himalayan nation after anti-graft protests plunged it into the worst political crisis in decades. Karki's appointment on Friday came days after violence led to the deaths of at least 51 people and forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign on Tuesday. A judge who displayed zero tolerance of corruption, Karki is known for taking on powerful interests, i ...Read More >
New Delhi (AsiaNews) - Nepal is India's third neighbour to see a youth-led uprising successfully overthrow the country's government. The first one was in Sri Lanka in 2022 and the second in Bangladesh in 2024. For New Delhi there is an added concern since the Himalayan country borders China's Western Theatre Command, which represents a direct route to the Indo-Gangetic plains. India and Nepal share an open border of more than 1,750 kilometres, and ties between their peoples run deep, with some ...Read More >
Delhi is bracing for a spell of heavy rain and thunderstorms on Monday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting a generally cloudy sky throughout the day. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to settle around 32 and 25 degrees Celsius, respectively. The forecast indicates that the wet conditions will continue through the week, with moderate showers until September 2, thunderstorms with rain on September 3, and rain or thundershowers on September 4 and 5. On Sunda ...Read More >
NDRF personnel during a search and rescue operation at a flood-affected area, in Punjab. (Image: @NDRFHQ/X via PTI) India is reeling under the fury of an intense monsoon as torrential rains, cloudbursts, and floods wreak havoc across multiple states. From landslides in Jammu & Kashmir and flash floods in Uttarakhand to record rainfall in Chennai and the worst flooding in Punjab in nearly four decades, the deluge has left behind a trail of destruction, claiming lives, displacing thousands, and c ...Read More >
LAHORE/SRINAGAR (Reuters) -Pakistan's eastern towns of Chiniot and Hafizabad face a risk of catastrophic floods if an irrigation barrage crumbles on a major river upstream after heavy rains swelled it beyond capacity, officials warned on Thursday. Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan are battling torrential monsoon rains that have unleashed flash floods, swelled rivers and filled dams, with 60 deaths this month in Indian Kashmir, and Pakistan's toll at 805 since late June. Any flooding ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) India's gains from importing discounted Russian oil are estimated to be just USD 2.5 billion per annum, significantly lower than the previously speculated range of USD 10-25 billion, a research report said on Thursday. Stopping Russian oil imports would force India, the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, to rely on limited alternatives, potentially driving global crude prices up to USD 100 per barrel amid rising demand and tight supply. "Benefit from Russi ...Read More >
Dehradun: India currently has 87,474 active landslide zones, spread across 179 districts in 19 states and union territories, a recent report released by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has revealed. These danger-prone zones collectively cover about 4.2 lakh square kilometres, underscoring the scale of the challenge. Arunachal Pradesh ranks first with 26,213 landslide zones, followed by Himachal Pradesh with 17,102 zones across the nation. Uttarakhand stands third with 14,780 zones. The fi ...Read More >
By Krishna N. Das and Tamiyuki Kihara NEW DELHI/TOKYO (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads overseas on Thursday to meet the leaders of China, Japan and Russia, seeking to build closer diplomatic ties as New Delhi battles fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating tariff offensive. By drawing nearer to some of the world's largest economies, including his first visit to China in seven years, Modi hopes to to boost support for his flagship "Make in India" initiative, ma ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Quad group of countries is important for India and Japan for issues including critical minerals, India's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, adding that the prime ministers of the two countries would discuss the grouping this week. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to visit Japan on August 29-30 for the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit during which he will hold talks with his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba. Modi will then fly to the Chinese port city of Tianj ...Read More >
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