Washington, December 24 : US President Barack Obama has signed into law the USD 618 billion defence budget for 2017, which enhances security cooperation with India and conditions nearly half of the funding to Pakistan on a certification that it is taking demonstrable steps against the Haqqani Network. Currently vacationing in Hawaii, Obama on Friday […]
NEW DELHI : Various airlines on Friday said passengers will not be permitted to carry power banks and e-cigarettes in their check-in baggage for safety purposes. “We are trying to educate passengers on the new regulation that power banks and e-cigarettes are not allowed to be stored in the check-in baggage,” an IndiGo Spokesperson told […]
NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi may hope to ride out the demonetisation storm because his opponents’ lack credibility at the national level, apart from being divided, and because of the extraordinary patience of the ordinary people in accepting their inconvenience. Furthermore, the fact that the people have retained their faith in the Prime […]
NEW DELHI : Fifty-two trains were delayed and one other was cancelled on Saturday due to fog in most parts of north India, a railway official said. According to the Northern Railway official, Nanded-Amritsar Sachkhand Express delayed by 14 hours, the Jogbani-Anand Vihar was running over 13 hours behind schedule, Sikkim Mahananda Express and Udyan […]
Condemning the reported vandalism of a gurdwara in Canada’s Calagry city, Punjab Congress president Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday urged the Modi government to come out with a comprehensive policy for the protection of Sikhs living abroad, along with their religious and other properties. Expressing concern over the increasing incidence of intolerance against Sikhs globally, […]