Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee was on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) engaged in a war of words with Treasury Bench members in Lok Sabha over stoppage of MNREGA funds for West Bengal. During the Question Hour, Mr. Banerjee said the benefits of MNREGA scheme are not being passed on to West Bengal. Follow Parliament Budget Session … Read more
A majority (53%) of Indian-Americans feels that U.S.-India ties would have become stronger or much stronger under a Kamala Harris administration in Washington, according to a new study published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Also Read |Transactional turn: On India and the new U.S. administration This is in contrast to 40% who feel … Read more
Majority of Indian-Americans feel U.S.-India relationship would have been stronger under Harris: survey
Birds sit on bare branches of a tree as smoke rises from a chimney of a factory in Byrnihat. File | Photo Credit: AP Thirteen of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities are in India, with Byrnihat in Assam topping the list, according to a new report published on Tuesday (March 11, 2025). The … Read more
Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Director of National Intelligence. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Monday (March 10, 2025) said she will visit India as part a “multi-nation” trip to the Indo-Pacific she is undertaking with the aim of building strong relationships and open lines of communication to achieve President Donald … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate over 20 India-funded projects, ranging from capacity building to community-linked infrastructure, during his two-day State Visit to Mauritius, officials said. Mr. Modi will also announce new major infrastructure projects aimed at strengthening democracy in the Southeast African island nation. Prime Minister Modi, along with his Mauritian counterpart Navin Ramgoolam, … Read more
Birds sit on bare branches of a tree as smoke rises from a chimney of a factory in Byrnihat. File | Photo Credit: AP Thirteen of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities are in India, with Byrnihat in Assam topping the list, according to a new report published on Tuesday (March 11, 2025). The … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Mauritius on March 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (March 11, 2025) received a ceremonial welcome upon his arrival in Mauritius where he will attend the island nation’s national day celebrations as the chief guest and hold meetings with the country’s top … Read more
The second leg of the Parliament Budget Session began on Monday (March 10, 2025) with disruptions over the alleged ‘Hindi’ language imposition. Tensions soared in the Lok Sabha after DMK members staged protests over Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s remarks that the Tamil Nadu government was “dishonest” on the issue of implementing the PM Schools … Read more
Image used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: Reuters Valuables claimed to be worth over ₹25 crore were robbed at gunpoint from a jewellery store in Bihar’s Bhojpur district on Monday (March 10, 2025), police said. The robbery happened at the store of a well-known jewellery retailer in the Gopali Chowk area in Ara around … Read more