US Lawmakers Ami Bera, Shri Thanedar, Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi & Pramila JayapalWashington: Five Indian-American lawmakers have asked the United States Department of Justice and the FBI for a briefing on a surge in “hate crimes targeting Hindus” and vandalism of temples in the country this year.“Attacks at mandirs from New York to California have contributed to increased collective

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday firmly rejected China’s attempt to rename several places in Arunachal Pradesh saying assigning invented names will "not alter the reality that the state will always be an integral and inalienable part of India."China has persisted with its senseless attempts to rename places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. We firmly reject such

New Delhi: Union Minister for Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju has rejected China’s attempt to rename several places in Arunachal Pradesh, terming them "malicious" and asserted that the Ministry of External Affairs has given an appropriate response to Beijing’s action.In an interview with ANI, Rijiju said that the Chinese were very happy with the Congress government as they had the policy not to

Rajkot: External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar reiterated India’s growing stature in the world and referred to the BRICS summit which was held under the presidency of South Africa last year, recounted the incident when South African President asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sit with him in the meeting as he saw India as an inspiration for other developing countries."There was a big

Nine Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. The district comes under the Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, which will go to polls in the first phase of general elections on April 19.The gunfight took place at around 6 am in a forest near Lendra village under Gangaloor police station area, when a joint team of security personnel

Paris: The Indonesian Navy signed a contract to buy two "Scorpene" submarines made by French state-owned shipyard Naval Group, the company said on Tuesday on its website without disclosing the contract’s value.The two 72 m (78.74 yard) submarines will be made in Indonesia, which has recently signed other major arm supplies with French companies, Naval Group said in a statement. The Asian country