Tehran: Commending Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday said that under PM Modi’s leadership India is on its way to becoming a major maritime player with a formidable supply chain network.India and Iran on Monday signed a long-term contract for operating the Shahid-Beheshti Port Terminal to foster close

Moscow: A day after Russia claimed to have captured five villages after launching a fresh ground assault in north-eastern Ukraine, Moscow has now gained hold of four more villages in the northern Kharkiv region, CNN reported, citing Ukraine’s top general on Monday.Although a Ukrainian regional official acknowledged that ground combat was spreading, he maintained that Russia had not made "

London: Several members of the Baloch Republican Party on Sunday organized a protest at Trafalgar Square in London to condemn the Pakistan army’s atrocities in Balochistan including enforced disappearances and fake encounters.Holding placards and banners of disappeared people in Balochistan, protesters called on the international community to take action and end the human rights violations in

Mumbai: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday that despite a challenge from China, India has counter-deployed and sent a record number of troops to the border."I think we need to get the China issue right…Yes, there is a challenge from China, yes, it has violated agreements and sent a large number of troops to the border. But the country should take pride in the fact that,

Mumbai: In a scathing attack on opposition, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday that India has made tremendous progress under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over the years, and the country’s growth was delayed when the opposition was in power.Speaking on the bullet train project, Jaishankar said that they want to keep India in the same situation as before, adding, "We

Mumbai: Terming the India-European Union Foreign Trade Agreement (FTA) the "most difficult FTA," External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said on Monday that it is the most difficult one because there are a lot of non-trade issues involved in this FTA.EAM Jaishankar was speaking to the media at a seminar on Indian Capital Markets ‘Roadmap for Viksit Bharat’ at the National Stock Exchange (NSE