After years of negotiations for an India-EU free trade agreement (FTA), PM Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen finally set a deadline - end of this year - for a balanced, ambitious and mutually beneficial agreement,...
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12th Feb 2026 | Updated at 05:04pm 12th Feb 2026
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Punjab govt to move SC against governor
Chandigarh: The two-day Punjab assembly session was cut short by a day after chief minister Bhagwant Mann informed the House that since governor Banwarilal Purohit had not given assent to the three money Bills, his government would resume the...
Gaganyaan test flight's crew module successfully recovered by Navy
Hours after the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists successfully conducted the Gaganyaan failure test, the Navy’s Eastern Naval Command recovered the Crew Module (CM) from the Bay of Bengal. Isro chief S Somanath said the crew...
KCR unveils poll promises to counter Congress' guarantees
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) unveiled its own set of promises ahead of the November 30 assembly polls to counter Congress’s “six guarantees”, setting the stage for a competitive electoral race as the party led by CM K Chandrasekhar...
TMC stands for 'terror, mafia, corruption': Nadda
Kolkata: Launching a frontal attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led regime in Bengal, BJP national president J P Nadda said that the time has come to bid farewell to the jungle raj of the TMC, which stands for ’Terror, Mafia, Corruption’.
Encroachment row: Didi gives Amartya Sen land deed
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over land record documents of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to the celebrated economist, dismissing the claims of the current Visva-Bharati dispensation that he was illegally...
Somnath Swabhiman Parv honours India’s spiritual resilience
The Somnath Swabhiman Parv, held at the first Jyotirlinga in Gujarat, marks one thousand years since the first attack on the Somnath Temple in 1026. This national event, instead of focusing on destruction, celebrates India’s resilience, faith,...
Vibrant Gujarat roadshow held in Mumbai
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held a roadshow in Mumbai on November 26, for the ninth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019
The pilgrims’ progress at the world’s biggest spiritual congregation came to an end with the Maha Shivratri holy dip at Sangam in Prayagraj and the procession (peshwai) of Shaivite akhara sants and Naga sadhus culminating at Kashi Vishwanath...
On World Wildlife Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a slew of initiatives aimed at bolstering conservation efforts for threatened big cat species,...
In an important diplomatic meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi engaged in discussions to review the status of...
The Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj has generated over £30bn in business, making it one of India's largest economic events, said CAIT Secretary General and MP Praveen Khandelwal.
Ahead of crucial municipal elections in 15 cities, the Gujarat govt has rolled out a £3.03bn urban infrastructure boost in its latest budget. This marks a 40% increase from the previous year, underscoring a strong focus on developing roads,...
UK’s Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds reached India to re-start the Foreign Trade Agreement negotiations on Monday 24 February with Commerce...
The Maha Kumbh Mela is a Hindu pilgrimage and festival that celebrates the sacred pitcher. It's a gathering of millions of people, including ascetics, saints, and pilgrims. The festival is rooted in Hindu mythology and is celebrated every 12...
A third American aircraft ferrying 112 illegal Indian immigrants landed in Punjab’s Amritsar on Sunday, taking the number of arrivals over the weekend to 228 and the total number of people sent back to India since the start of the current deportation...
India and Qatar on Tuesday elevated their ties to a strategic partnership and agreed to double bilateral trade to almost $30 billion by 2030 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Qatari Amir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, focused on ways...
