Increasing connectivity to the resource-rich but landlocked Central Asian countries of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan would be very much part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit from July 6-13, besides boosting trade, which is at a paltry $1.6 billion. The International North South Transport Corridor, which is set to connect Mumbai
Film actress and BJP MP Hema Malini was on Saturday discharged from a hospital where she was undergoing treatment after a car crash in which a two-year-old girl was killed, hospital officials said. She was admitted on Thursday evening after she sustained injuries when her Mercedes Benz car rammed into another car coming
Pakistan did not rule out a possible meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian premier Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the annual SCO summit in Russia next week. "No side has contacted the other for a meeting so far. However, as you would be aware, in any multilateral setting, meetings among
Exiled England batsman Kevin Pietersen says Australia are favourites to win the upcoming Ashes Test cricket series, but has warned them that the hosts will not go down without a fight. The Ashes begins on July 8 at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff and Pietersen, currently with St Lucia Zouks in the Caribbean
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Thursday reported that India's domestic passenger traffic increased by 18.2 percent in May 2015. The country's domestic traffic spiked 20.7 percent in April 2015 and 17.9 percent in March 2015. India's domestic capacity in the month under review rose by 7.7 percent when compared to
Telecom service providers were on Thursday all set to roll out pan-India mobile number portability (MNP) from July 3 in line with the government mandate, thus enabling customers across the country to retain their mobile phone numbers while relocating between states. Prominent telecom service providers — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Reliance Communications, Idea
Actress Vidya Balan, who will be seen as the face of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne for the fourth time in a row, says she will stand for equality and encourage efforts that advocate such causes during the festival. The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne that celebrates Indian cinema internationally will kick
Following a central minister and a state official recently causing flight delays and inconvenience to air passengers and the Prime Minister's Office seeking a report on it, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju on Thursday expressed regrets and assured that such episodes would not recur. At a press conference here, Raju said he
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday scoffed at questions on former IPL chief Lalit Modi's tweets naming him, saying some people were relevant only for television channels. Asked for his comment on Modi's attempt to implicate him in the matter, Jaitley told media persons following a cabinet briefing: "Some people may be of