New Delhi, April 30: Accounts of those individuals and entities who have not provided self-certification by April 30 will be blocked by the Indian government from Monday, it has been announced. This would be done in order to comply with the provisions of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). "The account holders
New Delhi, April 30: Calling for cleansing the Indian psyche of the "deeply entrenched" VIP culture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said 'VIP' must be replaced by 'EPI' — Every Person is Important. Speaking on a range of issues in his radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat', Modi also said that the South Asia
New Delhi, April 29: The Congress on Saturday replaced General Secretary Digvijaya Singh as in-charge of poll-bound Karnataka as well as Goa, where it failed to form government despite emerging as the single-largest party. The charge of Karnataka has been given to party MP K.C. Venugopal, who has been appointed a General Secretary while
Islamabad, April 29: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday approved the sacking of his Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi due to his alleged role in "Dawn leaks", but the countrys army rejected the directives as "incomplete". A notification from the PM's Office said that "Rao Tehsin Ali, the principal information officer
Manali, April 30: The majestic snow-marooned Rohtang Pass, located at an altitude of 13,050 feet in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, has been reopened for motorists after four months of closure, officials said here on Sunday. For tourists, it will be opened this week. "The road link to the tribal Lahaul valley through the
Washington, April 30: US President Donald Trump marked his 100th day in office in a rally in Pennsylvania, where he focused on his long-running antagonism with the news media and also touted his administration's "historic progress", a report said. In his opening remarks at the rally in Harrisburg on Saturday evening, he mentioned the
Manila, April 30: Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have urged North Korea to seriously comply with international obligations and voiced concerns over Pyongyang's test-firing of mid-range ballistic missiles. The 10 leaders from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam held their 30th annual summit and
Hyderabad, April 29: Global retail giant Walmart will set up 50 new stores across India over the next three to four years, a top company official said on Saturday. The new stores would include 10 in Telangana, for which the US retailer signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the state government. It
New Delhi, April 29: The Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus has backed the India-initiated Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) in the UN, a joint statement issued on Saturday following Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades's visit to India said. "The two sides exchanged views on developments in their respective regions and on international issues of
New Delhi, April 29: Three days after the Aam Aadmi Party was defeated in the Delhi civic polls, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday accepted that he has made mistakes and said "will introspect and course correct". "In the last two days, I spoke to many volunteers and voters. The reality is obvious," Kejriwal