New Delhi, Though a minor partner in the AIADMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu, the BJP is planning to release its own manifesto, which will talk about schemes and development projects implemented by the Union Government in the state as well as those to come.

The party is contesting only 20 seats of the 234-membe

New Delhi,  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met with US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and stressed the commitment to the strategic partnership between the two countries amid rising tensions in the region and around the world with China.

Modi tweeted after their meeting on Friday, "Pleasure to meet

Bangkok, Thai authorities announced on Friday that the mandatory quarantine period for people entering the country will now be reduced to 10 days from two weeks in its latest effort to support the ailing tourism sector and economic recovery.

The relaxation, starting April 1, will not apply to

Helsinki,  For a fourth consecutive year and despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Finland has been ranked the world's happiest country, a UN report said on Friday.

The researchers said this was "no surprise", citing that Finland has "always ranked very high on the measures of mutual trust th

Oslo, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg is being investigated for a possible breach of coronavirus restrictions, police said on Friday.

Solberg last month celebrated her 60th birthday at the southern ski resort of Geilo with members of her extended family, dpa news agency reported.

On two o

New Delhi, A delegation of Trinamool Congress leaders on Friday met the Election Commission and said that the "partisan and biased approach" of the poll panel has made "free, fair and transparent elections" in West Bengal a distant reality.

A six-member delegation met the Commission here to rai

Bhubaneswar,  Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday launched a unified emergency helpline number '112' to provide emergency services to public.

Dedicating the system, the Chief Minister said that from now on, people will dial only a single number 112 for all their emergency needs related to pol

Panaji,  Drawing a parallel between the Pandavas in the Mahabharata and brand building as an exercise in statecraft, Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday said that the Pandavas spent their lifetime in building a brand, which enabled them to be perceived as ethical characters despite orchestrating som

New Delhi,   Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address a kisan panchayat in Jind district of Haryana on April 4. It would be the AAP's second big rally in Jatland after one was held in Meerut three weeks back.

The party leaders

Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 (IANS) Two days after the Kerala Congress (M) faction led by senior leader P.J. Joseph and former Union Minister P.C. Thomas' Kerala Congress decided to merge into a single entity 'Kerala Congress', the former and his colleague Mons Joseph, both sitting UDF legislato