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Kathmandu:  Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday said that the ongoing border disputes with India will be resolved through diplomatic talks.Although Nepal and India held ministerial level talks in New Delhi last month, the two…

Mumbai, March 28 (IANS): Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has donated Rs 25 crore to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative PM CARES Fund to lend support to the ongoing battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Akshay wrote on Twitter:…

New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was briefed about the ground situation of the Siachen Glacier tragedy by Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Tuesday.Sources said, Singh, who is on a tour of Singapore, had called…

Colombo, Nov 11 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena will on Monday preside over his final Cabinet meeting before his term in office ends with the election of a new President in Saturday's polls.Among the Cabinet papers that…

Colombo, Nov 9 (IANS) Sri Lanka's New Democratic Front's (NDF) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa has sought the support of expatriates for the November 16 election.In a letter to the Sri Lankan community living abroad, Premadasa…

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The armed forces must be equipped with artificial intelligence, big data and blockchain technologies to meet the challenges of modern warfare, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Monday.He was addressing a…

Islamabad, Oct 25 (IANS) Crucial talks between the government and the opposition over the JUI-F's October 31 'Azadi March', which will call for Prime Imran Khan's resignation, were set to begin on Friday.Sources in the opposition told Dawn…

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Pushing for indigenisation, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday urged scientists in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to establish a system in India where all defence equipment can…

Colombo, Oct 14 (IANS) Sri Lankan presidential candidate and former Defence Minister, Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that he was committed to make his country a secure, prosperous nation where all communities could co-exist in harmony.…

New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched a website here on Monday for exhibitors and trade visitors to the Defence Expo that will be held next year in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.A statement from the ministry said the…