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Miss Spain Mireia Lalaguna Royo has been named this year’s Miss World. She was handed the crown by last year’s winner Rolene Strauss of South Africa, according to the official website of Miss World. Miss Russia, Sofia Nikitchuk, was named first runner up while Miss Indonesia, Maria Harfanti, was second runner up at the three-hour […]
Top Indian and American defence officials have discussed a range of common regional security interests and new opportunities for engagement, laying the foundation for Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s maiden visit to the US next month, a senior Pentagon official said. The 14th US-India Defence Policy Group (DPG) meeting was co-chaired by US Under-Secretary of Defence […]
Vowing to combat terror, India and Malaysia today decided to ramp up their strategic ties in security and defence sectors and called on all states to bring perpetrators of terrorism to justice as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Malaysian counterpart. Modi, while speaking at a joint media briefing after his talks with […]
Actor Sidharth Malhotra is Tourism New Zealand’s Indian ambassador from India. It was announced on Thursday. This is the first time that an Indian celebrity has been roped in to promote land of the Kiwis. Sidharth, who will be visiting New Zealand soon, is naturally excited. Being an adventure sport enthusiast, the actor said he […]
Lebanese American adult star Mia Khalifa has denied participating on the upcoming season of celebrity reality show “Bigg Boss”, saying she is never stepping foot in India. Khalifa, 22, took to Twitter to quash the rumours that she had shown interest to appear on the ninth season of the show. “Let’s get something clear: I […]
Today, in crane accident at Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Crane accident at Grand Mosque left 65 dead and 80 injured. Due to hajj many pilgrims were there in the mosque. There were many Indians in the mosque. Reason of accident is being probed by the government. Death toll is likely to rise.
Today in Bangkok capital city of Thailand a blast took place at about 7 p.m. local time near the Erawan Shrine, which is a Hindu place of worship and tourist attraction. Many motorbikes around the place were damaged. Thailand Police cordoned off near Erawan Shrine.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address a high-level summit on sustainable development hosted by the UN on September 25 when the new and ambitious post-2015 development agenda will be adopted. The United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda will be held from September 25 to 27 here and will […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Xian on a three-day visit to China during which he will hold summit talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a range of issues including the festering border dispute and China’s plans for infrastructure projects in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Modi, who is undertaking his first visit to China […]
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and sent his condolences to the families of the Indian victims of the earthquake. Prime Minister Netanyahu thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing helicopters to assist with the rescue of Israelis and for permitting Israeli relief planes to land in India.
