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The art of Yoga, 'India's gift to the world', celebrated across the globe on IDY

Highlighting the huge cultural and health impact the art of Yoga has had around the world, people from all walks of life joined together in...

Sushma Swaraj becomes first Indian external affairs minister to visit Luxembourg

India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today called on Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel and discussed ways to expand...

India recorded over USD69 billion remittance inflow in 2017: World Bank

According to a recent World Bank report, India recorded over USD69 billion in remittance inflows in 2017, a 10% rise since 2016, averaging...

UK govt delivers sweet and sour pill to India with new visa regulations

The UK government has caused outrage across India with its decision last week to exclude Indian students from a new list of countries...

NRI marriages need to be registered within 7 days: Women and Child Development Ministry

All NRI marriages solemnised in India would need to be registered within seven days, the Ministry of Women and Child Development said today.

Singapore e-government centre to cooperate with Indian skilling body

The Singapore e-Government Leadership Centre (eGL) at the National University of Singapore's Institute of Systems Science (NUS-ISS) and...

Passports of seven NRIs accused of abandoning wives suspended

The regional passport office, Chandigarh, has suspended seven passports of Non-resident Indian (NRI) grooms who have been accused of...

Bollywood welcomes Sridevi’s daughter and Shahid Kapoor’s brother after ‘Dhadak’ trailer

One of the much-awaited movies of the year, Dhadak released its trailer last evening and Bollywood is all praise for the newcomers Janhvi...

Reliance entertainment, Imtiaz Ali partner to form Window Seat Films

Imtiaz Ali, the filmmaker who has always given us relationship goals through his plots is going to try his hand in production with Anil D...

A mountain of history in a handful of ash: Modi to rekindle Gandhian glory in Singapore

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil a plaque on June 2, 2018, at Clifford Pier, commemorating the ceremonial scattering of the...

Govt to impound passports of NRIs who leave their Indian wives

In an attempt to stop NRI men from deserting their wives, the law ministry has decided to take a slew of measures, which include...

Karnataka elections: Guv invites BJP's Yeddyurappa to form government; Cong, JD (S) cry foul

As the votes are being tallied across the Indian state of Karnataka, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...

PM Modi to inaugurate India's longest road-rail bridge

In a major boost to defence logistics along the border with China, India's longest road and railway bridge connecting Dibrugarh in Assam to...

UK survey shows Indian migrants favoured over Pakistani, Bangladeshi counterparts

A recent survey in the UK showed that Indian migrants are more accepted than those from other South Asian communities.

Sonam Kapoor ties the knot with Anand Ahuja

Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja's wedding celebrations have hooked netizens from the last two days. After a fun rounds of celebrations at the...

In Pics: Sonam Kapoor’s pre-wedding saga

The big day for Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja is here, and we can’t wait to see the duo tying the nuptial bond today at Rockdale in...

Building Wealth in Modern India

The statistics are not in favour of financial reform in India, as 1.21 billion people live below the poverty line. While the number seems...

ADB chooses Singapore over Mumbai as arbitration centre

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is funding the metro project in Mumbai, has finalised Singapore as its arbitration centre...

Rahul Gandhi says Amethi will be as developed as Singapore in 15 years

Indian Congress president Rahul Gandhi yesterday said that the approach of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a sharp contrast to...

Singaporean NRI’s book highlights history of Indian sepoys in Southeast Asia

Singaporean Non-resident Indian (NRI) N Nedumaran launched a book highlighting the sacrifices and struggles of Indian sepoys and soldiers in...

Overseas Indians in 208 countries, Zero in Pakistan

Showing the widespread nature of the Indian diaspora, the Ministry of External Affairs’ (MEA) latest census showed that overseas Indians...

From colonisation to globalisation: Vikram Khanna to moderate - Shashi The Roar in Singapore

Associate Editor of The Straits Times Vikram Khanna will be bringing his long experience as a journalist and an association with Dr Tharoor,...

John Abraham stars in story about Pokhran nuclear tests

Parmanu - The Story of Pokhran, an edge-of-the-seat thriller that will make every Indian proud - a true India Shining story, will release on...

Modi, Abe leadership has strengthened India-Japan ties: Sushma Swaraj

Addressing a gathering of the diaspora in Tokyo, Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj said that India's relations with Japan...