India

Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong will arrive in India today on a five-day visit aimed at deepening bilateral ties in a range of areas including trade and investment.

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be the Chief Guest at the 2017 Republic Day parade

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday said that India may start getting Rafale fighter aircraft from France earlier than the agreed-upon 36 months.

Polythene will be banned at all national monuments from October 2, the second anniversary of the Swachh Bharat Mission which coincides with Gandhi Jayanti.

Opposition parties in Karnataka on Saturday asked the Siddaramaiah government not to release "at any cost" 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu as directed by the Supreme Court, and to oppose the formation of the Cauvery Water Management Board.

There have been reports that after yesterday's operation, some terror camps along LoC were shifted to deep inside the PoK, sources said quoting intelligence inputs.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the security situation in the country, particular along the border with Pakistan in the wake of the surgical strikes by the Army on terror launch pads in PoK.

The Pakistan Foreign Office on Thursday summoned Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale over the "unprovoked" cross-border firing by Indian Army in which two Pakistani soldiers were killed.

Top defence experts on Thursday termed the surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the Line of Control in PoK as an "operational necessity" and said those were necessitated as the "levels of tolerance" were crossed.

US National Security Advisor Susan Rice called her Indian counterpart Ajit Doval and condemned the Uri terrorist attack saying the White House expects Pakistan to take "effective action to combat and delegitimise" UN-designated terrorist groups.

The Nepal government will on Saturday take a call on the fate of the SAARC summit after Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Bhutan joined India on Wednesday in refusing to attend the meet in Pakistan, citing a non-conducive “environment”.

Meanwhile, North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations underscore that a diverse and dynamic spectrum of nuclear threat still exists, Carter said.

They, however, held nobody responsible for their death. Bansal and his son were found dead on Tuesday in their apartment, sources said.

Sushma will be taking to the podium at UNGA for the second year.

The Delhi Police has written to Canada's Department of Justice seeking details of the deleted chats from the mobile phones of Sunanda Pushkar and her husband, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.

"Despite Sasikumar seeking protection following a life threat, police failed to give him protection, resulting in his murder by a four-member gang near his house," Tamilisai said.