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With Sri Lanka facing the worst food and forex crises since Independence in 1948, Mr Shringlas separate meetings with finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, foreign minister G.L. Peiris and his counterpart, Adm. Jayanth Colombage (Retd), all on Monday, assumes immediate importance for the hosts in particular. (Twitter)

Shringla's visit to Jaffna is hugely symbolic

It is Mr Shringla's maiden visit to Sri Lanka after taking over as foreign secretary in January last year

3 Oct 2021 7:50 PM IST

Supporters of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) party celebrate after West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee won the bypoll to Bhabanipur seat. (Photo: AFP)

Bhabanipur bypoll: Mamata Banerjee wins by a landslide, breaks record,...

The TMC also retained two more Assembly seats in Murshidabad, where the polls were deferred earlier, by huge margins

3 Oct 2021 3:18 PM IST

TMC supporters jubilate outside party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees residence at Kalighat, during counting of votes for the Bhawanipur Assembly by-polls, in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

EC asks Bengal chief secretary to ensure no celebration over poll...

The letter came as TMC workers across the state hit the streets to celebrate the massive lead Chief Minister Mamata...

3 Oct 2021 1:50 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi (PTI)

Rahul Gandhi attacks govt over issue of Chinese incursions in Ladakh,...

Close to 100 soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army transgressed the LAC in the Barahoti sector in Uttarakhand on...

3 Oct 2021 1:38 PM IST

Aaryan Khan (Twitter)

Cruise drugs party: NCB detains actor Shah Rukh Khan's son, seven...

Different drugs like MDMA, ecstasy, cocaine, MD (mephedrone) and charas were recovered from them during the raid...

3 Oct 2021 10:28 AM IST

A health worker prepares to administer a dose of Covaxin during a vaccination drive against COVID-19 in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

India adds 22,842 new cases of Covid, 244 fresh fatalities

The active cases comprise 0.80 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020

3 Oct 2021 10:11 AM IST

He said in the last one year, there had been huge development in infrastructure by India and it also deployed the latest weapons on its side. (Twitter)

India equipped to face Chinese aggression: Army chief

He was on a two-day visit to the Ladakh sector to review the operational situation

3 Oct 2021 1:49 AM IST

The seventh edition of the Mitra Shakti exercise was conducted at Foreign Training Node (FTN) in Pune in 2019. (Image credit: pib.gov.in)

India, Sri Lanka to conduct 12-day military exercise; focus on...

The eighth edition of the 'Mitra Shakti' exercise will be conducted at Combat Training School in Sri Lanka's Ampara from...

2 Oct 2021 1:27 PM IST

Prime Minister Modi virtually interacts with Gram Panchayat heads and Pani Samitis representatives. (ANI)

Jal Jeevan Mission empowering women by saving their time to fetch...

As of date, about 8.26 Crore (43 per cent) rural households have a tap water supply in their homes

2 Oct 2021 12:50 PM IST

The increase took rates across the country to fresh highs with Tamil Nadu becoming the latest state to see petrol cross Rs 100-a-litre mark. (PTI Photo)

Fuel prices hiked for third consecutive day across metros

Kolkata saw the highest surge of 30 paise, which is retailing petrol at the rate of Rs 102.77 per litre

2 Oct 2021 11:48 AM IST

A worker sanitises a corridor of the Gandhi Memorial English High School after Maharashtra government allowed schools to reopen for VIIIth to XIIth classes from October 4, at Matunga in Mumbai, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. (PTI/Kunal Patil)

India logs 24,354 new COVID-19 cases, 234 fresh fatalities

The active cases comprise 0.81 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020

2 Oct 2021 10:31 AM IST

The DGCA circular comes days after Delhi high court took suo moto cognisance and registered a writ petition in this regard after Justice C. Hari Shankar found passengers not wearing masks during a flight. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Reciprocal COVID-19 entry rules for UK citizens from October 4

Delhi hits back after Britain refuses to accept India's CoWin certificates

2 Oct 2021 7:55 AM IST