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Ashraf Ghani cancels US trip after Donald Trump declines meeting

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani cancelled his visit to New York to attend the UN General Assembly (UNGA) meeting after his American counterpart Donald Trump declined to meet him, a media report said Sunday.

September 23, 2018

Monsoon Session: Oppn leaders to meet today to plan joint strategy

Topmost on the agenda will be to finalise a joint candidate for the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman's post which fell vacant on July 1

July 15, 2018

UNSC to hold emergency meeting over Syria chemical attack

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday over a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria.

April 9, 2018

Lok Sabha Speaker calls meeting of House leaders tomorrow

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has called a meeting of House leaders of all political parties tomorrow (January 28th), on the eve of Parliament’s Budget Session during which the government and the opposition are likely to clash over a host of issues, including the triple talaq bill. A similar meeting has been convened by the government on Sunday during...

January 27, 2018

Rahul Gandhi meets visiting US diplomat

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells and US Ambassador Kenneth Juster here. “Met Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Ambassador Alice Wells and US Ambassador to India, Kenneth Juster for a wide-ranging exchange of views on issues...

January 19, 2018

CJI Dipak Misra to meet four rebel SC judges today

Chief Justice Dipak Misra is likely to meet the four rebel judges — Justices J. Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph — on Thursday to resolve issues relating to the allocation of cases and the functioning of the court. The meeting that was expected to take place on Wednesday did not materialise...

January 18, 2018

Trump lawyers set for key meeting with Special Counsel

US President Donald Trump’s private lawyers are slated to meet Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is currently probing alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, next week, the media reported. While the lawyers have met with Mueller’s team before and might again, the upcoming meeting has greater significance because it comes after the completion...

December 16, 2017

GST rejig: It took 4 months to ‘improve’ economy, says Chidambaram

Former Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday took a dig at the government over the GST roll back in tax slabs, saying it took four months for commonsense to “germinate, flower and ripen into a fruit”. “Ministry of Finance must be complimented for ‘improving’ the macro-economic situation in four months and 10...

November 11, 2017

Leaders of Iraq, France meet on fight against Islamic State

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris for talks on the international fight against Islamic State group extremists and rebuilding Iraq’s economy. Macron has been reticent about the escalating tensions between Iraq’s government and its Kurdish region following its independence referendum. Today’s meeting in Paris comes days after...

October 5, 2017

BJP national meet; PM Modi, Shah to chalk out roadmap for party

Prime Minister Narendra Modi may seek to dispel concerns over the state of economy and lay down his government’s economic and political agenda at a two-day BJP national executive meeting which began on Sunday. Party president Amit Shah held a meeting with office- bearers, state chiefs and key organisational leaders to finalise agenda items, including...

September 24, 2017

Rajnath chairs high level meeting to discuss Haryana violence

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation in Haryana following the violence there that left 31 dead after Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s conviction in a rape case. The meeting, held at Rajnath Singh’s residence, lasted for over two and a half hours. It was attended...

August 26, 2017

Mallika Sherawat meets ‘lovely’ Ivana Trump

Indian actress Mallika Sherawat met US President Donald Trump's first wife Ivana Trump and says it was a lovely experience.

July 25, 2017

After quitting RS, Mayawati to hold strategy meet in Delhi

BSP president Mayawati has convened a meeting of senior party leaders in the national capital on Sunday to capitalise on her recent resignation from the Rajya Sabha and chalk out fresh strategy. All important leaders of the party, including its coordinators, MLAs , MLCs and Rajya Sabha members have been invited for the meeting, a party...

July 22, 2017

No more meetings in College Square, announces Mamata after student’s plea

Responding to a student's plea, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that her Trinamool Congress party will stop conducting meetings and rallies in the city's education hub of College Square. She also batted for a law to ensure students are not disturbed due to the rallies. The College Square area in north...

June 1, 2017

Rajnath chairs security review meeting of five CMs

Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired here on Saturday the first security review meeting with Chief Ministers of five states bordering China. Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti (Jammu and Kashmir), Virbhadra Singh (Himachal Pradesh), Trivendra Singh Rawat (Uttarakhand), Pawan Kumar Chamling (Sikkim) and Pema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh) attended the meeting.  A Home Ministry official said the objective...

May 20, 2017

White House climate change meeting postponed

The White House on Tuesday postponed the meeting to discuss whether the United States should withdraw from the landmark international climate deal struck in Paris under the Obama administration. The White House said late Monday that the meeting would be rescheduled. This is the second time a meeting of top aides on the issue has been delayed. Trump...

May 9, 2017

Sukma attack: State govt to hold unified command meeting

A high-level meeting of the Unified Command will be held this week in Chhattisgarh to chalk out a comprehensive strategy to hit Maoists, in the aftermath of recent ambushes that has killed over 35 CRPF troops in the worst-hit Sukma district. Chief Minister Raman Singh has called the meeting on May 5 in Raipur, officials...

May 2, 2017