Washington/New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday, emphasised that the United States will not let Iran hold the global energy market hostage and affirmed that US energy products have the potential to diversify India’s energy supply, the US State Department has detailed. “The Secretary and Prime Minister discussed the current situation in the Middle East. The Secretary emphasised that the United S…
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New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the “sustained progress” in bilateral cooperation across a wide range of sectors, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) stated on Saturday. Rubio called on Prime Minister Modi soon after his arrival in New Delhi and also extended an invite on behalf of US President Donald Trump for PM Modi to visit the White House in the near future. After the meeting, PM Modi said that both countries will continue to …
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) BJP National Information & Technology Department in-charge and West Bengal co-incharge Amit Malviya, on Saturday, hit back at TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose over her remarks on the Centre’s alleged treatment of Christian institutions and the Missionaries of Charity after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the organisation’s Mother House in Kolkata. Reacting to Ghose’s post on X, Malviya accused her of spreading misinformation and deliberately distorti…
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on Saturday visited Mother House, the headquarters of Saint Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata.Rubio arrived in Kolkata on Saturday morning, as part of his four-day visit to India, and was welcomed by US Ambassador Sergio Gor at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.Marco Rubio was accompanied by his wife Jeanette D. Rubio. They left from The Mother Teresa House of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata after spending…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) US Ambassador Sergio Gor, highlighted the role of shared humanitarian values in strengthening bilateral ties after accompanying US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a visit to the famed humanitarian organisation Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. In a post on X, Gor wrote, “Joined @SecRubio in Kolkata for a visit to the Missionaries of Charity. Moments like these remind us the US-India partnership rests not only on strong policies, but also on shared values and th…
Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched a scathing attack against the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the special intensive revision (SIR) in West Bengal, accusing the Commission of not even sparing members of different religious and charitable organisations in the exercise. The Chief Minister addressed three campaign rallies in Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts. In two of the rallies, she specifically named the Swami Vivekananda-founded…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member, Priyank Kanoongo, on Wednesday, criticised Opposition leaders protesting outside Parliament over the proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), alleging that their stand supports organisations involved in religious conversions through foreign funding. Taking to social media platform X, Kanoongo said, “These honourable MPs, eager to change the demography of India in the pursuit of foreign d…