- Middle East
UAE President, Iraqi PM discuss bilateral ties
Dubai: The UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani discussed over phone bilateral relations and ways to strengthen cooperation. In the phone conversation, the…
- India
BJP conspiracy to damage AIUDF through delimitation, Cong part of it: Badruddin Ajmal
Guwahati: Badruddin Ajmal, the chief of the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), has alleged that both the BJP and Congress hatched a controversy to politically corner his party through the delimitation…
- Middle East
Death toll from IS attack on Syrian military bus rises to 33
Damascus: The death toll from the Islamic State (IS) attack on a Syrian military bus on rose to 33, a war monitor reported. The IS militants attacked the bus in the desert…
- India
Two more arrested in Jadavpur University fresher’s death case
Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Sunday arrested two more students of Jadavpur University in connection with the mysterious death of a fresher Swapnadip Kundu on August 10. The two arrested have been identified…
- World
Taiwan vice-president’s US ‘stopover’: China expresses unhappiness
Beijing: China’s foreign ministry on Sunday condemned Taiwan’s vice president William Lai’s stopover in the US, calling him a “troublemaker”. Lai arrived in New York on Saturday en route to Paraguay, Taiwan’s…
- India
UP Cong hopes Rahul will spend longer time in the state this time
Lucknow: Congressmen in Uttar Pradesh are hopeful that party leader Rahul Gandhi will devote substantial time in Uttar Pradesh during the second phase of his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Though the date and…
- India
Every time PM Modi speaks, it’s a tsunami of lies: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh on Sunday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying every time he speaks, it is a “tsunami of lies”. The Rajya…
- Middle East
Iran condemns IS attack on Syrian military bus
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned the deadly “terrorist” attack by the IS militants on a Syrian military bus in east Syria. Kanaani made the remarks on Saturday…
- Telangana
Jolt to Telangana BJP as ex-minister Chandra Sekhar quits
Hyderabad: In a jolt to BJP in Telangana, former minister A. Chandra Sekhar on Sunday resigned from the party. He is likely to join the Congress. Chandra Sekhar sent his resignation letter…
- India
All eyes on SC as it hears challenge to abrogation of Article 370
New Delhi: A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud is consecutively hearing a batch of pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution…
- Kashmir
Why NC & PDP cling on to the restoration of Article 370
Srinagar: The regional National Conference (NC) and its political rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have come together as strange bedfellows to defend Article 370 for more than one political reason. Sleeping…
- Politics
NIA raids residences of ex-activists of PFI in Kerala’s Malappuram
Thiruvananthapuram: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday was conducting raids at four places of former activists of the banned Islamist organisation, Popular Front of India (PFI). The raids were being held…
- India
Karnataka contaminated water case takes casteist turn, riles Dalit groups
Bengaluru: Karnataka’s Congress government has come under scanner following Dalit organisations raising suspicion over the water contamination case which resulted in seven deaths and more than 200 persons getting hospitalised. The organisations…
- World
Russia says it intercepted missiles at Crimean Bridge
Moscow: Two Ukrainian missiles attempting to attack the Crimean Bridge have been shot down by the air defence system in the Kerch Strait, Russia’s Defence Ministry said. Ukraine on Saturday launched two…
- Politics
FIR filed after Priyanka Gandhi’s ‘50% commission’ charge on MP BJP
Bhopal: Several Congress leaders, including party’s National General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Madhya Pradesh Congress Chief Kamal Nath, have been booked under IPC Sections 420 and 469 on the complaint of…
