- Middle East
Italian PM visits Lebanon to show solidarity amid Israeli attacks
Beirut: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has visited Lebanon to convey a message of support to the Lebanese people who are embroiled in the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict. In a joint press conference after…
- Middle East
US, Germany say Sinwar’s death ‘can create momentum to end conflict’ in Gaza
Berlin: The US and Germany have said that the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar can “create a momentum to end the conflict in the Gaza Strip”. In a joint statement on…
- World
Defence Secretary Austin reaffirms US, NATO’s long-term commitment to Ukraine
Brussels: United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has reaffirmed the US and NATO’s long-term commitment to a free and sovereign Ukraine. “Like countries of goodwill around the world, our NATO allies…
- India
Pawar met Dawood in Dubai, govt must clarify: Prakash Ambedkar
Mumbai: The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (President) Prakash Ambedkar has alleged that the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President Sharad Pawar met the absconding mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar in Dubai and was gifted…
- India
Baba Siddique murder: 5 more arrested from Raigad, sent to police custody
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has arrested five more persons in connection with the killing of ruling Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and businessman Baba Ziauddin Siddique in Bandra on October…
- India
SC dismisses plea seeking regulatory board to monitor OTT platforms in India
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, October 18 refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a direction to the Centre for the establishment of a proper board to monitor…
- Telangana
Telangana: Guv appoints vice chancellors of 9 state universities
Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma on Friday, October 18 appointed Vice Chancellors for nine State universities. The Governor, who is the Chancellor of the State universities, appointed Prof Kumar Moglaram as…
- Health
39 pc of Indian workforce in India hail mental health programmes at job
New Delhi: At least 39 percent of the Indian workforce in India have noticed real benefits from their company’s mental health programmes, a survey said on Friday, October 18. Additionally, 48 percent…
- Andhra Pradesh
Much to learn from PM Modi, including persistence, hard work: AP CM Naidu
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday, October 18 said that there is much to learn from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, particularly his persistence and hard work. The Telugu…
- Kolkata
RG Kar hunger strike: Bengal govt seeks daily updates on condition of hospitalised junior doctors
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has sought daily health updates of the junior doctors who had been hospitalised after their condition deteriorated amid the fast-unto-death agitations, both at Esplanade in Kolkata as…
- India
Punjab: Jailed MP Amritpal, 2 Canada-based handlers blamed for Gurpreet Sing’s murder
Chandigarh: In a significant breakthrough, Punjab Police have solved the murder case of Gurpreet Singh, also known as Bhodi, with the arrest of three members of gangster-turned-terrorist Arshdeep Singh, alias Arsh Dalla,…
- India
Panel submits ‘uniform civil code’ rules to Uttarakhand CM Dhami
Dehradun: The draft rules for the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttarakhand, prepared by a committee chaired by former chief secretary Shatrughan Singh, were handed over to chief minister…
- World
Bangladesh cuts egg import duties, from 25 to 5 pc
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) Thursday, October 18 drastically cut import duty on eggs from 25 percent to 5 percent to help rein in prices. The egg import duty cut…
- Middle East
Gunmen crossing from Jordan wound two Israelis near Dead Sea
Jerusalem: Two Israelis were wounded south of the Dead Sea by two or three gunmen who crossed the border from Jordan on Friday. According to the report, one injured was in moderate…