- Middle East
Iran, United States set for talks in Oman over nuclear programme
Muscat: Iran and the United States stood poised on Friday, February 6, to hold negotiations in Oman at least over Tehran’s nuclear programme after a chaotic week that initially saw plans for…
- India
India, US deepen cooperation in defence technology
New Delhi: India and the US have discussed ways to strengthen collaboration in “critical and emerging defence technologies” to meet the evolving requirements at a key meeting hosted here, officials said on…
- World
Trump claims again that he stopped war between India, Pakistan
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump repeated twice in a single day the claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan last year. “In one year, I’ve ended eight raging…
- Telangana
BJP taking ‘protection money’ from BRS to shield corruption: Telangana CM
Karimnagar: Accusing Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of having a clandestine understanding, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday, February 5, alleged that state leaders of the…
- India
Congress will never be able to dig my grave: PM Modi in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, February 5, launched a scathing attack on the Congress, saying the Opposition party is unable to digest its successive electoral defeats and his rise,…
- Middle East
Israeli security service chief’s brother accused of smuggling cigarettes into Gaza
Jerusalem: An Israeli court on Thursday indicted a brother of the chief of Israel’s security service for smuggling tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of cigarettes into war-ravaged Gaza Strip at a…
- Delhi
2020 Delhi riots: CBI drops murder charges against constables over Faizan’s death
New Delhi: The CBI has dropped the charge of murder from its chargesheet against two Delhi Police constables in connection with the death of 23-year-old Faizan, who was seen in a viral…
- India
‘Illegal’ coal mine blast in Meghalaya leaves 18 dead, several injured
Shillong: At least 18 labourers were killed, and several others feared trapped following an explosion at an “illegal” coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, February 5, officials said.…
- India
Took refuge in lies: Rahul slams PM Modi over his Rajya Sabha address
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his address in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, saying he was “so afraid of the truth that…
- India
Govt invites application for SAIL CMD post
New Delhi: Government headhunter PESB on Thursday invited applications for the post of Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL). The top post will fall vacant as…
- India
Ghaziabad sisters’ death: They hardly played outside, say neighbours
Ghaziabad: A day after three sisters jumped to their death from their ninth-floor home in the Sahibabad area here, residents of the residential complex were in shock, pondering how the girls’ prolonged…
- India
Gurugram: Two booked under SC/ST Act for harassing sanitation workers
Gurugram: Gurugram Police have booked two persons allegedly for misbehaving with the sanitation workers of the city’s municipal corporation, police said. Police have registered a case under the SC ST Act and…
- India
91 of 267 Air India aircraft identified with repetitive defects: Govt
Mumbai: Nearly three-fourths of the Air India Group’s 267 planes that were analysed for repetitive defects have been identified as having recurring defects, the data presented in the Lok Sabha on Thursday…
- India
Manipur: Mob clashes with security forces amid protests against new Dy CM
Churachandpur: A mob clashed with security forces in Kuki-dominated Churachandpur district of Manipur on Thursday evening, February 5, amid protests over an MLA from the community, Nemcha Kipgen, joining the BJP-led government…
- India
Himachal CM bans mobile phones in all schools from March 1
Shimla: Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday, February 5, announced a complete ban on the use of mobile phones by students in all government and private schools across Himachal Pradesh, effective…
