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- Pakistan
POK Prez urges Biden to intervene in Kashmir conflict
Islamabad: Sardar Masood Khan, the President of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), has called on US President Joe Biden’s administration to intervene in resolving the decades-long Kashmir conflict. In a statement, Khan “called upon…
- World
Former US President Obama’s Kenyan step-grandmother passes away
Washington: Former US President Barack Obama’s Kenyan step-grandmother and the family’s matriarch, Sarah Obama, has passed away aged 99 years old. Taking to Twitter on Monday, the former President said: “My family and…
- Delhi
President Ram Nath Kovind in hospital after chest discomfort
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind was admitted to the Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) Hospital in New Delhi on Friday morning owing to chest discomfort. The President, 75, complained of chest…
- India
President Kovind donates Rs 1 lakh to Jagannath temple in Puri
Puri (Odisha): President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind on Monday, while on their visit to Jagannath Temple in Puri, contributed Rs 1 lakh for the development of Jagannath Dham.…
- World
Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes Tanzania’s 1st female president
Dar es Salaam: Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in as Tanzania’s first female President on Friday, two days after President John Magufuli passed away due to heart failure. Suluhu Hassan, who was the…
- World
‘Too early to say’, says Trump on running for President again in 2024
Florida: Former US President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeatedly dodged questions about his political future, saying it’s “too early to say” whether he will run for another Presidential term in 2024. According…
- India
Shabnam Ali: The first woman to be hanged in independent India
Amroha: With the decks having been cleared for the hanging of Shabnam and her paramour Salim – both accused of killing seven members of Shabnam’s family – the stage is now set…
- World
Joe Biden to become oldest US President to take oath
Washington: With a promise to “heal” America, which in recent months witnessed a chaotic election and messy transition of power, Joseph R Biden will take the oath to become the 46th President…
- World
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president
Washington: Presidential electors are meeting across the United States on Monday to formally choose Joe Biden as the nation’s next president. Monday is the day set by law for the meeting of…
- Delhi
President Kovind, Home Minister pay tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu and Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth anniversary on Saturday. Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal also paid tribute to…
- India
President pays tribute to Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday paid floral tribute to former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on his 89th birth anniversary at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. “President Kovind paid floral tributes to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam,…
- World
‘I dont want to pay tax’, says Trump on NYT report
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) defended himself when questioned about a news report on the minimal amount of income tax paid by him, saying “I don’t want to…
- World
Trump paid no income tax in years leading to Presidency: Report
Washington: President Donald Trump paid no federal income tax in 10 of the past 15 years, The New York Times reported on Sunday. He paid just $750 in both 2016 and 2017, after years of…
- Delhi
Plea in SC seeks removal of Maha govt, imposition of President’s rule
New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to remove Chief Minister Uddhav Thackery-led government from power in Maharashtra and impose President’s rule in the state. The plea said the state machinery is…
- Delhi
Opposition to meet President urge him not to give assent to farm bills
New Delhi: Twelve Opposition parties have sought time to meet President Ram Nath Kovind to request him to not give assent to agriculture bills passed in Rajya Sabha on Sunday, Congress MP Shaktisinh Gohil said on Monday. He said that…
- Delhi
No talks with Centre till agriculture bills are taken back: SAD President
New Delhi: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said there can be no talks with the Centre until agriculture bills are taken back. He said SAD is a “pro-farmers party” and they…
- Politics
Yoshihide Suga wins Japan’s leadership vote, set to become PM
Tokyo: Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Monday won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership vote and will secure the post of the Prime Minister. According to the final count, Suga…
- World
President Trump empowers women, helps them shatter barriers: top female advisers
New York: Top women advisors in US President Donald Trump’s administration have hailed him for his strong support for working mothers, empowering and helping them shatter barriers. Recalling the landmark achievement 100 years…
- World
Mali President resigns hours after reports of his arrest
Bamako: Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced early on Wednesday that he is resigning from his post saying that he does not wish blood to be shed following a mutiny in the Bamako,…
- Delhi
Kovind condoles demise of former Dr President Dayal Sharma’s wife
New Delhi [India]: President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday expressed grief over the demise of former President Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma’s wife Vimla Sharma. Kovind conveyed his condolences to the deceased’s family members.“Hearing news of the demise of former…
- Top Stories
Prez Kovind gifts bicycle on Eid to budding cyclist
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has gifted a bicycle to a budding young cyclist who works part-time as a dishwasher in Ghaziabad. The boy who hails from Bihar, studies in class 9…
- India
Gehlot knocks at PM, President doors to resolve Rajasthan crisis
Jaipur: The ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan seems to be now reaching the doors of the Prime Minister and the President as chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday revealed that he has…
- India
Delhi riots: 72 concerned citizens write to President seeking probe
New Delhi: A group of 72 concerned citizens, including former bureaucrats, activists, lawyers, professors and journalists, have written a letter to the President of India, Ramnath Kovind, to constitute a probe into…
- World
SL Prez declares 2021-2030 as Decade of Skills Development
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared 2021 to 2030 as the Decade of Skills Development, a statement from his office said. The Decade of Skills Development builds on the success…
- World
Putin hasn’t ruled out running for new presidential term
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has not ruled out that he will run for a new presidential term if such a constitutional amendment is adopted, the media reported. “I have not made any…
- India
President promulgates ordinances for agriculture market reforms
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday promulgated the ordinances for major agricultural reforms which aim to give freedom to the farmers to sell their agriculture produce anywhere in the country and…
- India
Rajya Sabha prorogued by President
New Delhi: President of India Ram Nath Kovind has prorogued the Rajya Sabha on March 29. The House had adjourned sine die on March 23. “The Rajya Sabha which adjourned sine die…
- India
World’s third biggest start-up ecosystem is in India: President
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said that the world’s third-biggest start-up ecosystem is in India. “Today, the third biggest start-up ecosystem is in India. Under the Start-Up India, 27,000…
- India
NCP leader floats Sharad Pawar’s name for President in 2022
New Delhi: Having turned the table on the BJP in Maharashtra and installed a Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress government, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar could be the opposition’s top choice for the Rashtrapati Bhavan in…
- World
Kanye West wants to run for President in 2024
Washington D.C [USA]: American rapper Kanye West has announced his plans to run for the post of president in 2024. But before potentially moving into the White House the rapper might change…
