NEW DELHI,OCTO 20: A low-pressure area over the southeast and the adjoining southwest Arabian Sea has developed into a depression and is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 21 morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. This would be the second cyclonic storm in the Arabian Sea this year. It […]Continue Reading
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NEW DELHI,OCTO 20: TMC MP Mahua Moitra has raised questions over the credibility of Hiranandani Group CEO Darshan Hiranandani’s affidavit, alleging that it was “drafted by the PMO” and he was forced to sign it after being “threatened” with “total shut down” of his family’s businesses. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,OCTO 19 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday conveyed condolences to President of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas and reiterated India’s long-standing “principled position” on the Israel-Palestine issue. In a phone conversation, Modi, at the same time, shared with Abbas India’s “deep concern” over terrorism, violence Continue Reading
Israel,Octo 19: 12:25 am Oct 19 Day 12 of the Israel-Hamas conflict: Key Development President Joe Biden said that Israel had agreed to allow humanitarian assistance to begin flowing into Gaza from Egypt. He announces USD 100 million humanitarian aid to Gaza and West Bank Palestinian protesters burn pictures that show US President Joe Biden […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, OCTO 19: US President Joe Biden, who was in Israel on Wednesday to show support to the Jewish nation amid its war with the Hamas terrorist group, met survivors of the October 7 rampage. Among them was Rachel Edri, a 65-year-old retired grandmother who was held hostage at gunpoint in her home for […]Continue Reading
BHUBANESWAR,OCTO 18 : India’s fastest woman Dutee Chand has expressed optimism that same-sex marriage will become a reality one day. Chand made the remark while expressing her views on the apex court’s judgment on the legality of same-sex marriage. A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously refused to accord legal recognition Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,OCTO 18 : More than 15 years after television journalist Soumya Vishwanathan was shot dead by unknown assailants in Vasant Kunj in South Delhi, a South Delhi court has pronounced four of the accused guilty of murder. A fifth has been found guilty of possessing a stolen car. Their sentences are likely to be […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,OCTO 18: The Lok Sabha’s Ethics Committee on Wednesday asked BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai to appear before it for “oral evidence” on October 26 in connection with his “cash for query” allegations against TMC MP Mahua Moitra. “Oral evidence of Dr Nishikant Dubey, MP, in respect of complaint dated […]Continue Reading
JAMMU,OCTO 18 : Two BSF personnel were injured after Pakistan Rangers “resorted to unprovoked firing” on border guards along the International Border (IB) here, officials said on Wednesday. The Pakistan Rangers opened fire around 8.15 a.m. on Tuesday on the troops at the Vikram post in the Arnia sector, following which the BSF jawans fired […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,OCTO 18 : At least 500 people, many of them women and children, were killed in a massive blast at a hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday night. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike for causing the blast, while the Israeli Defence Force claimed that a rocket misfired by a Palestinian militant group hit the […]Continue Reading
