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
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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
TEHRAN,OCTO 17 : Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Tuesday that “no one can stop” forces opposed to Israel if it keeps up its bombardment of Gaza in response to the surprise attack by Hamas. The Islamic Republic has maintained close contacts with its allies across the region since Hamas militants stormed across the […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,OCTO 17 : The Supreme Court today refused to grant legal recognition to same-sex marriages, saying it was up to Parliament to make laws to enable it. The top court, though, stressed that queer persons had the right to choose their partners and asked the Centre to ensure that couples were not discriminated against. […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,OCTO 17 : The Hamas terrorists on Monday released the first footage of an Israeli hostage held in the Gaza strip after the Israel-Hamas war broke out last week, the Jerusalem Post reported. The hostage, injured with a broken arm, can be seen receiving medical treatment in the video released by Hamas on Telegram. […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,OCTO 16 : BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has written to Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and his junior minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar, seeking an investigation into allegations linked to ‘bribe for questions’ charge against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra. On Sunday, Dubey wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, saying that he had received a […]Continue Reading
