Daily Archives: August 5, 2023
General strike cripples normal life in Manipur’s Imphal Valley
IMPHAL: The 24-hour general strike called by the coordinating committee of 27 assembly constituencies in Manipur on Saturday paralysed normal life in...
3 Army personnel killed in Kulgam encounter, search operation on
KULGAM: Three Army personnel were killed in an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Friday, officials said.
Rahul Gandhi gains heft, to reclaim Lok Sabha seat and contest elections
NEW DELHI: Congress workers on Friday burst into joy and jubilation as the Supreme Court suspended the conviction of Rahul Gandhi, paving...
Day Nuh burnt, police were caught napping
GURUGRAM: From taking inflammatory videos rather casually to failing to gauge the simmering tension coupled with poor planning, including the failure to...
Sikhs in Australia’s Queensland can carry kirpan in schools
MELBOURNE: The Supreme Court in Australia's Queensland state has overturned a law banning Sikh religious dagger (kirpan) on school grounds calling it...
New COVID variant EG.5.1 spreading quickly in UK: Report
LONDON: A new COVID variant which has descended from the rapidly spreading Omicron and was first flagged in the UK last month...
Ex-Prez Trump pleads not guilty to charges of post-poll violence
WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty before an Indian-American judge to four charges that he plotted a criminal...
Pakistan to dissolve assembly on Aug 9, says PM
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif has told the coalition partners that he would recommend the dissolution of the national assembly on August...
Navalny gets 19 years jail term
MELEKHOVO: Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny had an extra 19 years added to his jail term on Friday in a criminal...
Kyiv hits Russian naval base, warship damaged
KYIV: A Russian warship was seriously damaged in an overnight Ukrainian naval drone attack on Russia’s Black Sea navy base at Novorossiysk,...