Daily Archives: October 20, 2023
Mahua Moitra says businessman Hiranandani was ‘forced to sign white paper’
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, in a two-page statement, has replied to the affidavit of businessman Darshan Hiranandani, alleging that "he was...
Canada withdraws 41 diplomats; suspends in-person services at all consulates
NEW DELHI: Visa services will be badly affected after Canada withdrew 41 diplomats and 42 accompanying dependents from India following a diktat...
British PM backs Israel ‘in its darkest hour’, but calls for easing of civilians’...
TEL AVIV: Israel hit Gaza with more airstrikes even as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak became the third western leader to visit...
Youth shot dead following altercation in Haryana’s Gurugram
GURUGRAM: A youth was shot dead behind a Ramlila pandal here in the early hours of Friday following an altercation with two...
Relief for Nawaz Sharif, granted protective bail
ISLAMABAD: In a temporary relief to Nawaz Sharif ahead of his return to Pakistan on Saturday, the Islamabad High Court on Thursday...
Commission drops corruption charges against Rajapaksa
COLOMBO: Citing lack of evidence, Sri Lanka’s anti-graft commission has dropped a case against former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in which over Rs...
Russian fighter jets intercept 3 British planes over Black Sea
MOSCOW: Russia scrambled two Su-27 fighter jets on Thursday to prevent three British military planes from entering Russian airspace over the Black...
‘Hamas, Putin represent different threats’: US President Joe Biden
WASHINGTON: The US President Joe Biden declared it is “vital for America's national security” for Israel and Ukraine to succeed in their...
China has over 500 nukes: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: China has more than 500 operational nuclear warheads in its arsenal and will probably have over 1,000 warheads by 2030, the...
Israeli airstrike kills top Hamas leader, his kin
GAZA: Israel pounded locations across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including parts of the south that Israel had declared as safe zones,...