Monthly Archives: February 2024
Cooperation vital for Sri Lanka: Leaders on return from India
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Marxist JVP party members who made their first visit to India at the invitation of the Indian government on...
Seven dead in Russian drone attack in Kharkiv
KYIV: A Ukrainian couple and their three small children were killed in a fire after a Russian drone attack on the northeastern...
Fractured mandate in Pakistan polls: PML(N) invites MQM(P)
ISLAMABAD: Amid split mandate in the Pakistan general polls, hectic parleys are on among the political parties to stitch an alliance and...
44 killed in Israeli strikes in Rafah
RAFAH: Israeli airstrikes killed at least 44 Palestinians in Rafah early Saturday, hours after Israel’s PM said he asked the military to...
Donald Trump mocks Nikki Haley for absence of her military husband; Indian-American hits back
WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump has mocked his Republican rival Nikki Haley over the absence of her husband, who is deployed...
Army backs Nawaz Sharif’s call to form coalition govt
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief Gen Asim Munir on Saturday urged the country’s polarised political leadership to form a “unified government of all...
Bill on exam malpractices cleared by RS
NEW DELHI: Parliament on Friday passed a Bill that aims to curb malpractices and irregularities in competitive examinations, and entails provisions for...
India has nearly 97 cr voters now, up 6% from 2019: EC
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday said nearly 97 crore Indians will be eligible to vote in this year’s Lok Sabha...
Union Finance Minister says decisions of Sonia-led panel ruined economy
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, speaking in the Lok Sabha on Friday, attacked Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, calling the National Advisory Council (NAC)...
Key farm unions staying away, rift to fore over Feb 13 protest
CHANDIGARH: While 16 farmer unions from Punjab, mainly the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM non-political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), have...