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Daily Archives: December 16, 2024

Lankan Prez begins 3-day India visit

NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Disanayaka on Sunday held "fruitful" discussions with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security...

AAP last list out, Kejriwal to contest from New Delhi seat

NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi will continue to contest from New Delhi and Kalkaji Assembly constituency, respectively, as AAP released its...

Zakir Hussain passed away ‘very peacefully’, tributes pour in for tabla maestro

NEW DELHI: Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain died in a hospital in San Francisco, US, his family said on Monday. He was 73.

Denied Cabinet berth, Shiv Sena MLA resigns from all party posts  

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MLA Narendra Bhondekar has resigned from all party posts while expressing disappointment at not being included in the Maharashtra...

Impeached S Korea Prez defies summons in martial law probe

SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol did not comply with a summon from prosecutors on Sunday, and they plan to issue...

Israel troops kill 22 in Gaza, attack school sheltering Palestinians

CAIRO: Israeli troops killed at least 22 Palestinians, most of them in the northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday in airstrikes and other...

Biden, Harris thank major Democratic donors and urge them to stay engaged after tough...

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday thanked deep-pocketed Democratic donors who raised record sums in last month's...

Trump gives key roles to Truth Social CEO, ex-intelligence chief

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named his social media platform CEO Devin Nunes to lead an intelligence advisory panel and...

Hundreds feared dead in cyclone in France’s Mayotte

PARIS: Several hundred people, maybe even thousands, may have been killed by Cyclone Chido in the French archipelago of Mayotte in the...

Week after Assad’s ouster, Syrian schools reopen

DAMASCUS: Students returned to classrooms in Syria on Sunday after the country’s new rulers ordered schools reopened in a potent sign of...