New engine sent for PIA plane grounded in Muscat
RAWALPINDI: A new engine was airlifted to Muscat on Sunday as Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)’s Boeing 777 is currently being repaired there. The aircraft landed at Muscat International Airport on Wednesday following an engine failure during a commercial flight from Madina to Islamabad. According to sources, a C-130 cargo plane took the replacement engine to […]
Theresa May joins Tory MPs quitting before election
LONDON: Former prime minister Theresa May announced on Friday she will stand down as an MP at the next election, adding to a growing list from the UK’s ruling Conservatives to abandon leader Rishi Sunak. May, 67, is the most high-profile of scores of Tory lawmakers to say they will not seek re-election at this […]
PM Modi on two-day visit to Assam from today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to commence his two-day visit to Assam this afternoon. Hectic preparations are on to welcome the Prime Minister at UNESCO World Heritage Site Kaziranga National Park. The Prime Minister is set to arrive at Tezpur Airport in Sonitpur district at around 4 pm. His first destination will be the […]
N Korea’s top leader calls for intensifying war drills
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for intensifying “practical actual war drills” during a visit to a military training base, state media said on Thursday, as a joint military exercise between South Korea and the US was underway. During the visit to the base in the country’s western region on Wednesday, Kim inspected […]
INDIA Bloc Will Open ‘Closed Doors’ Of Jobs For Youth: Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI, Mar 4: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the Narendra Modi government for “not filling up” vacant posts and asserted that it is the INDIA bloc’s resolve to open the “closed doors” of jobs for the youth. Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Modi’s intention is not to provide employment. In […]
German navy ‘almost shot down’ US drone
FRANKFURT: A German naval frigate sent to protect commercial ships in the Red Sea ‘almost shot down’ a US drone by mistake earlier this week. The German defence ministry confirmed media reports that a drone incident involving an allied nation occurred on Monday, without naming the country. The Hesse frigate opened fire after efforts to […]
Ukraine floats possibility of inviting Russia to summit
KYIV: Ukraine and its foreign partners could invite Russia to a future peace summit to discuss an end to Moscow’s two-year-old invasion on Kyiv’s terms, a senior Ukrainian official said on Sunday. Switzerland will host a summit to discuss a vision for peace by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which could be handed to Russia during […]
4 killed, up to 15 missing in apartment fire in Spain
At least four people were killed in a fire that engulfed an apartment building in Valencia in eastern Spain and up to 15 were missing, local authorities said on Friday. Television footage showed the building’s facade ablaze, with burning segments falling to the pavement and small explosions audible inside. Witnesses said the fire, fanned by […]
Govt-Farmer Leaders Talks | Centre Proposes 5-Year Plan To Buy Pulses, Maize At MSP
CHANDIGARH, Feb 19: A panel of three Union ministers has proposed the buying of pulses, maize and cotton crops by government agencies at minimum support prices for five years after entering into an agreement with farmers, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said. Farmer leaders after a meeting with the ministers here on Sunday had said they […]
400 held in Russia at events in memory of Navalny
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON: The US ambassador to Moscow visited a makeshift shrine to Alexei Navalny on Sunday, as Russian authorities suppressed memorials and tributes to the late opposition leader. Rights groups say police have detained over 400 people at gatherings for the politician, a leading critic of President Vladimir Putin who died in an Arctic prison Friday. […]