Cong releases the second list for 17 seats for HP polls
Himachal Pradesh Election: Congress released its second list for 17 seats with Virbhadra loyalists Harish Janartha getting a ticket from the prestigious Shimla seat and Hardeep Singh Bawa bagging the Nalagarh. The party has so far cleared 63 names. Five seats are still left to be announced including Kinnaur (ST) from where youth Congress leader […]
Qatar gets Middle East’s first pandas
DOHA: Qatar became the first Middle Eastern country on Wednesday to receive Chinese giant pandas — Suhail and Soraya — who, in true Gulf fashion, took up residence in luxury air-conditioned quarters. Crowds of children and reporters watched as the four-year-old male and three-year-old female took their first steps in a temporary enclosure in a […]
UN chief Antonio Guterres arrives in India on a three-day official visit
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday arrived in India on a three-day official visit. Guterres will be on an official visit to India from October 18-20, 2022. This will be UNSG’s first visit to India, since he commenced his second term in office in January 2022. He had earlier visited India (in his first term) […]
Concern mounts for Iran’s climber Elnaz Rekabi who competed without hijab
PARIS: Alarm grew on Tuesday over the wellbeing of Iranian sports climber Elnaz Rekabi after she competed at an event in South Korea without a hijab in what some saw as a gesture of solidarity with the women-led protests at home. Rekabi, 33, in her first comment since the event at the Asian Championships in […]
Seven feared dead as helicopter carrying Kedarnath pilgrims crashes, DGCA orders probe
On Tuesday, a helicopter carrying Kedarnath pilgrims from Phata crashed in which around six people lost their lives, as per the preliminary reports. As per the reports, a chopper with five passengers and crew crashed while operating from Kedarnath to Guptkashi. The Aryan Aviation Bell-407 helicopter (VT-RPN) ran into cloudy weather at Garud Chatti and […]
Cong Prez Poll: Dr Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi casts their vote
Voting is underway for the post of Congress President. While Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi have cast their vote at the polling booth set up at the Congress headquarters in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi cast his vote for the party presidential election from the Sanganakallu village in Karnataka’s Ballari district. Besides, former Prime Minister and veteran […]
Iran accuses Biden of ‘inciting chaos’ during protests
TEHRAN: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday accused his US counterpart of “inciting chaos” after President Joe Biden expressed support for protests in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death in custody. “The remarks of the American president, who is inciting chaos, terror and the destruction of another country, serve as a reminder of the eternal […]
Direct clash with Nato will lead to ‘global catastrophe’: Putin
ASTANA: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that any direct clash of Nato troops with Russia would lead to a “global catastrophe”. “I hope that those who are saying this are smart enough not to take such steps,” Putin said at a news conference in the Kazakh capital Astana following a summit of ex-Soviet […]
Akhlaq lynching: Court convicts BJP leader Sangeet Som for violating govt order
Former BJP MLA Sangeet Som has been found guilty of allegedly defying a government order following Mohammad Akhlaq’s lynching in 2015 by a district court in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddha Nagar district. The court has imposed Rs 800 fine on him. The former Sardhana MLA reportedly delivered an objectionable speech at Bisahda, where section 144 […]
Iraqi MPs elect president after year of deadlock
BAGHDAD: Despite a rocket attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone, Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday elected a new president who swiftly named a prime minister in hopes of ending a year of political gridlock and violence in the war-scarred nation. Abdel Latif Rashid, a 78-year-old Iraqi Kurd, was elected as head of state, replacing Barham Saleh, by […]