Tejashwi Yadav dismisses speculations of CM Nitish contesting 2024 polls for PM post
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav dismissed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s desire to become Prime Minister and said that the veteran leader is focused on getting the opposition together for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. “He (CM Nitish Kumar) is the CM and we’re working under his guidance. The only agenda he has right now […]
Palestinian boy buried; US seeks probe into death
TUQU: A seven-year-old Palestinian boy who died on the sidelines of an Israeli army search in the occupied West Bank was buried on Friday, with Washington calling for a “thorough” investigation into his death. Rayan Yasser Suleiman’s body was wrapped in a keffiyeh chequered Palestinian headscarf, as hundreds of people took part in a funeral […]
ED conducts raid, freezes Rs 9.82 cr of 9 Chinese controlled firms in money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out searches and frozen account balances of Rs 9.82 crore of nine Chinese-controlled entities with respect to an investigation relating to the misuse of an App-based token named “HPZ” and other similar applications by several entities under money laundering probe, the agency said on Thursday. The action has been […]
Ukraine regions made ‘free choice in favour of Russia’: Moscow
MOSCOW: Moscow’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Russian-occupied regions in Ukraine made a “conscious and free choice” to join Russia after Kremlin proxies organised so-called referendums in the territories they control. “The results of the plebiscites speak for themselves: the people of the Donbas, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions do not want to go back […]
Mayawati can join oppn alliance if projected as PM candidate
In a major development, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has said that it can join the opposition alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, provided the alliance partners are ready to project Mayawati as their Prime Ministerial candidate. BSP national spokesperson Dharamveer Chaudhary said that the “ultimate decision, however, will be taken by Behenji (Mayawati)”, […]
Mass exodus from Russia as partial vote backs ‘annexation’
TBILISI/MOSCOW: Amid Russian state media claims that first partial voting results from four regions in Ukraine showed overwhelming majorities of residents in favour of joining Moscow, Georgia and Kazakhstan said on Tuesday that tens of thousands of Russians had flooded into their borders from the neighbouring country as military-aged men flee the Ukraine military call-up. […]
57 held for PFI links in UP’s 26 districts
Nearly 57 people, linked to the Popular Front of India (PFI), have been arrested in raids conducted by the police, Special Task force and Anti-Terrorist Squad. The raids were held in various locations in 26 districts across Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. Additional Director General (law and order) Prashant Kumar said in a brief statement that […]
Fires in Brazil’s Amazon surge in September, worst month since 2010
SAO PAULO: Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest have surged in September, already making it the worst month in more than a decade, government data showed on Monday, after a jump in deforestation during an election year. National space research agency INPE reported 36,850 fire alerts in the region so far this month, a 120pc rise […]
India reports 4129 Covid cases in last 24 hours
India reported 4129 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, stated the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday. With this, India’s active caseload now stands at 43,415 with active cases now constituting 0.10% of the country’s total positive cases. As per the data shared by the ministry, India’s recovery rate stands […]
Iran summons British, Norwegian envoys as unrest persists
TEHRAN: Iran summoned the British and Norwegian ambassadors over what it said was interference and hostile media coverage of nationwide unrest triggered by the death of a woman detained by morality police, the semi-official ISNA news agency said on Sunday. Demonstrations which broke out more than a week ago at the funeral of the 22-year-old […]