7 more flights get bomb threats; pursuing cases actively, says govt
Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu on Wednesday expressed grave concern over multiple incidents of hoax threat to several airlines even as seven more flights received hoax threats on Wednesday, taking the count to 19 in three days. He said the government was monitoring the situation and pursuing all cases actively. The minister said […]
Over 140 people killed, dozens injured as gasoline tanker explodes in Nigeria
More than 140 people, including children, were killed and dozens injured in Nigeria as an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they were trying to scoop up fuel pouring from the vehicle, emergency services said on Wednesday. The accident occurred at midnight in Jigawa state’s Majiya town when the tanker driver lost control […]
China says it won’t renounce ‘use of force’ to take Taiwan
TAIPEI: China insisted on Monday it would never renounce the “use of force” to take control of Taiwan, after ending a day of military drills around the self-ruled island that Beijing said was a “stern warning” to “separatist” forces. Beijing, which claims Taiwan as part of its own territory, deployed fighter jets, drones, warships and […]
Collective desire for peace in West Asia: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday referred to the ongoing West Asia and Ukraine-Russia conflicts, reiterating that “no solutions are found in the battlefield”. He was addressing the East Asia Summit in Laos. Modi said, “There is a collective desire for the restoration of peace and stability in regions such as Eurasia and West Asia […]
2.5m businesses, households without power in Florida
SIESTA KEY: The death toll from Hurricane Milton rose to 16 on Friday, as residents began the painful process of piecing their lives and homes back together. Nearly 2.5 million households and businesses were without power, and some areas in the path cut through the state by the monster storm from the Gulf of Mexico […]
Germany will send more weapons to Israel, says Scholz
BERLIN: Germany will supply more weapons to Israel soon, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, after a significant drop in deliveries this year prompted opposition accusations that Berlin deliberately delayed the exports. “We have not decided not to supply weapons. We have supplied weapons and we will supply weapons,” Scholz told parliament at an event […]
Israel ramps up Gaza shelling, blocks aid routes
GAZA: The Israeli army intensified shelling of northern Gaza and closed roads, preventing the delivery of aid, the Palestinian territory’s civil defence agency said on Wednesday. At least 18 people were killed in overnight military strikes on Gaza, Palestinian medics said, as Israeli forces pressed on with a raid on the Jabalia refugee camp […]
Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata dies at 86
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Ratan Naval Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who transformed a staid group into India’s largest and most influential conglomerate with a string of eye-catching deals, has died. He was 86. Tata, who was chairman of the salt to software group for more than two decades, breathed his last at south Mumbai’s Breach […]
Floods, landslides leave 15 dead in Meghalaya
GUWAHATI: At least 15 people have been killed in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya over the last four days, officials said on Monday. More rain is expected in parts of the state through this week, with the India Meteorological Department forecasting “isolated heavy rainfall”. The weather department […]
BJP Govt at Centre will fall soon: Akhilesh Yadav
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has said that the BJP government at the Center will not last long and is going to fall soon. “The BJP government has betrayed the farmers, youth, and businessmen. Every class is troubled by the wrong policies of the BJP. Inflation and unemployment are at their peak in the […]