After caste panel clean chit, Wankhede files defamation complaint against Malik; cops register FIR
Former Mumbai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Sameer Wankhede on Sunday filed a complaint of defamation against former cabinet minister Nawab Malik, based on which the city police registered a case against the latter, an official said. Wankhede lodged the complaint in the wake of getting a clean chit from the Mumbai […]
Danger of disaster at Ukraine’s nuclear plant rising ‘every day’
KYIV: The risk of disaster at Europe’s largest nuclear plant is “increasing every day”, the mayor of the city where it is located said on Sunday, after Ukraine and Russia exchanged blame for fresh shelling around the facility. The Zaporizhzhia plant in southeastern Ukraine has been occupied by Russian forces since March, and Kyiv has […]
75th Independence Day celebration: Delhi Police beefs up security as 7,000 invitees expected at Red Fort
A multi-layered security cover has been put in place and facial recognition system (FRS) cameras installed at the entry point of the Red Fort from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation on Independence Day, officials said on Saturday. According to the police, around 7,000 invitees will arrive at the Red Fort, while […]
Chinese air force sending fighter jets to Thailand for joint exercises
The Chinese air force is sending fighter jets and bombers to Thailand for a joint exercise with the Thai military on Sunday. “The training will include air support, strikes on ground targets and small and large-scale troop deployment,” the Chinese Defense Ministry said in a statement posted on its website. China’s expanding military activities in […]
Not about being PM, only Opposition unity in mind, says Nitish Kumar
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar iterated on Friday that Opposition unity and not prime ministerial ambitions were on his mind now, his remarks to the media in Delhi coming days after he created a political storm by walking out of the JD(U)’s alliance with the BJP in Bihar. Asked whether he was eyeing to be the Opposition’s […]
Arctic warming four times faster than rest of Earth, study warns
PARIS: The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet over the last 40 years, according to research published on Thursday that suggests climate models are underestimating the rate of polar heating. The United Nations’ climate science panel said in a special report in 2019 that the Arctic was warming […]
Delhi: ‘Mehangai Chaupals’, mega rally to be hosted by Congress against price rise
The Congress on Thursday said it will continue its fight against price rise by organising a series of Mehangai Chaupal meetings in all assembly constituencies from August 17 to 23 that will culminate in a mega rally in Delhi’s Ramlila maidan on August 28. Congress general secretary communications Jairam Ramesh said in a statement that […]
Sri Lanka’s ousted president seeking entry to Thailand after weeks in Singapore
Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested entry into Thailand for a temporary stay in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests, the Thai foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Rajapaksa fled to Singapore on July 14 following unprecedented unrest caused by Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis […]
Nitish Kumar ends alliance with BJP in Bihar
Nitish Kumar ends alliance with BJP in Bihar, reports NDTV
Western parts found in Russian weapons used in Ukraine, says think tank
LONDON: More than 450 foreign-made components have been found in Russian weapons recovered in Ukraine, evidence that Moscow acquired critical technology from companies in the United States, Europe and Asia in the years before the invasion, according to a new report by Royal United Services Institute defence think tank. Since the start of the war […]