Extortion Bid In Aryan Khan Case: Mumbai Police Deputes Team For Enquiry
Mumbai Police has set up an enquiry into complaints of alleged extortion against NCB officers including zonal director Sameer Wankhede in the drugs bust case involving Aryan Khan, a senior police official said on Wednesday. Police officers have been deputed for the enquiry, he added. Police are conducting an inquiry into four complaints, filed by […]
Cyber attack closes fuel stations across Iran
DUBAI: A cyber attack targeted fuel stations on Tuesday across Iran, shutting down a government system managing fuel subsidies and leaving angry motorists stranded in long lines at shuttered stations. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, though it bore similarities to another months earlier that seemed to directly challenge Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah […]
‘Jumla’ version of Covid-19 vaccine story will not save lives: Rahul
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said actual vaccinations and not the “jumla (rhetoric) version” of the Covid-19 vaccine story would save lives and pointed out to the large number of people who are yet to be vaccinated in the country. He shared an article by Congress president Sonia Gandhi in a newspaper, which […]
Officials say 18 villagers shot dead at mosque in Nigeria’s Niger state
At least 18 worshippers were killed on Monday by gunmen who attacked a mosque in northern Nigeria during early morning prayers, local authorities and police told The Associated Press. The attack took place in Mazakuka village in Mashegu local government area of the country’s Niger state. The attackers, believed to be ethnic Fulani nomadic herders, were […]
Gujarat court asks Rahul Gandhi to appear on October 29 in defamation case
A magistrate court in Surat has directed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on October 29 to record his statement in connection with a criminal defamation case against him over his remark on the “Modi surname”. On Monday, Chief Judicial Magistrate A N Dave asked Gandhi to appear on October 29 to record […]
Israel to build over 1,300 settler homes in West Bank
JERUSALEM: Israel on Sunday announced plans to build more residences for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, drawing immediate condemnation from Palestinians, peace activists and neighbouring Jordan. The announcement from the housing and construction ministry in right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government said tenders had been published for 1,355 homes in the West Bank, […]
Karnataka Students Return To Schools After 18 Months As Classes Reopen Post Covid-19
The primary schools re-opened for students in Karnataka on Monday with strict adherence to Covid-19 guidelines. The officials said several private schools however across the state have decided to reopen schools for the students, only after Diwali. Several schools had made special arrangements by decorating premises and classrooms to welcome students. “I’m happy to come […]
Erdogan threatens to expel 10 Western ambassadors
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to expel the US, German and eight other Western ambassadors after they issued a rare joint statement in support of a jailed civil society leader. Parisian-born philanthropist and activist Osman Kavala, 64, has been in jail without a conviction since 2017, becoming a symbol of what […]
Eight Dead In Car Accident In Haryana’s Jhajjar
Eight people were killed while one was injured in an accident in Haryana’s Jhajjar district on Friday, police said. According to the police, the accident occurred along KMP Expressway at Badii area in the district, after a car was hit by another vehicle from behind, following which it rammed into a truck, leaving eight people […]
South Korea test-launches 1st domestically made space rocket
South Korea test launched its first domestically produced space rocket on Thursday in what officials describe as an important step in the country’s pursuit of a satellite launch programme. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the three-stage Nuri rocket succeeded in delivering a dummy payload – a 1.5-ton block of stainless steel and aluminum – into […]