South Korea’s Unification Ministry on Wednesday said there has been no deadline set for its earlier dialogue overtures to North Korea. No deadline has been set for talks with North Korea though Pyongyang had yet to respond to its earlier dialogue offers, Xinhua news agency quoted Unification Ministry spokesman Baek Tae-hyun as saying. The spokesman […]
The smallest batch of 473 pilgrims left here on Wednesday for the Amarnath cave, an official said. As the 40-day long ongoing yatra to the Himalayan cave in the Kashmir Valley entered its 28th day, the number of pilgrims shrunk further than in the last few days, the official said. The group left the Bhagwati […]
Australian Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican’s financial chief, appeared in person for a brief hearing at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. Pell will plead not guilty to all accusations of sexual assault against him, his lawyer has told the court, BBC reported. The 76-year-old Vatican treasurer was accused of historical assaults involving “multiple complainants”, […]
US President Donald Trump said he was “disappointed” with Attorney General Jeff Sessions over his recusal in FBI inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election and called the healthcare procedural vote a ‘big step’. “I am disappointed in the Attorney General. He should not have recused himself,” Trump said during a joint news […]
The Arab League (AL) warned against “the increasing waves of migration to the Arab region”, an official said. “The Arab countries hosted in 2016 more than 26 million Arab migrants compared to 26 million in 2015, without counting those passing through the region for short time until reaching Europe,” said AL Assistant General Secretary of […]
The overnight death toll in the building crash here shot up to 17 even as rescue operations continued on Wednesday morning, an official said. Five more bodies were recovered from the debris of the Sai Darshan building at Damodar Park area in Ghatkopar which collapsed like a pack of cards on Tuesday morning. On Tuesday […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook has promised to build three new manufacturing plants in the US, President Donald Trump has said. Trump said this in an interview to the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. The US President said he had a phone conversation with Cook. “He’s promised me three big plants — big, big, big,” Trump […]
India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the first of the three-match Test series here on Wednesday. Playing the first game under new coach Ravi Shastri, India decided to go with five bowlers. All-rounder Hardik Pandya is making his Test debut. Sri Lanka, meanwhile is led by […]
Senior separatist leader Shabir Shah is being flown to Delhi on Wednesday following his arrest by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials here on Tuesday. Police sources said ED officials “executed a non-bailable warrant issued against Shah by a Delhi court”. Shah was shifted from his uptown Sant Nagar residence here to Humhama police station in Badgam […]
Theatre and Television actor Dinesh Goel says he is happy and feeling honored that his debut film Raagdesh has been screened at Rashtrapati Bhavan. And says that this screening was the best Farewell to our president Pranab Mukherjee. Sharing his excitement Dinesh said, “This is a very special moment for me. I belong to Delhi. […]