A suspected militant of the Neo JMB group blew himself up with his suicide vest during a raid by security forces on a hotel in Bangladesh’s capital city on Tuesday, police said. The man, identified as Saiful Islam, killed himself during the raid on Hotel Olio International, despite repeated requests to surrender, police chief A.K.M. […]
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Development Assignments Tilak Marapana was on Tuesday sworn in as the country’s new Foreign Minister in the presence of President Maithripala Sirisena, officials said. Marapana has replaced former Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake, who resigned from office last week over corruption allegations, Sri Lanka’s Adaderana news portal reported. Marapana was appointed Development […]
Calling every incident an eye-opener, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday sought to blame the deaths of over 60 children in Gorakhpur on encephalitis. In his maiden Independence Day speech after assuming office, the Chief Minister, after unfurling the national flag at the Vidhan Sabha building, said that every incident was an eye-opener […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for a “New India” that will be free of casteism, communalism, terrorism and corruption as he urged those wielding the gun in Kashmir to join the mainstream so that the Kashmir problem is solved through “embrace”. Addressing the nation from the Red Fort on India’s 71st Independence Day, […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he was firmly committed to fight problems in Kashmir with love because neither bullets nor brickbats will solve the dragging issue. In his Independence Day speeh from the Red Fort, Modi made a passionate plea asking Kashmiri militants to shun violence, join the mainstream and be part of […]
The US Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on eight Venezuelan individuals involved in the creation of the controversial National Constituent Assembly (ANC). The designations consist of seven current and former officials of the Venezuelan government and one individual who has participated in actions or policies that “undermine democratic processes or institutions” in Venezuela, the […]
Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened lower. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 31,797.84 points on Wednesday, opened lower at 31,750.73 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 31,677.18 points, down by 120.66 points, or 0.38 per cent. At the […]
A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader in Bihar was shot dead near here on Thursday by unidentified assailants, police said. Kedar Rai was out on his morning walk in Danapur when the attack took place, the police said. “It appears to be the work of a sharpshooter,” a police officer added. A seriously injured Rai […]
The establishment of an India-Afghanistan air freight corridor this year was welcomed by all stakeholders at a meeting hosted by India of the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process, a platform to encourage security, political, and economic cooperation among strife-torn Afghanistan and its neighbours, here on Monday. “With regard to the bilateral initiatives taken by India, the […]
In his first foreign tour after assuming office, Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will embark on a five-day state visit to India from August 23, it was announced on Monday. Amid military standoff between India and China, the visit is significant as Deuba choose to visit New Delhi first after being elected two months […]