Tehran, March 21 A nuclear deal with the world powers on Iran’s nuclear programme is within reach and achievable, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday. Rouhani said negotiators from both sides have found new common ground in recent days, state run news agency IRNA reported. His comments came as diplomats from the P5+1 group […]
New Delhi, March 21 The 1,200 Indians who allegedly have accounts in HSBC Bank’s Geneva account and against some of whom a probe was initiated by tax authorities can’t get amnesty under the new law that the government proposes to get back ill-gotten money stashed abroad. The so-called amnesty scheme is detailed in the chapter […]
Dhaka, March 20 Customs officials at the Shah Amanat Airport in the Bangladeshi city of Chittagong seized 16 gold bars weighing around two kg from a United Arab Emirates (UAE) flyer, media reported. The passenger, Jahangir Alam, landed at the airport on an Air Arabia flight from Ras al Khaimah in the UAE around on […]
Aden, March 19 A fighter jet that took off from Yemen’s capital Sanaa bombed the republican palace where President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi stays in the southern port city of Aden on Thursday afternoon, a government official based in Aden told Xinhua news agency. “The military warplane fired one rocket on a building inside the republican […]
Tunis, March 19 The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group is believed to be behind the attack on a museum in Tunisia’s parliament complex which killed 23 people, including 20 foreign tourists, media reports said on Thursday. The IS said in an audio message that the attack on the Bardo museum in Tunis was carried out […]
Tunis , March 18 At least 19 people, including 17 tourists, were killed in an armed attack on a museum here on Wednesday, Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said. Five “terrorists” carried out the attack on Bardo Museum, and two of them were killed by security forces, Essid said at a press conference, according to […]
Kolkata, March 18 Pakistan’s High Commissioner Abdul Basit on Wednesday termed as “bizarre” the visa arrangement between the two neighbours, and said the prevalent travel permit terms were not conducive for promoting trade. “It’s a bizarre arrangement that we have. If there is visa restriction, how can you expect trade to realise its inherent potential?” […]
New York, March 17 A woman who pushed an Indian man to his death from a subway train platform two years ago in what the authorities said was a hate crime faces 22 to 25 years in prison. The woman, Erika Menendez, 33, who pleaded guilty on Friday to first-degree manslaughter will be sentenced on […]
Islamabad, March 17 Pakistani security forces on Tuesday registered a case against Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain over his alleged threats, officials said. Paramilitary forces said that Hussain had used threatening language against the security forces in a telephonic interview with a private TV channel last week, Xinhua reported. Hussain, who lives in […]
Kolkata, March 17 Asserting that Pakistan would confer India the status of most favoured nation (MFN) once the dialogue process resumed, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit Tuesday claimed that his country had almost extended the facility in March 2014 before it was informally conveyed to wait. “Pakistan was about to extend the MFN […]