India Monday categorically came out against the violence that has plagued the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. The external affairs ministry said that while it was for the people of Bangladesh to “decide their own future and choose their representatives”, “violence cannot and should not determine the way forward”. The ruling Awami League of Prime Minister […]
A court in Pakistan Monday rejected a petition seeking to restrain former president Pervez Musharraf from travelling abroad for medical treatment, a media report said. Rejecting the petition, the Islamabad High Court judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqi advised petitioner Haroon Rasheed to file an application on this in the trial court, Dawn online reported. Rasheed, who […]
Normal life was thrown out of gear in West Bengal Monday as most private buses and minibuses did not ply as transport operators called a 24-hour strike for pressing their demand for a fare hike. Commuters in Kolkata faced a harrowing time as only a handful of private and minibuses hit the roads. Many travelled […]
Young Telugu actor Uday Kiran committed suicide by hanging himself here late Sunday night, police said Monday. The 33-year-old actor ended his life in his flat at Srinagar colony around midnight. He was alone in the flat. Kiran’s wife Vishita, who had gone out for some work, rushed to the flat after he did not […]
The Awami League (AL) has secured majority in the 10th parliamentary election of Bangladesh, winning 105 seats out of the 147 seats up for election Sunday, media reported. The Election Commission has received final results of 139 seats out of the 147 in 159 districts where vote was held, as 153 others had returned uncontested […]
Calling himself a thorough optimist, Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said the word “disappointment” is not in his dictionary. He was speaking as the chief guest at the foundation day celebrations of yoga guru Ramdev’s Bharat Swabhiman Trust in New Delhi’s Talkatora Stadium. “The word disappointment is not there in my […]
The national capital experienced the season’s worst fog Sunday evening with the maximum temperature settling one notch below average at 19.3 degrees Celsius. Similar weather is expected Monday, the Met office said. A met department official said: “Delhi experienced season’s worst fog Sunday evening after 8.30 p.m. The maximum visibility at Safdarjung was 600 metres […]
The BJP Sunday stressed the need for rationalisation of taxation in India and promised reforms in this sector when it comes to power. “People here live and die under the burden of taxes,” Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley said at a programme organised by yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Bharat Swabhiman Trust. “When we […]
Two Indian women, who were injured in a road accident that claimed three lives, are still battling for life in a hospital in Oman. Three people were killed and six others were injured in the tragic accident Thursday near Samad Al Shams in Ibra, the second largest city in the Ash Sharqiyah region of Oman […]
The state power monopoly in Nepal has extended load-shedding hours from the earlier nine hours a day to 12 hours beginning Sunday. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), that had increased power cuts to nine hours a day in mid-December, announced last Friday further extension to 12 hours a day for domestic consumers. It is not […]