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New Delhi: Over 200 prominent senior citizens, including former ambassadors, retired army officers, bureaucrats and senior advocates,Tuesday raised their voice against the alleged conduct and demeanour of Rahul Gandhi, the senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LOP), alleging that it weakens the...

Kabul: Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior spokesperson Abdul Matin Qane Tuesday warned that the country will give a 'teeth-breaking response' to the airstrikes carried out by Pakistan in Kabul, local media reported. Afghan officials said that the strike targeted the 2,000-bed Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in...

New Delhi: India Tuesday condemned the Pakistani airstrikes on a hospital and rehab centre in Kabul, where over 400 civilians were killed and at least 250 were injured and said that Islamabad is "now trying to dress up a massacre as a military operation". Pakistani...

Dubai: Residents of Dubai and Doha, Qatar, awoke to the sound of explosions Tuesday as air defences worked to intercept new waves of incoming Iranian fire, and Israel launched new strikes on Iran and Lebanon, as the war in the Middle East showed no signs...

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has told Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju that an all-party meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, should be convened at the earliest to discuss the modalities and roadmap for the implementation of the Women's Reservation Act. Responding to...

Kolkata: The roles of electoral officers at all levels will be under layer-wise surveillance on the polling days this time for the two-phase West Bengal Assembly elections scheduled next month. “The Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, in his press conference Sunday, had assured that elections...

United Nations: India has exposed Pakistan’s own Islamophobia, manifest in the deadly persecution of Ahmadiyyas, and Islamabad’s representative virtually admitted it was happening. Referring to Pakistan only as “our western neighbour”, India’s Permanent Representative P. Harish asked rhetorically Monday (local time), “One wonders what would...

Chandigarh: The ruling BJP and the main opposition Congress in Haryana Tuesday won one seat each in elections to two Rajya Sabha seats that saw high-voltage drama amid complaints and allegations of violations of vote secrecy and cross-voting. The seats were won by BJP’s Sanjay...

Patna: Three people, including a constable, were killed in an encounter between criminals and security forces in Motihari in Bihar's East Champaran district Tuesday, officials said. The gunfight took place around 2.30 a.m. in Ramdihah village under the Chakia police station area during a joint...

Tel Aviv/Dubai: Israel said Monday it has detailed plans for at least three more weeks of war as its military pounded sites across Iran overnight, while Iranian drone attacks temporarily shut Dubai airport and hit a key oil facility in the United Arab Emirates. The...