Jakarta: Indonesian police are conducting identification procedures for 16 people killed in a fire that broke out at a nursing home in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, local authorities said Monday. The victims' bodies are being identified at Bhayangkara Hospital of the North...
New York: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said a peace plan to end the war was “90 per cent” ready, while US President Donald Trump asserted they were “getting a lot closer, maybe very close”, after their meeting to find a path to ending the four-year...
New Delhi: Flight operations across several parts of the country were severely affected after dense fog reduced visibility, leaving passengers stranded and distressed at multiple airports. The aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has announced the period from December 10 to February...
New Delhi: A host of macroeconomic data announcements, global trends and trading activity of foreign investors would dictate investors' sentiment in the stock market this week, analysts said. Besides, auto sales data will be closely tracked, experts noted. With only a handful of trading sessions...
New Delhi: The national capital recorded air quality in the "very poor" category Sunday with an overall Air Quality Index reading of 390, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The meteorological department has issued an orange alert of very dense fog for Monday,...
New Delhi: The victim of the 2017 Unnao rape case, along with her family, and activists, held a protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar Sunday against the suspension of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger's life sentence by the Delhi High Court in the case. Demanding...
Dhaka: Tarique Rahman, the son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, returned to the country recently after 17 years in exile and is now expected to emerge as a crucial player in the all-important electoral battle slated for early next year. Rahman, who opted...
Dhaka: An internal rift overnight gripped the student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) over its proposed alliance with the Jamaat-e-Islami ahead of the Bangladesh election in February, with 30 of its leaders issuing a joint letter opposing the plan and two ranking members announcing their resignation....
New Delhi: At the 140th Foundation Day event at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi Sunday, Shashi Tharoor supported the views of his party colleague Digvijaya Singh, saying the organisation should be strengthened. Tharoor was seated next to Digivijaya Singh during the function at the...
New Delhi: Supreme Court is slated to hear Monday a plea by the CBI challenging the Delhi High Court order suspending the life sentence of expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case. According to the cause list, a three-judge vacation bench...
India is one of 60 countries the US has invited to join President Donald Trump’s controversial “Board of Peace” initiative...
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The world has been shocked by the way the medal of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize – one of the...
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The prospects of Turkey joining a Saudi Arabia–Pakistan security arrangement that mirrors NATO’s collective defence principle could be a cause...
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Aakar Patel My generation (I am 56) grew up on the expectation that India would compete with China and become...
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