Jakarta (Indonesia): A helicopter flying between palm oil plantations on Borneo Island crashed, killing the eight people on board, Indonesian officials said Friday. The Airbus H130 owned by PT Matthew Air Nusantara lost contact Thursday, five minutes after it took off from Melawi district in...
United Nations: While expressing concern over the attacks on commercial shipping in the Hormuz Strait, India has taken a neutral stance on the veto by Russia and China of a Security Council resolution demanding that Iran stop attacks. Speaking Thursday at a General Assembly meeting...
Paris: The leaders of France and the UK will gather dozens of countries - but not the United States -Friday to push forward plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route choked off by the US-Israeli war on Iran. The Paris meeting...
New Delhi/Ludhiana: The Enforcement Directorate Friday conducted searches at premises linked to Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora and some others as part of an investigation, officials said. Locations in Ludhiana and some others places are being covered by the agency officials, they said. Arora, an...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed the situation in West Asia, with both leaders emphasising the need to urgently restore safety and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. In a post on X about his...
Beirut: Lebanon's Health Ministry Thursday said death toll of Lebanese killed in Israeli strikes has increased to 2,196. The Health Ministry said that among the killed are 260 women and 172 children since the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah began March 2. Another 7,185...
New Delhi: Nominated member Harivansh is likely to be elected Rajya Sabha deputy chairman as five notices have been received in his favour and the opposition has not given any notice proposing its candidate. The election for the post of deputy chairman will take place...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday refused to interfere with the Calcutta High Court’s order upholding the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to transfer several senior bureaucrats and police officers in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections, observing that such reshuffles before polls...
New Delhi: Calling for an apolitical approach, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday told Lok Sabha members that he is willing to use the words “guarantee” and “promise” to assure concerns of MPs that the proposed delimitation preceding the implementation of the women quota will not...
New Delhi: BJP National President Nitin Nabin took the oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha Thursday. Along with him, several other new members were administered the oath shortly after the House proceedings commenced. This marks BJP President Nabin's first term as a Member...
The disruption in the supply of cooking gas (LPG) and petrol is one aspect of the economic crisis caused by...
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It is a patently false contention to tell religious leaders to mind things moral and spiritual and leave temporal or...
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The defeat of the Bill linked to women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha on 17 April is not merely a...
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By Aakar Patel What explains our inability or, if we are to be charitable, our reticence, to influence the world...
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