Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has announced stringent new regulations limiting the benefits afforded to its ministers, a move aimed at addressing public concerns over political privilege and accountability. A circular issued by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Thursday restricted Cabinet and deputy ministers to two...
New Delhi: Md Ruhul Amin Fakir, father of Mohammed Shariful Islam, the man accused in the recent attack on actor Saif Ali Khan, spoke his mind during an exclusive conversation with IANS Thursday. He defended his son and called into question the allegations. Fakir insisted...
New Delhi: Dismissing reports that some passengers of Pushpak Express jumped off the train amid a fire rumour, railway officials Thursday said the passengers alighted after they stopped the train by pulling alarm chain and had adequate time to move to a safe location as...
New Delhi: ‘Anuja’, a New Delhi-set short film, Thursday bagged a nomination in the Live Action Short category at the 97th Academy Awards. "Anuja", directed by Adam J Graves and Suchitra Mattai, is pitted against “A Lien”, “I'm Not a Robot”, “The Last Ranger” and...
New Delhi: Leading taxi aggregators Ola and Uber have been served notices by the Department of Consumer Affairs over differential pricing for Android and iPhone commuters, seeking responses from the online cab-hailing platforms, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, said Thursday. Minister Joshi said...
California: A fast-moving brush fire erupted in Los Angeles County, expanding to 8,096 acres (32.76 square km) with zero containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). The blaze dubbed Hughes Fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. local time Wednesday...
New Delhi: The CBI has filed a chargesheet against research and advocacy group Oxfam India and its former CEO Amitabh Behar in connection with alleged violations of rules and regulations related to foreign funds, officials said. In its chargesheet filed before a special court here,...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday called upon people to stay united in pursuit of 'viksit Bharat' and warned them against the forces seeking to weaken the country and break its unity. Addressing a 'Parakram Diwas' event held in Cuttack to commemorate Subhas Chandra...
New Delhi: In a bid to boost emergency health services, the Union Government has established 24x7 primary health centres (PHCs) and first referral units (FRUs) across the country. Under the National Health Mission (NHM), 12,348 PHCs have been converted to 24x7 services and 3,133 FRUs...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said that the Centre has taken a significant step to benefit farmers in the jute-producing sector, including in West Bengal, by approving a hike in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of raw jute for the 2025-26 marketing...
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Eighty years ago, on 27 January 1945, the concentration and extermination camp known as Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by the Soviet...
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Acounterfactual is thinking about something that might have happened but did not happen. As we celebrate yet another Republic Day, there...
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