Mudslides and flooding as typhoon batters Japan
Rescue workers in Japan have warned of mudslides and flooding as one of the biggest storms in recent decades batters the country. | Read more|
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US tanks ‘absolutely on the table’ for Ukraine – Pentagon
The United States may provide “NATO compatible” tanks to the Ukrainian military to replace aging Soviet-era gear, a senior Pentagon official said, as Kiev continues to urge for a steady stream of Western arms amid fierce fighting with Russian troops. | Read more|
Cities Cannot Be Developed With Poll-Centric Approach: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked BJP mayors to plan a holistic development of cities, and said the elected representatives should not think just in terms of winning polls as cities cannot be developed with an election-centric approach. | Read more|
Deadly Donetsk blasts hit separatist-run city in Ukraine
Thirteen people have been killed and others wounded in a series of explosions in the separatist-run city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, according to its Russian-backed mayor. | Read more|
US swaps prisoners with Taliban
US President Joe Biden on Monday announced the release of Mark Frerichs, a US Navy veteran who disappeared in Kabul in 2020 while working as a civilian contractor. | Read more|
Union Minister Fined Over Illegal Construction, Court Orders Demolition
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Mumbai civic body to demolish the unauthorised construction at Union minister Narayan Rane's bungalow in Juhu area, noting that it violated the Floor Space Index (FSI) and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules. | Read more|
Adidas accused of massive tax evasion in Russia
German sportswear giant Adidas failed to pay 10 billion rubles ($166 million) in taxes in Russia after the company announced plans to quit the country in March, a number of Russian media outlets reported on Monday, citing the Mash Telegram channel. | Read more|
Biden reveals how he threatened China over Russia
President Joe Biden has said he tried to pressure China early in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, warning President Xi Jinping that it would be a “gigantic mistake” to ignore the West’s anti-Moscow sanctions. | Read more|
Akhilesh Yadav's Mega Protest March Stopped
The Uttar Pradesh police stopped Akhilesh Yadav and his party members from marching to the Vidhan Bhavan raising various issues concerning the people before the beginning of the Monsoon Session of the state legislature. | Read more|
Chinese official warns against touching foreigners after monkeypox case
A top Chinese health official has warned locals against touching foreigners, a day after China recorded its first monkeypox infection. | Read more|
First Russia-US seat-sharing spaceflight looms
A NASA team has arrived at the Russia-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sunday. | Read more|
Delhi court stays proceedings against Satyendar Jain
A Delhi court Monday stayed the proceedings in a money laundering case against AAP leader and former minister Satyendar Jain following an application filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking transfer of the entire proceedings from a special court. | Read more|
Chandigarh Hostel Video Leak: 3 Arrests
After massive protests by students demanding action on the alleged leak of objectionable videos from its girls' hostel, the Chandigarh University administration today suspended the girls' hostel warden Rajvinder Kaur for alleged misbehaviour with students. | Read more|
ED summons AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak in liquor policy probe
As per news report of The Indian Express, after Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Satyendar Jain, Manish Sisodia and Amanatullah Khan, now another senior AAP leader Durgesh Pathak has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam. | Read more|
Group Of Women Mercilessly Thrash Man Outside Raipur Airport
A shocking video of a group of women mercilessly beating up a man outside Raipur airport has surfaced on social media. | Read more|
5 Syrian Soldiers Killed In Israeli Strike On Damascus Airport: Report
Israel carried out an airstrike on Syria's Damascus International airport and other positions south of the capital, killing five soldiers and causing material damages, the ministry of defence said early on Saturday. | Read more|
At UN, India Among 100 Countries Vote For Ukraine President's Virtual Speech
Over 100 countries, including India, voted in favour of allowing Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address the high-level UN General Assembly session next week through a pre-recorded statement because of his need to deal with the war following Russia's invasion. | Read more|
China Blocks Proposal At UN To Blacklist Pak-Based 26/11 Lashkar Handler
China has blocked a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist top Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Sajid Mir. | Read more|
US Media Praises PM Modi Telling Putin It's Not A Time For War In Ukraine
The mainstream American media today praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for telling Russian President Vladimir Putin that this is not the time for war in Ukraine. | Read more|
On Birthday, PM Releases Cheetahs Flown In From Africa
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released three of the eight cheetahs that arrived in India Saturday, seven decades after their local extinction, in an ambitious project to reintroduce the big cats starting from Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park. | Read more|
Woman, 22, Dies Days After Arrest By 'Morality Police' Over Hijab In Iran
A young Iranian woman who fell into a coma after being arrested in Tehran by the notorious morality police died on Friday, state media and her family said, with activists urging those responsible for her "suspicious" death be brought to justice. | Read more|
CBI Team At Goa Hotel Where BJP Leader Sonali Phogat, Aides Stayed
A Central Bureau of Investigation team investigating the mysterious death of Haryana politician Sonali Phogat in Goa last month today searched the rooms of the hotel where the BJP leader and her mail-aides stayed to collect evidence in connection with the case. | Read more|
Pak PM Refuses To Answer On Action Against Masood Azhar's Question
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who is in Samarkand to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, did not respond to ANI's question on Friday related to Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar. | Read more|
Still don’t understand the scam in liquor policy: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday alleged the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) were “unnecessarily troubling everyone”, and that he still did not know what the liquor scam was all about. “The country cannot progress like this,” he said. | Read more|
Russia and China launch joint Pacific patrol
Russian and Chinese military vessels are taking part in a joint patrol in the Pacific Ocean for the second time within a year, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said on Thursday. | Read more|
Jacqueline Remained In Touch With Conman, Nora Cut Ties: Probe Agency
Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police on Thursday questioned actor Nora Fatehi in connection with her relations and the gifts which she got from conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar who is in Tihar jail in a case of extortion of Rs. 200 crore. | Read more|
Putin-Xi talks: Russian leader reveals China's 'concern' over Ukraine
Vladimir Putin has acknowledged China's "concern" over Ukraine, in his first face-to-face talks with President Xi Jinping since the Russian invasion. | Read more|
Thousands affected by French air traffic strike
Tens of thousands of passengers are set be affected by a French air traffic control strike on Friday. | Read more|
Gautam Adani Becomes world’s second richest
As per news report of The Indian Express, billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani, who heads the Adani Group, has edged past Bernard Arnault, the co-founder and chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, to become the world’s second richest individual, according to data by Forbes. | Read more|
Can't Admit Ukraine Returnees In Indian Colleges: Centre To Supreme Court
In a setback to thousands of undergraduate medical Indian students who were studying in Ukraine but had to return to the country in view of the war with Russia, the Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that they cannot be accommodated in medical colleges here for lack of provisions under the law. | Read more|
Want to transform India into a manufacturing hub, says PM Modi in SCO summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the SCO summit Friday, said he wants to transform India into a manufacturing hub. | Read more|
'One Was Morphed': Actor Ranveer Singh To Cops
Ranveer Singh has claimed that one of his photos was tampered with and morphed, after a nude photoshoot of the actor triggered a nationwide controversy leading to a case being registered in Mumbai against him, reported news agency ANI. | Read more|
Six arrested for rape, murder of minor Dalit sisters in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri
A day after two minor Dalit sisters were found hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district, police Thursday said they were allegedly raped and strangled before being hanged. | Read more|
Washington raises Taiwan stakes
A bill that would commit $4.5 billion in US weapons for the defense of Taiwan and promote Taipei’s membership in international organizations, among other things, cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday in a 17-5 vote. | Read more|
"Yes, We Encroached On Storm Water Drain": Bengaluru's Tech Park Giant
A tech park in east Bengaluru has admitted to encroaching on a storm water drain, but blamed it on Purvankara, the builder of the adjacent Purva Parkridge. | Read more|