India and Egypt have reaffirmed their commitment to the founding values of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), international law and respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states. It was mentioned in a joint statement released on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi held wide-ranging […]
Congress leader Anil K Antony, son of former Union minister AK Antony, resigned from the Congress a day after he slammed the BBC documentary on PM Modi — India: The Modi Question. The Congress leader said he was facing “intolerant calls” to retract his tweet to which he did not give in. Instead, he gave […]
Pakistani authorities on Wednesday arrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party senior leader Fawad Chaudhry amidst raging political tension in the country.PTI leader Farrukh Habib, Chaudhry was taken into custody from his residence in Lahore. “This imported government has gone berserk,” Habib tweeted.An official PTI Twitter account also posted videos, showing a convoy of police vehicles which the […]
AAP MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap on Wednesday resigned from the sacrilege panel following differences with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann government on handling the probe into the cases.The MLA is a former Inspector General of Police. He had resigned from the police on the same issue. The MLA headed the Committee on Government’s Assurances in […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail for eight weeks to Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra, who is accused of killing farmers by running them over with his car in Lakhimpur Kheri during the 2021 farmers’ protest.A Bench led by Justice Surya Kant — which had on January 19 reserved its […]
Twenty-one large unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar were named on Monday after Param Vir Chakra awardees in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Parakram Diwas. He also unveiled the model of the National Memorial dedicated to Netaji to be built on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, earlier known […]
The hunt for a gunman who killed 10 people at a ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations ended Sunday when authorities found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the van he used to flee after people thwarted his attempt at a second shooting.Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna identified the man […]
The Supreme Court on Monday said it would consider setting up a three-judge bench to adjudicate the case related to wearing of the Islamic head covering in Karnataka schools following its split verdict.A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandarchud and Justices V Ramasubramanian and JB Pardiwala took note of the submissions by senior advocate Meenakshi […]
UK police on Friday fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media video. Without naming Sunak, Lancashire Police said it had issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty. “Following the circulation of a video on social media […]
India’s top wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia on Friday wrote to president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) PT Usha on sexual harassment allegations against the Wrestling Federation of India and its chief Brij Bhushan Saran Singh. Meanwhile, top Indian wrestlers’ meeting with Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur […]