New Delhi: The Congress on Monday accused the Uttar Pradesh Police and government of targeting a woman Indian Youth Congress (IYC) leader and her family after she slapped a BJP worker over alleged “rape threats” issued by him on social media, and asserted that it will take the fight to a logical conclusion. The opposition … Read more
RAMAT HASHARON, Israel: Egypt’s president announced Sunday his country has proposed a two-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas during which four hostages held in Gaza would be freed. There was no immediate response from Israel or Hamas as the latest talks were expected in Qatar, another key mediator. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi said the proposal … Read more
HYDERABAD: The Molila police of the Cyberabad commissionerate and excise officials on Saturday night conducted a joint raid on a farmhouse owned by Raj Pakala, a brother-in-law of BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao, at Janwada on the outskirts of Hyderabad. During the raid, they arrested a person, who tested positive for consuming cocaine, and … Read more
Being a professional athlete is a challenging task, further being a paralympic sportsperson or athlete in India is a sum of both, double the hard work and an added layer of discriminatory blows. Given the smacks and blows, these athletes have made India proud by bagging 29 medals at the Paralympic Paris Games 2024 this … Read more
Differences of opinion within the government on policy matters are commonplace within democracies. Yet, for a variety of reasons, such internal differences within the Narendra Modi government have not always become public. New Delhi’s cocktail circuit has often gossiped about such internal differences but a tame media has rarely explored and exposed them to public … Read more
Dubai: An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran’s onetime nuclear weapons program and at another base tied to its ballistic missile program, satellite photos analyzed Sunday by The Associated Press show. Some of the buildings damaged … Read more
TEL AVIV (Israel ): Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials said Sunday, as the Israeli offensive in the hard-hit and isolated north entered a third week and aid groups described a humanitarian catastrophe. Israel said it targeted militants. In a separate development, a truck … Read more
Wayanad (Kerala): The issue of rehabilitation of the survivors of the July 30 landslides has taken centre stage in Kerala’s Wayanad ahead of next month’s Lok Sabha bypoll, with the Congress-led UDF and CPI(M)-headed LDF raising the matter in response to concerns from the affected families. According to the government, the deadly disaster has claimed … Read more
Kalamazoo (US): Michelle Obama challenged men to support Kamala Harris ‘ bid to be America’s first female president, warning at a rally in Michigan on Saturday that women’s lives would be at risk if Donald Trump returned to the White House. The former first lady described the assault on abortion rights as the harbinger of … Read more
DUBAI: Israel launched airstrikes early Saturday on what it described as military targets in Iran in retaliation for a ballistic missile assault Oct. 1, officials said. There was no immediate information on damage in the Islamic Republic. The attack, threatened for weeks by Israel, comes as the Middle East sits on the precipice of a … Read more