Chinese dissident Liu Xinglian marked his 64th birthday on Wednesday at Taiwan’s Taoyuan airport, one of two refugees who have been trapped in limbo there for more than 100 days, hoping for asylum overseas. Their case has parallels with that of Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, the Saudi teen who […]
Fifteen people have died in an Islamist attack on an upmarket hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenyan police sources said Wednesday, as fresh explosions and gunfire rang out in the siege which stretched into its second day. Security forces worked throughout the night to secure the DusitD2 compound, which […]
For decades Laxmi Narayan Tripathi has fought India’s conservative laws and beliefs to put her transgender community on a par with the rest of society, and now she has notched up a new milestone. On Tuesday she and dozens of other resplendent “Kinnars” splashed in the sacred waters […]
Chennai :Â Tamil harvest festival Pongal was celebrated with usual fervour across the state Tuesday with people ushering in the auspicious Tamil month of ‘Thai’. Chants of ‘Pongal-o-Pongal’ rent the air in many a home as the milk boiled, symbolising the gushing of prosperity. People decorated their homes with […]
Mumbai :Â The Maharashtra government Tuesday approved schemes worth Rs 700 crore, including two packages for the Ramoshi and Wadar communities. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had earlier held meetings with the Ramoshi and Wadar communities in September and December respectively. The state cabinet Tuesday also approved Rs 250 […]
New Delhi :Â Â Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unexpectedly left for the US for a medical check-up following a kidney transplant last year, sources said. Jaitley, 66, who had a kidney transplant operation and follow-up check-ups at AIIMS last year, left for the US on Sunday night for a “regular […]
Jammu :Â A BSF officer was killed on Tuesday in sniper fire from across the border in the Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir, officials of the border guarding force said. They said Assistant Commandant Vinay Prasad was hit by a sniper shot at about 10:50 am when he […]
Kolkata :Â India is setting up a cyber agency under the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) to deal with potent threats in the cyber space, Lt Gen M M Naravane, GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, said Tuesday. He said that the Armed Forces were alive to cyber threats which necessitated a cyber […]
New Delhi :Â Â Leader of Congress Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, terming the appointment of M Nageswara Rao as the CBI’s interim director “illegal” and demanding that a meeting of the selection committed be convened immediately to appoint a new chief of the probe agency. […]
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Tuesday conducted one of at least two satellite launches it plans despite criticism from the United States, but the satellite failed to reach orbit, an official said. The rocket carrying the Payam satellite failed to reach the “necessary speed” in the third stage […]
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