Paris : France welcomed nearly 90 million foreign tourists last year, a new record for the country despite the “yellow vest” anti-government protests that prompted many visitors to put off trips late last year, the government said Friday. “France remained the world’s top destination in 2018,” the government’s tourism […]
Beijing : Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday urged “friends” including China and Russia to take “concrete action” to safeguard the 2015 nuclear deal after the US withdrew from the agreement. On a visit to Beijing, Zarif said he would also talk with Chinese officials about “bilateral […]
London : A day after British Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to set a June timeline for her exit from Downing Street, the Opposition Labour Party ended the cross-party Brexit talks on Friday without arriving at any agreement. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wrote to May to declare an […]
Chennai : Actor-politician Kamal Haasan, who is at the centre of a raging row over his Hindu extremist remarks, Friday said “every religion has its own terrorists” and that no one can claim to be sanctimonious. The Makkal Needhi Maiam chief also said that he was not afraid […]
New Delhi : Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Friday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on BJP leader Sadhvi Pragya’s remarks describing Nathuram Godse as a “patriot”. BJP’s Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate and Malegaon blast accused Thakur on Thursday lauded Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as a “patriot”, sparking […]
Gorakhpur : Many Muslims in eastern UP may not want to vote for the BJP but they face a dilemma over choosing between the SP-BSP alliance and the Congress. Though some members of the community speak in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the development carried out in […]
New Delhi :The Enforcement Directorate Friday said it has attached assets worth Rs 1.94 crore of former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala in Delhi in connection with a money laundering case against him and others. It said a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act […]
Patna : The Modi lahar (wave) of 2014 has degenerated into kahar (disaster) in the last five years and the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar is all set to blow away the BJP- led NDA, actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha claimed here Friday. He said in the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh too, where his […]
New Delhi ;Thirty-two flights were diverted from the Delhi airport on Friday due to bad weather, officials said. “The flights have been diverted from Delhi to nearby airports, including Lucknow, Jaipur and Amritsar due to rain and winds,” said a Delhi airport official. Ten flights were diverted between […]
Dehradun : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday reached here on a two-day visit during which he will pay obeisance in the Himalayan shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath. The prime minister’s visit to Uttarkahand comes a day after campaigning for the general election came to a close. He reached Jolly […]
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