SINGAPORE – China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that a war with the United States would be a disaster for the world while issuing a warning to Washington not to meddle in security disputes over Taiwan and the South China Sea. China has been incensed by […]
SINGAPORE – Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that the bloody crackdown on protesters around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 30 years ago was the “correct” decision, citing the country’s “stability” since then. Responding to a question at the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore after a hardline speech […]
KATHMANDU/KOLKATA – Nine people have died on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest so far this year, the most during a climbing season on the peak since a deadly earthquake in 2015. This time however, climbers and guides are blaming a host of other factors for the spike […]
KOLKATA/KATHMANDU – Earlier this month Dipankar Ghosh, a 52-year-old Indian photographer, scaled the world’s fifth-highest peak, the snow-capped Mount Makalu. He didn’t make it back down alive. After being separated from the rest of his team in bad weather, he collapsed and died along with Narayan Singh, an […]
MUMBAI – An Indian rescue team has been sent to search for eight missing climbers who had been trying to climb the summit of Nanda Devi, the second-highest peak in India, and were probably hit by a large avalanche, two state government officials said. The officials said that […]
Lucknow, Jun 2: Unlike eastern Uttar Pradesh which bagged a lion’s share of ministerial berths in the Union Council of Ministers, MPs from Bundelkhand region of the state could not make it to the list of ministers. All the four parliamentary constituencies in Bundelkhand region of the state gave […]
New Delhi, Jun 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday greeted the people of Telangana on Statehood Day. The prime minister also extended his wishes to the people of Andhra Pradesh. Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh. On Telangana’s Statehood Day, my best wishes to the people of […]
Mumbai, Jun 2: A Mumbai woman IAS officer’s tweet has triggered a row by calling removal of Mahatma Gandhi’s statues from across the world, including his images from the Indian currency notes. Demanding that institutions and roads named after the Father of the Nation be renamed, she also “thanked” […]
New Delhi, June 1: A fire broke out on the second floor of the NDMC building in Connaught Place here on Saturday, the Delhi Fire Service said. No injury or casualty was reported, an official said. We received a call about the blaze at 6.36 pm and five fire […]
Kota (Raj), Jun 1: A 14-year-old girl reportedly hanged herself after being scolded by her mother for playing outside in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan Saturday, police said. According to the police, the minor was scolded by her mother for playing under the scorching sun. The girl rushed inside and […]
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