At least 26 people have been killed in fresh unrest in Indonesia’s restive Papua region, authorities said Tuesday, as thousands fled to shelters following a day of violence that saw victims burned alive in buildings set ablaze by protesters. Papua, on the western half of New Guinea island, […]
Large numbers of bats are being found severely emaciated or starved to death in Australia amid a prolonged drought that is crippling their food supply, according to wildlife carers and environment officials. There has been a “rapid increase” in the number of stricken native flying foxes found in […]
US President Donald Trump said Monday he could not rule out a meeting with Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations this week, but no encounter was yet scheduled. Speculation has been rife over whether the leaders of the two arch-foes would finally meet on the sidelines […]
New Delhi, Sep 24: Hitting out at the government over rising fuel prices, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday said that despite the benefit of low oil prices internationally since 2014, taxes on petrol and diesel were raised. Petrol price was hiked by 18 paise a litre on […]
Shamli (UP), Sep 24: A 30-year-old woman was found dead at Shamli railway station here, a government railway police official said on Tuesday. A two-and-half-year-old girl was also found weeping near the unidentified deceased on Monday, the GRP official said. The body has been sent for post mortem, he […]
New Delhi, Sep 24: President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday emphasised on the need to reduce water foot print and said farmers, corporate leaders and government bodies need to actively consider it. Inaugurating the 6th India Water Week, Kovind said there has been negligence in preserving water and […]
New Delhi, Sep 24: The student union elections at Ambedkar University on Wednesday will see a triangular fight between the RSS-affiliated ABVP and Left student outfits SFI and AISA. This is the second year of the students’ union polls in the varsity. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s (ABVP) unit […]
Chennai, Sep 24: The opposition DMK on Tuesday announced N Pugazhenthi as its candidate for the October 21 bypoll to Vikravandi constituency in Tamil Nadu. DMK President M K Stalin announced the 66-year old Pugazhenthi’s candidature in a party statement. “It is being announced on behalf of the party […]
NEW YORK – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he hoped India and Pakistan could come together to resolve their differences over Kashmir, as Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan urged Trump to use U.S. influence to help end India’s “siege” of the volatile territory. Trump and Khan […]
LONDON – Britain’s Supreme Court will rule on Tuesday whether a decision by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run-up to Brexit was unlawful, potentially throwing his Brexit plans into further disarray. Below are some key facts about the case and the […]
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