French Junior Foreign Minister meets MoS Muraleedharan, discusses bilateral ties
New Delhi,: French Junior Foreign Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, who is here on an official visit, met Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan and held discussions on further deepening of the Indo-French strategic partnership. “Very productive meeting between MoS V. Muraleedharan and French MoS MEA J B Lemoyne on the further deepening of the […]
Police foils CLP leader Bhatti’s fast and shifts him to hospital
Hyderabad, : Tension prevailed at Dharna Chowk in Indira park here on Monday morning when police foiled CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka’s fast-unto death and shifted him to Nims hospital. Bhatti, who is on a fast-unto death since Saturday against merging of 12 Congress MLA’s into the ruling party in the house, was shifted to Nims […]
Kathua rape case: Former CM Mehbooba welcomes court judgement
Srinagar,: Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday welcomed the Pathankote court judgement on Kathua rape and murder case of a 8-year-old girl in January last year. Taking to micro-blogging site twitter President of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba said “Welcome the judgement. High time we stop playing politics over a heinous crime where […]
3 killed, 15 hurt in accident in TN
Chennai, : Three people, including a child, were killed and 15 other sustained injuries after a truck rammed into a Tamil Nadu State Express Transport Corporation (SETC) bus, which made a screeching halt to avoid hitting another bus that suffered a tyre burst at Shoolagiri on the Krishnagiri-Hosur highway in the early hours of Monday. […]
PM Modi condoles death of Karnad
Bengaluru,: Prime minister Narendra Modi, have deeply condoled the demise of the renowned playwright, actor and theater personality, Girish Karnad, who passed away on Monday morning. Prime minister in his tweeter message said that “Girish Karnad will be remembered for his versatile acting across all mediums. He also spoke passionately on causes dear to him. […]
Karvan-e-Aman bus to PoK remains suspended
Srinagar,: The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), on Monday remained suspended since March 24, official sources said. The cross-Line of Control (LoC) bus, introduced as one of the major Confidence Building Measure (CBM) by Pakistan and India in 2005, remained suspended today since March 4 when it was reported […]
Over 650 killed, 3500 injured since start of LNA Offensive on Tripoli: WHO
Tripoli, : As many as 653 people were killed while 3,547 more were injured since the beginning of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) offensive on Tripoli, which is controlled by the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. Previous reports indicated that 607 people were killed while […]
Pakistan to issue 5-year visa to US nationals
Islamabad, : Pakistan has decided to give five-year, multiple-entry visas to Americans, even though the US government has changed its policy of issuing five-year visas to Pakistani nationals. In a note sent late last month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad, advised Pakistani diplomatic missions in the United States to follow the new policy while […]
Nine killed in Chinese rock burst
Beijing, : Nine people were killed and 10 others wounded following a rock burst late Sunday at a coal mine in Longjiapu, northeast China’s Jilin Province. The burst occured at around 2000 hrs (local time) at Longjiapu coal mining company and caused an earthquake measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale, Xinhua quoted local authorities. The […]
Jnanpith Awardee Girish Karnad Passes away
Bengaluru,: Renowned writer, actor, movie director and the recipient of Jnanpith award for Kannadak, the highest literary honour conferred in the country, Girish Karnad passed away on Monday morning. He was 81 and was ailing from respiratory related problems. The deceased was a contemporary writer, and contributed in a big way to the Kannada as […]