Britain has requested Brexit delay until June 30: PM
London: Britain has asked EU leaders to delay Brexit until June 30, Prime Minister Theresa May told parliament on Wednesday, on eve of an EU summit in Brussels. May said she had written to EU President Donald Tusk “informing him that the UK seeks an extension to the Article 50 period to June 30”. “I […]
Taliban militants kill 6 paramilitary personnel in Pakistan
Karachi: Heavily armed Taliban militants attacked a remote security check post in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province, killing at least six paramilitary personnel and wounding over a dozen others, an official said Wednesday. The Pakistani Taliban known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack which took place in the mountainous Lal Khattai area of Ziarat […]
Ex-Pak prez Zardari, Bilawal appear before anti-graft body in corruption case
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former president Asif Ali Zardari and his son Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday appeared before the anti-corruption body and recorded their statements in a graft case. They appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) office here in connection with an alleged loan obtained by the Park Lane Estate Company, a Karachi-based real estate firm […]
India slams Security Council for “undermining” UN General Assembly’s authority
United Nations: India has said the UN General Assembly must take lead in finding solutions to the challenges faced by the world, slamming the Security Council for “progressively undermining” the authority of the 193-member global body. India’s Deputy Permanent Representative K Nagaraj Naidu said on Monday the growing number of complex challenges facing the world, […]
N Zealand PM urges global action on social media perils
Christchurch: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday called for a global response to the dangers of social media as the Muslim community began burying their dead five days after the twin-mosques massacre. A white supremacist gunman streamed his 17 minutes of carnage in which he is accused of killing 50 Muslim worshippers during […]
Notification for phase 2 of Lok Sabha polls issued
Polls for Srinagar, Udhampur constituencies scheduled in second phase
Polls for Srinagar, Udhampur constituencies scheduled in second phase
Pulwama ‘terror’ attack won’t be forgotten: NSA Doval
Gurgaon: India has neither forgotten nor will forget the Pulwama terror attack and the country’s leadership is “capable and courageous” to mete out effective responses to such acts, NSA Ajit Doval said Tuesday. Speaking for the first time about the attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed on February 14 in Jammu and Kashmir, […]
Rahul questions Modi’s patriotism, asks why he keeps silent on China
Itanagar: With fervent nationalism becoming the flavour of the election season, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Tuesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s patriotic credentials and accused him of not raising the issue of India’s “territorial integrity” during his meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The Congress leader claimed the prime minister “did not utter a word” […]
Bombay HC pulls up Maha govt, BMC on coastal road project
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court Tuesday questioned the state authorities on how could they begin work on a coastal road project without determining whether it was going to adversely affect fishing communities and breeding ground for fish along the proposed road. A bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice N M Jamdar said while […]
