August 2024

TEL AVIV: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza, and he called on Hamas to do the same, without saying whether it had…

ISLAMABAD: Flash floods triggered by monsoon rains swept through streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key highway in the north, officials said Monday, as the death toll from rain-related incidents rose to 209 since July 1. Fourteen…

KATHMANDU: Seven people from two families were killed in separate incidents of landslides triggered by incessant rains in western Nepal in the last 24 hours, police said on Monday. Four members of a family were buried alive in the…

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's population growth has come to a near halt, official statistics showed Monday, as tens of thousands of people exit a spluttering economy for pastures new. Statistics New Zealand reported that population growth…

TAIPEI, Taiwan: Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships collided at sea, damaging at least two boats, in an encounter early Monday near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea. Both…

New York: The United Nations on Monday condemned the "unacceptable" level of violence becoming commonplace against humanitarian workers, a record 280 of whom were killed worldwide in 2023. And it warned that the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza…

CHANDIGARH: A four-year-old tiger from Sariska National Park in Rajasthan has entered the Jhabua Reserve Forest in Rewari district of Haryana after covering nearly 100 kilometers. An alert was sounded across all villages near the border.…

NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday termed as an "anti-national step" the government's move of recruiting public servants through lateral entry, alleging that the reservation of SCs, STs, and OBCs is…

New Delhi: Indian Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal died at a government hospital here following a cardiac arrest, Defence sources here said. Pal, who was to attend an ICG event along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was…

New Delhi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Champai Soren said on Sunday that he experienced "bitter humiliation" as Chief Minister and felt he had no role within the party. His statement came hours after he reached Delhi amid…

NEW DELHI: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing the assembly polls schedule for Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has begun the process of moving troops in the UT. MHA has asked the…

चंडीगढ़:  हिमाचल महासभा (पंजीकृत) चंडीगढ़ द्वारा कल  मुनि जी मंदिर सेक्टर 23 चंडीगढ़ में एक विशाल बैठक का आयोजन हुआ | बैठक का कारण था सभा के अध्यक्ष का चुनाव, क्योंकि पिछली कार्यकारिणी का कार्यकाल समाप्त हो गया था तथा नए कार्य काल के…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim, will be in India on an official visit between 19th and 21st of August. He is coming at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This would be the first visit of…

AHMEDABAD: Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a sharp critique of the Congress party on Sunday, accusing them of engaging in appeasement politics over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Shah claimed that from 1947 to 2014, those…

New Delhi: It must have been after a very long time that the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the apex camaraderie body of the doctors in the country, mobilised such a big ‘hartal’ (halting) of the health services across in the realm.…

NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old man was killed and another sustained critical injuries when an air conditioner fell on them from the second floor while they were standing on a road next to their house in central Delhi, an official said on Sunday.…

Mumbai: For the better part of the past decade, B Indrajith has been the name that does rounds every time an India A or a Duleep Trophy squad was announced. After all, he had been one of the consistent red-ball batters in the country - and…

CHENNAI: At one point in Ireland's chase of 260 against Sri Lanka in the first ODI at Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast, the required run rate had gone beyond seven. Orla Prendergast had already passed her personal best score (71) in…

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann today felicitated the players of the state, with cash prize worth Rs 1 crore (each), who were part of the Bronze medal winning Indian Hockey team in the recently concluded Paris Olympics…

KOLKATA: Violence erupted outside Salt Lake stadium after the derby match of the Durand Cup was cancelled. The supporters went outside the stadium and claimed that they did not get any prior information about the cancellation of the match…