August 2024

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday briefed an all-party meeting about the ongoing situation in Bangladesh, and appreciated the unanimous support by all parties. In a post on X, he also shared photographs of the…

PARIS: It's always a bit crazy inside the athletics stadium. The sport itself is considered the Blue Riband event of the Olympics, just like swimming and gymnastics. While the last two are confined within the walls of halls, athletics is…

PARIS: Unimaginable would be an understatement. Fifteen seconds and destiny took a providential turn. A new chapter will begin in her life. She was fighting against odds—nay, all odds. Those seconds turned wrestler Vinesh Phogat into a…

Paris: Twenty-two years after first picking up a bat, Brazilian amputee table tennis star Bruna Alexandre is finally making her dream come true, warming up for the Paralympics by competing at the Paris Olympic Games. The 29-year-old,…

NEW DELHI: The early signs of the tariff hike by telecom service providers are encouraging, and it has not had a significant impact on telecom subscribers, said Gopal Vittal, managing director of Bharti Airtel, on Tuesday. Vittal,…

Dhaka: Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus has agreed to spearhead the interim government in Bangladesh after mass protests forced long-time Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee the country. "I am honoured by the trust of…

NEW DELHI: Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina's plan to travel to London has hit a roadblock over some "uncertainties," and she is unlikely to move out of India for the next couple of days, people familiar with the matter said…

NEW DELHI: A day after former Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina flew into India after submitting her resignation, the situation in Bangladesh continues to be volatile with cases of looting, and arson being reported. While Sheikh…

WASHINGTON: Vice President Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, according to three people familiar with the decision. In choosing Walz, she is turning to a Midwestern governor, military veteran…

DHAKA: The death toll in the anti-government protests in Bangladesh on Tuesday climbed to 440, with 100 more deaths reported after Sheikh Hasina fled the country, according to the local medias there. Despite the high death toll, there…

PESHAWAR: Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister rallied Monday in the country’s volatile northwest to mark the first anniversary of his arrest and demand his immediate release, officials said. The protest…

RUDRAPRAYAG: More than 1,400 people stranded on the rain-ravaged trek route to Kedarnath were evacuated to safety on Monday as the rescue operations entered their fifth day. Air rescue operations gained momentum with the weather clearing…

BHOPAL: One of the six cubs born to the South African cheetah Gamini in March this year, died during the course of medical treatment at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh on Monday. According to the official statement…

RANCHI: As the registration starts for 'Mukhyamantri Maiyan Samman Yojana', BJP has warned the people saying that the JMM-Congress-RJD government is trying to commit another fraud and hence people should be more cautious. Notably, Chief…