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NIA conducts search at a warehouse in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 20 (UNI) National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted a search with Forensic Science Laboratory at a warehouse in Delhi in connection with the 2988.2 kgs of drug seizure at Mundra port.
During the search some…
T20 WC: Scrappy Bangladesh stay alive with 26-run win over Oman
Bangladesh kept their hopes of advancing to Super 12s stage alive with a nervy 26-run win over co-hosts Oman in their Group B match of the T20 World Cup here on Tuesday.
Opener Mohammad Naim struck a fine half-century to help Bangladesh…
Tourism set to boom with inauguration of Kushinagar Int’l Airport by PM today
Kushinagar, Oct 19 (UNI) The much-awaited Kushinagar International Airport, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, will help revive and boost tourism from South Asian countries, according to tourism and…
PM Hasina instructs stern action against people involved in Communal Attacks
Dhaka, Oct 19 (UNI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to take immediate action against the people involved in vandalising of Puja mandap and attacking the houses of the Hindu community.…
Sirajuddin Haqqani meets families of slain suicide bombers, calls them ‘heroes of Islam,…
Kabul, Oct 19 (UNI) Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s Interior Minister who figures on the UN Sanctions list, met families of the slain suicide bombers at Kabul’s glitzy InterContinental Hotel, and termed suicide…
HCL Technologies launches early career programme in Vietnam; to onboard 2,600 students in 5 yrs
NEW DELHI: HCL Technologies on Monday announced the launch of its TechBee early career programme in Vietnam with plans to onboard 2,600 candidates in the next five years, starting this year.
Designed exclusively for high-school…
T20 World Cup: Predicting the next bunch of breakout cricket stars
With the T20 World Cup already upon us, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has released a list of some probable breakout stars who could set the tournament alight with their skills.
Whenever we are talking about breakout stars in…
US will not join Moscow Talks on Afghanistan this week
Washington, Oct 18 (UNI/Sputnik) The United States will not participate in the "Troika Plus" meeting in Moscow this week due to logistical difficulties, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said during a press briefing on Monday.
"We…
State Dept. launches probe into end of US diplomatic operations in Afghanistan
Washington, Oct 18 (UNI/Sputnik) The US State Department Inspector General is launching a probe into the manner the Biden administration ended the United States' diplomatic operations in Afghanistan, Politico reported on Monday.
The probe…
Scotland stun fancied Bangladesh by 6 runs on first day of T20 World Cup
Scotland stunned fancied Bangladesh by six runs after Chris Greaves’ magnificent all-round display for a dream start in the ICC T20 World Cup on an eventful Sunday night here.
Greaves led a brilliant lower-order fightback with a 28-ball…
Channi, Sukhbir Badal condemn armed fighters forcibly entering Kabul gurudwara
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal strongly condemned the forcible entry by armed fighters in a gurudwara in Kabul on Friday, the second such incident to be reported in less than…
India has earned label of electoral autocracy under Modi govt: CWC
Launching a scathing attack on the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre on Saturday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the Congress Working Committee (CWC) alleged that India has earned the “label of an electoral autocracy” under this…
Turkey ready to operate Kabul Airport: Erdogan
Kabul, Oct 16 (UNI) Previously in charge of Kabul Airport, Turkey can take similar steps in the future with Qatar and Afghanistan if the three countries reach a deal on managing the airport, the Turkish President said on Friday.
“So far,…
Ashwin rewarded for reviving white-ball skills: Kohli
India have brought back Ravichandran Ashwin to the T20I fold to be a game-changer in the World Cup. This has been a paradigm shift in thought process for a side that has kept right-arm off-spin at arm’s length in white-ball cricket since…
ISKCON members in Noakhali protest arson, vandalism, demand justice
Dhaka, Oct 16 (UNI) With the dead body of a young member who was lynched by a radical mob on Friday, members of the ISKCON and Hindu community members in Noakhali, Bangladesh, protested against the arson and vandalism of their temple by…
Deadly mosque bombing in Kandahar hinders Afghan peace: Tashkent
Tashkent, Oct 16 (UNI/Sputnik) The Uzbek foreign ministry denounced on Saturday the bombing at a Shia mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar, saying it hinders peace in Afghanistan.
Three suicide bombers set off the blast on Friday, while…
PIA flights from Kabul to Islamabad to restart
Kabul, Oct 16 (UNI) Afghanistan’s ministry of transport and civil aviation said that Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Afghanistan’s Kam Air and Ariana Airlines will resume their normal fights from Kabul to Islamabad.
According…
Sri Lankan govt rules out talks with banned Tamil diaspora groups
Colombo, Oct 16 (UNI) The Sri Lankan Government has ruled out talks with the banned Tamil diaspora groups but has said that it will instead look at engaging with others.
During his recent visit to the UN, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had…
India defeat Nepal 3-0 to win SAFF Championship for record 8th time
Male (Maldives), Oct 16 (UNI) India thrashed Nepal 3-0 to clinch the SAFF Championship trophy for a record-eighth time, here at the National Football Stadium on Saturday.
Skipper Sunil Chhetri (48'), Suresh Singh (50'), and Abdul Sahal…
India to host NSA level meet on Afghanistan, After Moscow Format
New Delhi, Oct 16 (UNI) Even as India has accepted an invite to attend the Moscow Format talks in the Russian capital, where a Taliban delegation will be present, New Delhi is reportedly to hold talks at the National Security Advisor level…