Three Nigerian nationals arrested in Delhi for overstaying without valid documents and sent to a detention centre NEW DELHI: Three Nigerian nationals were arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly staying in India without valid documents and subsequently sent to a detention centre, news agency PTI reported citing officials on Sunday.Following their arrest, they were…
File photo: Ruwanwelisaya is a stupa, a hemispherical structure containing relics, in Sri Lanka, considered sacred to many Buddhists all over the world A group of Buddhist monks has launched a sit-in protest in Sri Lanka’s sacred city of Anuradhapura, demanding the withdrawal of a government gazette outlining a redevelopment plan for the historic Buddhist…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday asserted that there is “no need of permission” to build the Mekedatu reservoir across the Cauvery river, which has been at the centre of a long-standing water-sharing dispute between Karnataka and neighbouring Tamil Nadu.Shivakumar’s remarks came after his Tamil Nadu counteprart C Joseph Vijay wrote to…
BJP MLA Nand Kishor Gurjar claimed that he received a threat from Pakistan based organisation NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Loni Nand Kishor Gurjar on Sunday claimed to have received a death threat from a Pakistan-based organisation.Gurjar claimed that he received a call from a Pakistan-based organisation, which threatened to bomb…
Kate Walsh is using her platform as an actor and ocean advocate to push for stronger protection of the world’s seas, backing the global goal of conserving at least 30% of ocean areas by 2030. Private Practice”, a spin-off of “Grey’s Anatomy” star, has worked with Oceana for years, with her interest in marine conservation…
Rajnath Singh pays tribute to fallen soldiers at Sikkim’s Sherathang War Memorial on Diwali NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday paid tribute to fallen soldiers at the Sherathang War Memorial in Sikkim on the occasion of Diwali, saying the nation would “always remain indebted to their valor”.Singh also met and interacted with troops…
A New York court rejected the bank’s bid to reopen a foreclosure case dismissed in 2019 after a six-year delay. (AI image) A New York bank has failed in its attempt to restart a home foreclosure case after allowing it to remain inactive for more than six years. The bank had started legal proceedings against…
TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee addresses a press conference, in New Delhi on Thursday. TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee also present. NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in a protest in Kolkata’s Kalighat. She accused the BJP of hooliganism and alleged a breakdown of law…
PM Modi said the country needed to identify and defeat such elements to ensure national security NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that while armed Naxalites had been eliminated from the forests, the threat of Naxalism was not over, claiming that “Dimagi Naxals” had taken control of several organisations including political parties.Addressing security…
File photo: Chairman of Taiwan People’s Communist Party Lin Te-wang (center) Authorities in Taiwan have detained the leader of the island’s Taiwan People’s Communist Party over allegations that he ran as a candidate for borough chief under the direction and sponsorship of China’s Communist Party, local media reported on Sunday.Lin Te-wang, the party’s chair, is…
