News that keep you updated
HOSHIAPUR: Four people from Himachal Pradesh were killed in a collision between a car and a Punjab Roadways bus in dense fog near Hoshiarpur Saturday morning when they were on their way to Amritsar airport. Police said Sukhwinder Singh of Chalet village in Himachal’s Daulatpur town had set off for Amritsar with three friends to…
US President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an executive order meant to declare a national emergency and safeguard Venezuelan oil revenue held in US accounts, taking another step to control future sales of Venezuelan oil.The executive order effectively blocked the oil revenue from the Latin American country’s creditors and prevented its seizure to satisfy debts…
Syria clashes: Security forces deploy in Aleppo; dozens killed in fighting with Kurdish forces Syrian security forces began deploying on Saturday in the Sheikh Maqsoud neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo after several days of intense clashes with Kurdish fighters that left dozens dead and wounded.According to Syria’s state news agency SANA, two Kurdish…
HYDERABAD: A 27-year-old woman in Hyderabad allegedly poisoned her 11-month-old son before dying by suicide at her home near Meerpet on Friday, police said.Authorities said the woman, identified as Sushmitha, had been facing marital disputes with her husband, Yashwanth Reddy. According to police, she allegedly administered poison to her son, Ashwanth Nandan Reddy, and subsequently…
NEW DELHI: A 55-year-old man from Jammu and Kashmir was detained on Saturday after he allegedly attempted to offer namaz inside the Ram Mandir complex in Ayodhya and raised slogans when stopped, Uttar Pradesh police said.The man was identified as Ahmed Sheikh, a resident of Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir, according to Superintendent of…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday stepped up its attack on the INDIA bloc over the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. It accused opposition parties of shifting positions and turning a constitutional exercise into what it called a “spectacle”, after the Samajwadi Party questioned the credibility of the Election Commission over…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei (File photo) Iran sharply escalated its response to nationwide protests, with the country’s attorney general warning that anyone taking part in demonstrations could be treated as an “enemy of God” — a charge that carries the death penalty under Iranian law.The warning, issued by Attorney General Mohammad Movahedi Azad and broadcast…
NEW DELHI: The survivor of the 2017 Unnao rape case on Saturday pleaded for support alleging that the daughters of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar and their supporters are “exposing” her identity on social media, putting her safety at risk.In a video message, the survivor said, “Kuldeep Singh Sengar’s two daughters and their supporters…
A man was killed in southwest England after a tree fell on a caravan during record winds brought by Storm Goretti, as large parts of Europe continued to face power outages and transport disruptions caused by severe weather.The man, believed to be in his 50s, was found dead in the town of Helston in Cornwall…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday moved the Supreme Court alleging interference and obstruction by the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government during search operations at the Kolkata headquarters of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee(I-PAC) and the residence of its director Pratik Jain. Meanwhile, the state government filed a caveat seeking to be…
