International attention has, for the past few months, been drawn to the possibility of elections in Myanmar under the watchful eye of the military junta that staged a coup in 2021 to deny an elected government the chance to function. In the process the focus has been shifted from the hapless 1.2 million Rohingya Moslems languishing in...

New Delhi: BRS leader K Kavitha Tuesday was quizzed for about 10 hours on the third day of her deposition before the Enforcement Directorate even as she submitted some mobile phones used by her to the agency in connection with the Delhi excise policy linked money laundering case. The MLC daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar...

New Delhi:  Strong tremors jolted parts of north India, including Delhi-NCR, on Tuesday night as an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan. Panic-stricken people rushed out of buildings as the earthquake struck around 10.20 pm and was also felt in Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. There was disruption in mobile...

New Delhi: Pakistan Tuesday skipped a conference of military medicine experts organised by an Indian think-tank under the framework of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) after the host objected to incorrect depiction of Kashmir in a map, people familiar with the matter said. The conference on 'SCO Armed Forces Contribution in Military Medicine, Healthcare and Pandemics' was to...

London: Former British prime minister Boris Johnson's written defence in response to an influential parliamentary committee was published on Tuesday and in it he accepts that he misled Parliament over the partygate scandal of COVID lockdown law-breaching parties at Downing Street, but did so in “good faith”. Johnson is due to give oral evidence to the House...

Washington: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen projected calm Tuesday after recent regional bank collapses but told a gathering of bankers that additional rescue arrangements “could be warranted” if any new failures at smaller institutions jeopardise financial stability. Yellen, who made her remarks at the American Bankers Association, said that overall “the situation is stabilising." "And the U.S. Banking...

Bhubaneswar: The charge sheet in the murder of minister Naba Kishore Das will be filed within prescribed time frame, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told the Odisha Assembly Tuesday. Replying to the discussion on demand of grants for the Home and General Administration Departments, he said: "The investigation is still under progress and within the time frame given...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday said nothing has been discussed as yet on forming an opposition front ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Patnaik's statement came ahead of his scheduled “courtesy meeting” with Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Thursday. Asked whether any discussion on forming a  ‘third front' is on the cards with the...

Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah's scheduled one-day visit to Odisha March 26 has been postponed, a leader of the BJP's state unit said Tuesday. The new itinerary will be announced later, Odisha BJP general secretary Golak Mohapatra said. The change in programme is likely due to Shah's engagements in poll-bound Karnataka, Mohapatra said. Shah was scheduled...

New Delhi: A "fatigued" Nikhat Zareen continued her winning run to enter the quarterfinals along with two other pugilists at the Women's World Championships here Tuesday. Nikhat saw off Mexico's Patricia Alvarez Herrera 5-0 to notch her third win of the tournament. Commonwealth Games champion Nitu Ghanghas (48kg) won her bout with a first round against Sumaiya...