New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs is considering revoking the passports of Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, co-owners of the Goa nightclub where 25 people were killed in a fire December 6, following a request from the state government. Sources said Wednesday that the ministry has received a communication from the Goa government with regard to...

Islamabad: The Trump administration has approved USD 1.25 billion in US Export-Import (EXIM) Bank financing for Pakistan's Reko Diq copper-gold mine in restive Balochistan, the mineral-rich but poor province hit by militancy and insurgencies. In a video message posted on X Wednesday, US Charge d'Affaires in Islamabad Natalie Baker said that EXIM Bank would invest up to...

Bhubaneswar: A 57-year-old college principal was arrested Wednesday on the charge of sexually harassing a female lecturer in Odisha's Khurda district, a police officer said. The principal of the college at Bolagarh was arrested for criminal intimidation, sexual harassment and stalking, on the basis of a complaint lodged by the victim's father. While talking to media persons,...

Panaji: Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, the main accused and owners of the Goa nightclub where a massive blaze claimed 25 lives, booked tickets to Thailand within an hour of learning about the fire at their establishment, officials said Wednesday. According to the investigation by the Goa police, both Luthra brothers booked their tickets for Phuket in...

San Francisco: The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. US District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco granted a preliminary injunction sought by California officials who opposed President Donald Trump's extraordinary move to use state Guard troops...

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New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah delivered a stinging rebuttal to the Congress in the Lok Sabha Wednesday, asserting that the party’s repeated electoral defeats stem directly from its opposition to landmark decisions of the Modi government, most prominently the construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. “You opposed the abrogation of Article 370, you opposed...

New Delhi: In a major setback for absconding Goa nightclub owners Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra, a Delhi court Wednesday refused to grant them interim protection from arrest in connection with the devastating fire at Birch by Romeo Lane, which claimed 25 lives. The brothers had sought transit anticipatory bail from the Rohini court to avoid arrest...

Jerusalem: Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling far short of the amount called for under the US-brokered ceasefire, according to an Associated Press analysis of the Israeli military's figures. Under the October ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, Israel agreed to allow 600 trucks of aid into Gaza each day. But an average of only 459 trucks...

New Delhi: Hindi film actor Salman Khan has approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection of his personality rights. The plea is scheduled to be heard Thursday by Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora. Khan has moved the high court seeking to restrain various social media platforms and e-commerce websites from unauthorisedly using his name, images, persona and...