New Delhi: All Indian nationals in Syria are safe, government sources said Sunday, hours after Islamist rebels captured power in Damascus evicting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power. The Indian embassy continues to remain operational in Damascus, they said. The sources said the embassy is...
Manama: One of the topmost Emirati diplomats Anwar Gargash Sunday faced a series of direct questions over Syria, particularly as the UAE in recent years had sought to rehabilitate Assad's image in the Arab world. Asked if Assad was heading to the UAE, Gargash said:...
Kolkata: A senior official of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) said Sunday that Bangladesh would head towards a major genocide in the coming days if the situation is not brought under control. Vice President and spokesman of ISKCON-Kolkata Radharaman Das said that several...
Shambhu (Punjab): Agitating farmers suspended their foot march to Delhi Sunday after some of them sustained injuries in teargas shelling by Haryana security personnel who thwarted yet another attempt by the protesters to cross the Punjab-Haryana border. Farmer leaders said they will decide the next...
New Delhi: BJP Sunday alleged that former Congress president Sonia Gandhi has links to an organisation financed by the George Soros Foundation and which has backed the idea of Kashmir as an independent nation. This association shows the influence of foreign entities in India's internal...
Moscow: Russia's Foreign Ministry claimed Sunday that Bashar Assad had left Syria after negotiations with rebel groups, and gave “instructions” to “transfer power peacefully”. In a post on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday, the ministry said Moscow had not directly participated in these talks....
Dubai: Defending champions Bangladesh beat India by 59 runs to retain their ACC U19 Men's Asia Cup title here Sunday. Opting to field, India, the most successful team in the tournament's history with eight titles, produced a discipline bowling performance to dismiss Bangladesh for 198...
Shambhu: Protesting farmers Sunday afternoon suspended their foot march to Delhi for the day after some of them suffered injuries in tear gas shelling by Haryana security personnel here along the state's border with Punjab. Farmer leader from Punjab Sarwan Singh Pandher said at least...
Jodhpur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday said India will soon create a comprehensive anti-drone unit to secure its borders as the "menace" of unmanned aerial vehicles is going to get serious in the coming days. Addressing BSF troops at the 60th Raising Day event...
Taipei: China sent 14 warships, seven military aircraft and four balloons near Taiwan between Saturday and Sunday, according to Taiwan's Defence Ministry, as Beijing ramps up pressure on the island it claims as its own. China's military activities come amid speculation Beijing might organise military...
The BJP’s Ram Madhav has written an article titled “For South Asia to grow, communalism must end.” It makes two...
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TS Eliot once characterised modern man as an individual with a “headpiece filled with straw” for stuffing his mind with...
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France, one of the founding states of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has dealt a harsh blow to the ICC...
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After almost eight years of calm, Aleppo, one of the world’s oldest continually inhabited cities and considered one of the...
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