Beijing: Advanced preparations are on between China and India to resume the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra for the Indian pilgrims this summer, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Monday. The Yatra will be resumed after a gap of nearly five years after its initial suspension in 2020....
Paris: A trial has started in Paris over the 2016 heist in which armed robbers tied up Kim Kardashian in her bedroom and stole millions of dollars' worth of jewellery during Fashion Week. Ten people, nine men and a woman, are on trial on charges...
Dubai: The death toll from a huge explosion that rocked one of Iran's main ports rose Monday to 46, authorities said, as reports from the site raised more questions about the cause of the blast. Iranian state television reported the toll from the blast at...
London: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal arrived in London Monday morning at the start of a five-day three-city tour, also covering Oslo and Brussels, to drive forward trade and investment dialogues with the UK and Europe. The minister, who is accompanied by a business...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday announced a 72-hour ceasefire in its ongoing 'Special Military Operation' in Ukraine on account of the Victory Day celebrations, next month. "By decision of the President of the Russian Federation, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian...
Beijing: China Monday said it welcomes all measures to "cool down" the current situation between India and Pakistan, including a "swift and fair investigation" into the Pahalgam terror attack, and expressed support for its all-weather ally in safeguarding its sovereignty and security. "China welcomes all...
New York: Members of the Indian diaspora gathered outside the Pakistan Consulate and at Times Square here to protest against the Pahalgam terror attacks. The protestors waved the Indian tricolour and held banners that read ‘Declare Islamic Republic of Pakistan a Terrorist State - Pahalgam...
Peshawar: At least seven people were killed and nine injured Monday after a powerful bomb blast ripped through the office of a peace committee in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The bomb blast occurred at the office of a local peace committee in...
Seoul: Lee Jae-myung, the South Korea Democratic Party's (DP) presidential candidate, maintained a big lead among contenders for the June 3 election, a poll showed Monday. According to the survey conducted by Realmeter on 1,505 adults aged over 18 from Wednesday to Friday, Lee led...
Seoul: South Korea's National Fire Agency (NFA) issued an emergency response order Monday to mobilise available national personnel and equipment to put out a fire spreading in the southeastern city of Daegu, officials said. The NFA issued the order about two hours after the blaze...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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