Bratislava (Slovakia): Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon and taken to hospital. Reports on TA3, a Slovakian TV station, said that Fico, 59, was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova, some 150 kilometers northeast of the capital,...

Cuttack: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday said while there is no dispute with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, he expressed concerns about the state's administration being led by an officer from outside the state. "We have no dispute with Naveen Babu, but the manner in which an officer from outside is running the state government in...

Guwahati: Rajasthan Royals will bat first against Punjab Kings in their penultimate league match of the IPL here Wednesday. With Jos Buttler back home for national duty, Royals included Tom-Kohler Cadmore in the playing eleven. Punjab Kings: Sam Curran(c), Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (w), Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Nathan Ellis, Rahul...

New Delhi: Zamir Kabulov, the Russian President's Special Representative for Afghanistan, held talks with JP Singh, Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran in the Ministry of External Affairs, here Wednesday. Kabulov is the Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan and also the Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Second Asian Department. Interestingly, his visit to the national...

Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate Wednesday arrested Congress leader and Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam in a money laundering case, official sources said. The 70-year-old was taken into custody at the agency's zonal office here under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after about six hours of interrogation on the second day of...

Singapore: Economist Lawrence Wong was Wednesday sworn in as Singapore's fourth prime minister in a planned political transition for the island state. Wong, 51, succeeded Lee Hsien Loong, 72, who relinquished his position after two decades; both belong to the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) that has been driving Singapore's economic progress for more than five decades....

New Delhi: The first set of citizenship certificates under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act was issued Wednesday here to 14 people, nearly two months after rules under the contentious law were notified to grant Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from three neighbouring countries. Union Home Minister Amit Shah termed it a "historic day", saying the decades-long wait...

New Delhi: India's merchandise exports rose by 1 per cent to $34.99 billion in April even as the trade deficit widened to a four-month high of $19.1 billion during the month, according to government data. Healthy growth in sectors such as electronics, chemicals, petroleum products and pharmaceuticals has helped in registering positive growth in exports despite global...

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's close aide Kartik Pandian Wednesday said that Patnaik will take oath for the sixth time June 9 and his first order will be free power supply for 90 per cent population of Odisha. Sharing a short video of his conversation with the CM during their visit to Deogarh...

New Delhi: Following the Delhi Capitals' (DC) final league game of the IPL 2024, which they won by 19 runs against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), India pacer Ishant Sharma revealed the special bond with DC head coach Ricky Ponting, saying the Australian is like his elder brother. Ishant was the star for Delhi Tuesday night where...