COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new prez, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, named college professor and first-time lawmaker Harini Amarasuriya as the new PM of the Indian Ocean island nation on Tuesday, making her the third woman to be appointed to the post.Dissanayake, 55, has taken the key finance portfolio himself as Sri Lanka looks to emerge from its…
A girl wounded in an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Saksakiyeh on Tuesday. (AFP) Israel‘s preparations to strike homes and buildings in southern Lebanon where it claimed Hezbollah was storing weapons included calling and texting Lebanese residents to evacuate areas that would come under fire, according to Lebanese and Israeli government officials.Whether…
Destruction after Israeli strike on a neighbourhood in Baalbeck, Lebanon. BEIRUT: Israel said it killed a top commander with Hezbollah’s missile and rocket unit Tuesday as the Israeli military traded fire with Hezbollah again and the death toll from a massive Israeli bombing campaign climbed to nearly 570 people. Military officials said Ibrahim Kobeisi, who…
WASHINGTON: Far from being a ruse, Moscow‘s interference in US elections, mocked by MAGA supremo Donald Trump as the “Russia Russia Russia hoax,” is real and current, US intelligence agencies said on Monday. The agencies, trashed by Trumpists as a war-mongering “Deep State,” said while Russia is attempting to boost Trump’s candidacy by denigrating his…
Urmila Matondkar has filed for divorce from her husband Mohsin Akhtar Mir, after eight years of marriage. According to a source from a Mumbai court, the actress filed for divorce around four months ago. The source told ETimes, “Urmila has filed for divorce about four months back.” Another report in Hindustan Times states that Urmila…
NEW DELHI: The second phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir is set to take place across 26 constituencies on Wednesday, with over 13,000 polling personnel deployed at 3,500 stations. Voters will choose from 239 candidates in this highly anticipated phase, which covers politically sensitive regions, including the border districts of Rajouri, Poonch, and Reasi,…
A rivalry for the ages. Image Credits-WWE.com One of the most demanded rivalries of the early 2000s in WWE, miraculously remained relevant and electric even in the mid 2010’s. Today, we are looking back at the swashbuckling rivalry between Goldberg and Brock Lesnar. It was a feud between an immovable object versus an indestructible force….
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday drew a strong reaction from the opposition parties after she said that the government should bring back the repealed farm laws in the interest of farmers.“I think the losses that farmers have faced should be compensated. It could be controversial, but I believe the losses should be…
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka welcomed its 16th Prime Minister on Tuesday, Harini Amarasuriya, an academic-turned-politician who became the first woman to hold the position since Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 2000. Amarasuriya brings both a deep academic background and a significant link to India.Amarasuriya, 54, spent her formative college years at Delhi University, studying at the renowned…
NEW DELHI: The family of the deceased accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case moved the Bombay high court on Tuesday, seeking the establishment of a special investigating team to probe the alleged “fake encounter.”“The accused was in custody when he was shot dead in a fake encounter. This is a cold-blooded murder by criminals…
