ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s imprisoned ex-prime minister Imran Khan has threatened to launch a nationwide civil disobedience movement, in an apparent bid to keep his public mobilisation campaign intact and to force the country’s powerful authorities to agree to his demands.Less than two weeks after his “final call” protest in Islamabad was violently suppressed, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…
Paris’ archbishop Laurent Ulrich knocks on doors of Notre Dame Cathedral during it’s formal reopening (Photo: AP) France’s Notre Dame Cathedral reopened on Saturday, five years after a fire nearly destroyed it. Archbishop of Paris Laurent Ulrich symbolically knocked on the cathedral doors and entered, marking the opening after completion of extensive restoration work.Hundreds of…
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized assets valued at Rs 387.99 crore in the Mahadev Online Book case. The properties comprise investments by a Mauritius-based firm, Tano Investment Opportunities Fund, linked to Hari Shankar Tibrewal and real estate in Chhattisgarh, Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh, registered under various betting app promoters and associates, according to…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday condemned the opposition parties’ decision to boycott the oath-taking ceremony during the first day of the Maharashtra assembly’s special session. Fadnavis accused the elected members of the opposition of insulting the voters who had chosen them by refusing to take their oaths as MLAs.“The voters have…
The land in question includes a mosque and four shops, and according to its ‘caretaker’ was registered with waqf board in the 1930s AGRA: A plot of land associated with the family of Pakistan’s first prime minister, Liaquat Ali Khan, near the railway station in Muzaffarnagar, has been declared as “enemy property”. This comes after…
Mohammed Siraj stands out on Day 2 (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: Mohammed Siraj‘s spirited send-off to Travis Head and his animated gesture towards the Australian crowd has become a talking point in the ongoing Test series between India and Australia.The incident unfolded on Saturday at the Adelaide Oval, where Siraj bowled a pinpoint yorker to dismiss…
The incident occurred around 2.30 am near Sadhu Vaswani Chowk at Bandra. MUMBAI: An allegedly inebriated teen at the wheel of a Porsche rammed into five motorcycles, leaving them damaged, at Bandra West early on Saturday. Fortunately, nobody was injured.The incident occurred around 2.30 am near Sadhu Vaswani Chowk at Bandra. Police said the 19-year-old…
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States should avoid involvement in the ongoing conflict in Syria, where rebel forces are challenging the government of President Bashar al-Assad. In a post on his platform Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, & the United States should…
Mohsin Naqvi (Screengrab) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, announced on Saturday that an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting regarding the 2024 Champions Trophy had been postponed, leaving the tournament’s future uncertain.The Champions Trophy is scheduled to take place from February 19 to March 9 in Pakistan, but the Board of Control for…
Allu Arjun and director Sukumar spoke to the press on Saturday evening to celebrate the success of Pushpa 2: The Rule. During the event, they also took a moment to address the tragedy that occurred during the film’s premiere on December 4 in Hyderabad, where a female fan died in a stampede. They expressed their…
