ISLAMABAD: External affairs minister S Jaishankar had “casual conversations’’ with both Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and his counterpart Ishaq Dar over the past 2 days even though there was no formal bilateral meeting between the foreign ministers on the margins of the SCO heads of government summit in Islamabad, diplomatic sources said. The fact that…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau In a surprising admission, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed that his government had no concrete evidence when it initially accused India of being involved in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a prominent Khalistani extremist. The revelation comes at a time of escalating tensions between India and Canada, raising…
NEW DELHI: BJP leader and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday challenged Sharad Pawar, who remains the fulcrum of opposition in the state, to declare Maha Vikas Aghadi’s CM face for the November 20 assembly elections. On the issue of ruling Mahayuti‘s CM face, Fadnavis hinted at Shiv Sena‘s Eknath Shinde but evaded…
MUMBAI: During Maharashtra assembly elections, voters in Mumbai will be not be allowed to carry mobile phones inside the polling booths at the time of voting, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation commissioner and administrator Bhushan Gagrani on Wednesday. Elections for the 288-member Maharashtra legislative assembly will be conducted in a single phase on November 20,…
NEW DELHI: At least seven more flights received hoax threat messages on Wednesday, bringing the total number of affected airliners to nearly 20 in the past three days. An IndiGo Riyadh-Mumbai flight (6E 74) was diverted to Muscat on Wednesday, and its Mumbai-Delhi flight (6E 651) to Ahmedabad, while Akasa’s Delhi-Bengaluru flight (QP 1335) returned…
NEW DELHI: The Mumbai police have issued notices to a teenage boy, his father, and another person from Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh as part of an investigation into bomb threats that disrupted three international flights on Monday.The threats were posted on social media, specifically on the platform X, leading to significant security measures at Chhatrapati Shivaji…
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi extended wishes to NC leader Omar Abdhullah for taking charge as the CM of Jammu and Kashmir, which marked the first elected government since abrogation of Article 370 in August of 2019. Rahul Gandhi, whose party has decided to forgo ministries ‘for now’ due to…
NEW DELHI: Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) officials on Wednesday arrested a passenger for carrying a bullet in his luggage at the Delhi airport. He was scheduled to board an Indigo flight to Mumbai but was removed from the plane.The CISF personnel stopped him during security checks at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport’s terminal-III…
Union minister Suresh Gopi NEW DELHI: Union minister Suresh Gopi sought regular bail from a magisterial court on Wednesday amid allegations of misbehaving with a woman journalist. The case, which has drawn significant public attention, involves a complaint filed by the journalist working for a local television channel.The court has scheduled the matter for framing…
Renukaswamy (Left) was ‘tortured’ and ‘murdered’ by Darshan (right) and his wife Sahana, the wife of the late Renukaswamy, who was allegedly murdered by Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and others, gave birth to a baby boy at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The family reported that both mother and child are in good…
