Mysuru: Top Congress leaders in Karnataka on Tuesday sought the blessings of Goddess Chamundeshwari, the deity of Mysuru city, a day before the Assembly elections. Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Congress state chief D K Shivakumar along with a large number Congress leaders and supporters paid their obeisance to the Goddess. Along with flowers, fruits, “Thamboolam”,…
Islamabad, May 9 (PTI) Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan was on Tuesday arrested by paramilitary Rangers while he was present at the Islamabad High Court for the hearing of a corruption case, his party said. The chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), who travelled from Lahore to the federal capital Islamabad, was taken into…
Panaji: The third meeting of the G20 Development Working Group (DWG) began in Goa on Tuesday with 80 delegates from member countries participating in it. The first two sessions of DWGs were held in Mumbai and Kerala. The meeting, being held at a resort at Dona Paula near state capital Panaji, will set up developmental outcomes…
Kathmandu: The family of injured Indian mountaineer Anurag Maloo is planning to fly him to New Delhi from Nepal for further treatment as the infection is spreading in his body, a relative and an official of an expedition company said here on Tuesday. Anurag, 34, a resident of Kishangarh in Rajasthan, went missing in mid-April after…
Washington: America’s strength is its diversity, President Joe Biden has said, as he hosted one of the largest gatherings of Asian Americans at the White House attended by several prominent Indian-Americans. The gathering on Monday was organised for the screening of the “American Born Chinese” movie as part of a celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian,…
Jerusalem: Expressing “great satisfaction” at the achievements of 30 years of full diplomatic ties between India and Israel, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has said that it is time for the two nations to “re-accelerate” their relations in various fields to strengthen the strategic partnership. Just ahead of his three-day visit starting on Tuesday, Cohen told…
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s main Tamil political party will meet President Ranil Wickremesinghe here on Tuesday for “constructive” talks to address the long-pending demand for political autonomy for the minority community within a specified time limit. The representatives from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), an alliance of parties who represent Tamils from the North and East regions…
London: Two nurses from India are in the running for a prestigious USD 250,000 Global Nursing Award, organised by Dubai-headquartered private healthcare service provider Aster DM Healthcare to honour the contributions of nurses worldwide. Shanti Teresa Lakra, who works among Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Kerala-born and Ireland-based Jincy…
Washington: US-based senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda has expressed serious concern over the “alarming situation” in Manipur and called for an immediate end to violence in the northeastern state. Violent clashes broke out in the northeastern state after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the 10 hill districts on May 3 to protest against the…
New Delhi: Stoking a controversy, Union Minister Satya Pal Singh Baghel claimed that “tolerant Muslims can be counted on fingers” and it too “was a tactic to lead a public life wearing a mask” as it leads to vice-president, governor or vice-chancellor posts. But the real face of such “so-called intellectuals” from the community gets revealed…
