New Delhi: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Friday termed “surprising” NCP leader Ajit Pawar’s remarks that Patole resigned as Speaker in 2021 without consulting then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. It is not the time to get into ifs and buts when the Supreme Court has given a chance to take the state’s progressive ideology forward,…
Dhaka: In a veiled dig at China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday that when nations disregard the legal obligations or violate longstanding agreements, the damage to trust and confidence is immense. Addressing the 6th Indian Ocean Conference here in the Bangladeshi capital, he also said a significant shared concern through the Indian Ocean…
Washington: A former U.S. Marine who killed a homeless man by putting him in a chokehold on the New York City subway was taken into custody at a police precinct on Friday and was expected to be arraigned on a manslaughter charge. A viral video showed the former Marine, identified as Daniel Penny, putting 30-year-old…
Lahore: Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Friday claimed to have arrested 3,000 people, including women, during the violent clashes between the supporters of Imran Khan and security agencies after the former prime minister’s arrest earlier this week. The law and order situation in Punjab province was under control on Friday after Khan, the chief…
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday barred authorities from arresting former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan till Wednesday in any new case filed after May 9, minutes after granting him a two-week protective bail in a corruption case. A division bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz heard the Al-Qadir…
Mumbai: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s France visit, a senior French diplomat serving in India on Thursday said the Jaitapur nuclear power project is a “key issue” and negotiations on the same are still on. Comparing the Jaitapur nuclear project, which is proposed to be built by French energy major EDF, with the Dassault…
New Delhi: Revenue Intelligence officers have seized 5.48 kg of heroin worth Rs 38.36 crore from the Attari check point of India-Pakistan border. The novel modus operandi of heroin smuggling into India through the land route at India-Pakistan border was detected by DRI officers based on specific intelligence developed and further profiling. A consignment of brooms…
New Delhi: India’s industrial production growth slipped to five-month low of 1.1 per cent in March from 5.8 per cent in February 2023, mainly due to poor performance of power and manufacturing sectors, according to official data released on Friday. The previous lowest level of growth was recorded in October 2022 at a contraction of…
Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday questioned the Supreme Court’s granting of relief to its “ladla” Imran Khan, saying its “double standards” have led to the death of justice in Pakistan. In a major relief for Khan, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday declared his dramatic arrest “unlawful” and “invalid” and ordered his immediate release…
Singapore: Indian-origin Singaporean Ravi Menon has been reappointed as the central banker of the prosperous city state for two more years, an official announcement said on Friday. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) re-appointed Menon as its Managing Director for a further term of two years, from 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2025. He will…
