Tehran,, 9/4: Iran will not allow more than 15 vessels a day to pass through the Strait of Hormuz under the ceasefire agreement it agreed with the US, Russia’s state TASS news agency quoted an unnamed senior Iranian source as saying on Thursday. The Strait provides a passage from the Gulf to the Indian Ocean…
Tehran, 9/4: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that Israel would continue targeting Hezbollah “wherever necessary.” The statement came hours after Israel launched what has been described as its deadliest strikes on Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah escalated last month. The strikes hit densely populated commercial and residential areas in central Beirut,…
Bengaluru, 9/4: An Instagram post-turned into a legal nightmare for a city-based musician after his identity card was allegedly misused to sell Indian Premier League (IPL) tickets in black. The complainant — Hemanth K B — a guitarist with the band ‘Sakkare Mitaayi’, had earlier performed at Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) home matches at the…
New Delhi, 9/4: The Union Cabinet is learnt to have cleared a Bill seeking to amend the Constitution for early implementation of 33 per cent quota for women in Lok Sabha and Assemblies as well as increasing the number of seats in the Lower House to 816. The Bill is scheduled to come up for…
Washington DC, 9/4: United States President Donald Trump has said its military ships and aircraft will remain around Iran and threatened that the US will start “shooting” again unless Tehran fully complies with the deal reached with Washington . “All US Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry … will remain in place…
Patna, 8/4: Former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav on Wednesday said senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary would have his “support” if the latter became chief minister after JD(U) president Nitish Kumar’s resignation. Addressing a press conference here, Yadav, who floated the Janshakti Janata Dal after his expulsion from the RJD led by his father Lalu…
Singapore, 8/4: India has withdrawn its offer to host the United Nations annual climate Conference Of the Parties (COP33) in 2028, two government officials familiar with the matter told Reuters. India communicated its decision to not host the conference this month, the officials said, but it was not immediately clear why the government had pulled…
New Delhi, 8/4: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday had an acrimonious meeting with the Election Commission, with the party saying Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar telling them “get lost” at the end as they raised issues and the poll body accusing the party’s Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’Brien of “shoutinng. four-member delegation of O’Brien, Sagarika…
Washington, 8/4: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said any country supplying Iran with military weapons will face immediate 50 per cent tariffs with no exemptions, announcing the duty in a social media post one day after agreeing to a two week ceasefire with Tehran.
London, 8/6: An Indian-origin healthcare assistant employed with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) has won a harassment claim over being called “auntie” by a nurse colleague of Ghanaian heritage. Watford Employment Tribunal Judge George Alliott upheld that Ilda Esteves was harassed on the grounds of age and sex and directed the West London NHS…
