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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who recently returned from exile and began serving an eight-year prison term, has requested a royal pardon, a senior member of the outgoing Cabinet said Thursday. Mr. Thaksin was moved from prison to a state hospital soon after his…
A member of an electoral commission fills in a document before giving a ballot to a voter at a mobile polling station during local elections held by the Russian-installed authorities in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the city of Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, August 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Kyiv-condemned local elections in Moscow-occupied…
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“The beauty of Shimla lies in greenery of the forests,” said former Mayor of Shimla. (Representational) Shimla: The monsoon rain, floods and landslides have led to the uprooting of hundreds of trees in the north Indian hill town Shimla. A large number of nearly 1000 Deodar trees were uprooted, over 500 dangerous trees were removed…
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Dushyant Varkar and his sister Sheetal Bhandari are both natives of Pune. (Representational) Hyderabad: On the occasion of Rakha Bandhan, a brother who could not bear the pain of his sister who was undergoing dialysis, took the key decision to donate his kidney and save her life. Speaking to ANI, Dushyant Varkar and his sister…
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Officials work on rail tracks at the site of a train accident in which workers were killed, in Brandizzo, Italy, August 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Italy’s transport unions said railway maintenance staff would hold a half-day national strike on Friday after five workers were run over and killed by a train while replacing…
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Slogans reading “Khalistan Zindabad” were inscribed on Delhi metro walls. (Representational) Delhi: After two accused were arrested over Pro-Khalistan graffiti and slogans on the walls of more than five metro stations in Delhi, HGS Dhaliwal, Special CP, Delhi Police Special Cell has said that they were promised $7000 for this work. HGS Dhaliwal spoke to…
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Neeraj Chopra in action during Zurich Diamond League© Twitter Neeraj Chopra completed a brilliant recovery to finish second at the Zurich Diamond League men’s javelin throw event on Friday. The reigning world champion started with a 80.79m throw before two false throws in his next two attempts put him in fifth position. However, in his…
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“The meeting was good,” said Arvind Kejriwal. (File) Mumbai: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said his party demanded that seat-sharing across the country be discussed at the meeting of the Opposition’s INDIA alliance here. When asked what transpired at the informal meeting of the alliance leaders in the evening, the Delhi…
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Caretaker PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar called the incident “cowardly terrorist act”. (Representational) Islamabad: Nine soldiers were killed in a restive western region of Pakistan on Thursday after a suicide bomber rammed his motorbike into their military convoy and detonated, the army and officials said. Pakistan has witnessed a dramatic uptick in militancy since the Taliban returned…
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Nine soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber on a motorcycle set off his explosives next to a convoy in northwestern Pakistan on August 31, the military said. Another five soldiers were wounded in the attack in Bannu district, the military’s public relations wing said in a statement. Pakistan’s restive northwest, which borders Afghanistan, has…
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