Saudi king to meet with Obama amid Gulf concerns over Iran
Saudi King Salman will meet with US President Barack Obama in Washington on Friday to seek more support in countering Iran, as the Obama administration aims to use the visit to strengthen relations after a period of tensions. The visit is the king’s first to the United States since ascending... read more »
Father of drowned Syrian boys prepares to take bodies home
The distraught father of two Syrian toddlers who drowned with their mother and several other migrants as they tried to reach Greece identified their bodies on Thursday and prepared to take them back to their home town of Kobani. Abdullah Kurdi collapsed in tears after emerging from a morgue in the... read more »
First Tamil in 32 years to lead opposition in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: A Tamil lawmaker became leader of the opposition in Sri Lanka’s parliament for the first time in 32 years on Thursday, in the latest sign of progress towards ethnic reconciliation on the once bitterly divided island. Rajavarothiam Sampanthan is the first lawmaker from the ethnic... read more »
Canada ‘takes back’ asylum refusal of drowned three-year-old Sy...
The family of three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi, whose photograph was taken at the Turkish beach where his body washed ashore, was seeking asylum in Canada but the family’s application was initially refused by the country, reported media outlets. However, late Thursday Aylan’s... read more »
Pressure rising on RBI to cut rate Tuesday
NEW DELHI: Pressure is mounting on RBI to cut interest rate in its third monetary policy review of this fiscal on Tuesday while experts are divided over the issue, saying high retail... read more »
SMS alerts for train delays, water vending machines on anvil
NEW DELHI: SMS alerts to passengers on train delays and setting up of 4,615 water vending machines at a number of railway stations are among the new initiatives of the railways to improve... read more »
HDFC Bank, Snapdeal launch e-commerce credit card
HDFC Bank and Snapdeal on Monday launched the country’s first co-branded e-commerce credit card in partnership with Visa. Snapdeal said that the move is aimed at encouraging more... read more »
Sonia Gandhi taunts Modi: ‘Champion of mann ki baat appears to have retreated into a maun ...
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government and rejected its offer of a discussion on the Lalit Modi case and Vayapam issue in... read more »
Rajya Sabha adjourned till tomorrow after repeated disruptions
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day after heated exchanges on procedures regarding Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj’s remarks in the House. Swaraj today rose to speak in the Rajya Sabha braving... read more »
