Parliament logjam: Sonia targets PM; Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon
The government has convened a meeting of major parties on Monday to discuss ways to end the stalemate in Parliament in an attempt to save the rest of the monsoon session and push its key reforms. Before that, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meet with senior ministers in Parliament to... read more »
Mexico: Death toll 27 after truck hits religious procession
MEXICO CITY: The death toll rose to 27 on Thursday and authorities listed 149 others as injured after a truck lost control and slammed into a religious procession in a central Mexico town. A Public Safety Department official for the state of Zacatecas confirmed the figures and said some of those... read more »
Taliban confirm Mullah Omar’s death, name new leader
confirmed the death of longtime leader Mullah Mohammad Omar and appointed his successor Thursday, as a new round of peace talks was indefinitely postponed amid concerns over how committed the new leadership is to ending the militant group’s 14-year insurgency.The Afghan Taliban Shura, or... read more »
Bihar polls: Modi takes charge in bid to crush Nitish in his own den
After declaring a war on his principal rival, Nitish Kumar, at his earlier rally held last week in Muzaffarpur, a northern town known as the ‘political capital’ of Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi now seems to be pumping in his all energies to win the battle in this key eastern Indian state.... read more »
Pakistan court rules 26/11 mastermind Lakhvi’s detention as illegal, orders release...
Islamabad: A court in Pakistan on Friday ordered the release of Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, an alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack. The Islamabad High Court has ruled Lakhvi’s... read more »
CBI arrests 3 people in corporate espionage case for leaking sensitive documents from vari...
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday night arrested three people in the corporate espionage case. The trio were detained in the case for leaking sensitive documents... read more »
United Nations to Hold Disaster Meeting in Tsunami-Hit Japan
TOKYO: The UN will hold a once-in-a-decade meeting on disaster risk reduction this weekend, with policymakers gathering in tsunami-struck Japan after warnings that the cost of climate... read more »
Australian teen among group ISIS suicide bombing in Iraq
Australia’s government was trying to confirm reports that an Australian teenager was among a group of suicide bombers from the Islamic State movement that struck Iraq’s embattled Anbar... read more »
Sri Lanka to release 86 fishermen ahead of PM Narendra Modi’...
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena has decided to release 86 Indian fishermen. The release is being initiated as a goodwill gesture ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri... read more »
