Delhi HC asks Om Prakash Chautala to surrender on Saturday
New Delhi: INLD chief and former Haryana Chief Minster Om Prakash Chautala was on Friday ordered by the Delhi High Court to surrender on Saturday in Tihar jail for misusing bail conditions by campaigning for assembly polls, saying he cannot “take the court for a ride”. The High Court... read more »
7 killed in stampede at Imran Khan’s rally in Pak
At least seven people were killed and 40 others wounded in a stampede following a political rally by opposition politician Imran Khan in central Pakistan on Friday, officials said. The deaths occurred in Multan city after the cricketer-turned-politician addressed a crowd to press his demand for... read more »
Landslide kills 19 workers in China
At least 19 people were killed and two others injured when a landslide struck a highway construction site in China’s Shaanxi Province. Rescuers said the landslide engulfed the eight temporary dormitory rooms for construction workers who were sleeping inside. The landslide broke down eight... read more »
After Satya Nadella’s gaffe, Microsoft board to look at gender pay ga...
A well-known picture in tech circles, taken in 1978, shows the first 11 employees at Microsoft. Two are women. One of them left two years later after a pay dispute. Almost four decades later, the ratio has improved: About a third of Microsoft’s 110,000 or so employees are women. But the... read more »
BJP set to form government in Delhi? AAP alleges horse-trading
NEW DELHI: Under pressure from its MLAs, BJP is exploring options of forming a government in Delhi, but is faced with the uphill task of breaking away two-thirds of either Congress or Aam... read more »
Typhoon Rammasun kills 38 in the Philippines
The strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year killed 38 people and left millions without power for a second day, disaster management officials said on Thursday. Most of the deaths... read more »
Rajnath Singh rebutts Arvind Kejriwal’s claims of BJP indulging in ‘horse trad...
In a series of tweets, Kejriwal alleged that the L-G would be encouraging horse trading by inviting the BJP as the party lacks majority in the house and would have to poach on MLAs from the... read more »
Gaza conflict: 100,000 warned to leave homes as Israel steps up bombing
Warplanes bomb house of senior Hamas leader, who appears not to have been home at the time Israeli warplanes have bombed the home of a senior Hamas leader, as a campaign against Gaza... read more »
Govt rejects demand for resolution against Israel
The BJP-led NDA government on Tuesday rejected the opposition’s plea in the Lok Sabha that Parliament pass a resolution condemning the Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip that have left hundreds... read more »
