Among other heads of state around the world who have been assassinated, include leaders from Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the US. NEW DELHI: The fatal shooting of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign speech on Friday in western Japan has again brought into focus the assassination of several heads of state […]
Kolkata: Strengthening the maritime capabilities of the Indian Navy, the second P17A stealth frigate built by warship maker Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) will be launched by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on July 15, a senior official said here on Saturday. The state-of-the-art ship will be fitted with the latest gadgets and undergo extensive […]
New Delhi: Billionaire Gautam Adani’s group on Saturday confirmed its entry into the race to acquire telecom spectrum, which it said will be used to create a private network to support its businesses from airports to power as well as data centres. “As India prepares to roll out the next generation of 5G services through […]
New Delhi: The CBI on Saturday conducted searches at the residence of Congress MP Karti Chidambaram in Chennai in connection with the Chinese visa case, officials said. They said during searches on May 17 after filing of the FIR, a portion of Karti Chidambaram’s home was sealed because keys of that portion were not available. […]
Tiruvannamalai (TN): Religion cannot be a tool to divide people and those who cause such a division can’t be true spiritualists, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Saturday while appealing to the people to ignore those seeking cheap publicity, instead tread the path of progress. Those doing politics in the name of […]
TOKYO: There were “undeniable” flaws in security for former prime minister Shinzo Abe, the head of police in the area where the leader was assassinated admitted on Saturday, pledging an investigation. “I believe it is undeniable that there were problems with the guarding and safety measures for former prime minister Abe,” Tomoaki Onizuka, head of […]
NEW DELHI: Former India captain Kapil Dev feels if a bowler of Ravichandran Ashwin’s calibre with nearly 450 Test wickets can be dropped from the Test team’s playing eleven then Virat Kohli too is no longer indispensable in T20Is after his prolonged bad patch. Kohli hasn’t been among big runs for nearly three years now […]
Doha: Beer with alcohol is expected to be sold at World Cup stadiums in Qatar but fans may be allowed to take only non-alcoholic drinks to their seats. FIFA and Qatari organizers are still working on plans to serve all fans who want to drink at games when the tournament starts in November in the […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said the government should order an inquiry to ascertain how tents and community kitchens were set up in a highly-vulnerable area close to the Amarnath cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, which was hit by flash floods on Friday. “We are hopeful that the government […]
New Delhi:Seeking to corner the ruling BJP over the issue of terror and its alleged links with terrorists, the Congress will on Saturday hold a series of press conferences in 22 cities across the country. Congress leaders said the aim is to counter the BJP’s “fake nationalism claims” and to take the message to the […]