Kyiv: Russia’s defense minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine’s Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas region. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that Russia’s troops together with members of a local separatist militia “have established […]
Beijing: Shanghai and Beijing, China’s top two cities which went through stringent COVID-19 lockdowns in the last two months due to the spread of the Omicron variant, has accelerated the resumption of rail and air services, gearing up for the summer travel peak as the number of cases came down drastically. The Chinese mainland reported […]
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government on Sunday said that it is hoping that the fuel availability in the country will improve in a week’s time with four fuel shipments, including three of diesel, likely to arrive this month. Addressing a media briefing, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said diesel shipments will reach Sri Lanka […]
KATHMANDU: India on Sunday gifted 75 ambulances and 17 school buses to Nepal as part of its ongoing efforts to build on the “robust and longstanding” partnership between the two countries and help the Himalayan nation bolster its infrastructure in healthcare and education sectors. India’s newly-appointed Ambassador Naveen Srivastava handed over the keys of the […]
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the NDA government at the Centre has been trying to bring positive change in every Indian’s life and make people’s life easier during the past eight years. Addressing a massive public meeting titled ‘Vijay Sankalp Sabha’ at Parade Grounds here, he said the people of Telangana yearn […]
New Delhi: The Kejriwal government’s Rojgar Bazaar portal has successfully provided jobs to over 10 lakh people of Delhi in two years, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Sunday. According to an official statement, the portal has come as a huge relief for the people of Delhi in the aftermath of the pandemic and […]
Berkeley: The Fourth of July holiday weekend is jamming US airports with their biggest crowds since the pandemic began in 2020. About 2.49 million passengers went through security checkpoints at US airports Friday, surpassing the previous pandemic-era record of 2.46 million reached earlier in the week, according to figures released Saturday by the Transportation Security […]
New Delhi: Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has directed all land owning agencies that maintain parks and gardens in Delhi to plant 10,000 sandalwood trees during the monsoon season to monetise their land resource, an official statement said on Sunday. The statement issued by L-G’s secretariat Raj Niwas said agencies like the Delhi Development Authority, […]
Kolkata: Hindustan Motors (HM), the erstwhile maker of the iconic ‘Ambassador’ cars, expects to set up a new joint venture with a European partner to manufacture electric two-wheelers by next year, a senior official said. It might look at making electric four-wheelers at a later date, he said. Financial due diligence of both the companies […]
Kolkata: In a bid to fructify a major riverfront beautification and commercial development project near the iconic Howrah bridge here, the Kolkata Port is evaluating suggestions of prospective bidders received after inviting expression of interests for the initiative, a top official said on Sunday. The project, which is in line with the government’s Maritime India […]