Bharat Rashtra Samithi legislator K Kavitha has moved the Delhi High Court for seeking bail in the money laundering case related to the now scrapped Delhi Excise Policy case. The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi had extended the judicial custody of Bharat Rashtra Samithi legislator K Kavitha till May 14....

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, while addressing an election rally in Bhongir Lok Sabha Constituency in Telangana said that said the elections are about Rahul Gandhis Chinese Guarantees vs Narendra Modis Bharatiya Guarantees. Ami Shah said, This election is Vote for Jihad vs Vote for Vikas. This election is Rahul...

Virat Kohli scored 92 off 47 balls and Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat the Punjab Kings by 60 runs Thursday for their fourth straight victory to stay in contention for an Indian Premier League playoffs spot. Kohli pounced on two early dropped catches to anchor Bengalurus total of 241-7 and Rajat...

According to data released by the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer, a total of 162 candidates are contesting on the 7 Lok Sabha seats in Delhi. 28 candidates are contesting from the North East Delhi constituency, 26 candidates from North-West Delhi Constituency, 25 in Chandni Chowk, 24 in West Delhi ,...

The Somali government has asked the U.N. Security Council to terminate the U.N. political mission in Somalia that has been helping the war-torn African country since 2013. News about a letter requesting the departure of the 360-member United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) when its mandate expires in October...

Zimbabwes prosecutor general the former head of the countrys anti-corruption commission says corruption is costing the country nearly $2 billion annually, devastating the economy and ordinary citizens. It is the first time a senior Zimbabwean official has made such an accusation publicly. Revelations this week by Loice Matanda-Moyo...

The Senate has passed a $105 billion bill designed to improve air safety and customer service for air travelers, a day before the law governing the Federal Aviation Administration expires. The bipartisan bill, which comes after a series of close calls between planes at the nations airports, would boost the...

A Nigerian investigative reporter has spent more than one week in police detention without being brought to court for allegedly violating the countrys cybercrime laws, his employer said, in a case that press freedom groups have condemned as an affront to media freedoms. Under Nigerian law, suspects must be brought...

North Macedonia elected its first woman president Wednesday as the ruling Social Democratic Union of Macedonia suffered historic losses in presidential and parliamentary elections. With nearly all the votes counted, university professor Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, the presidential candidate of the right-wing VMRO-DPMNE opposition party, won nearly 65% of the vote, with...

Australia struck a new security deal with Tuvalu on Thursday after critics complained that a previous pact created an Australian veto power over any other agreement the tiny South Pacific island nation pursued with a third country, such as China. Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo and Australian Foreign Minister Penny...

Chinas military criticized a U.S. destroyers passage through the Taiwan Strait, which occurred less than two weeks before the islands new president takes office and while Washington and Beijing are making uneven efforts to restore regular military exchanges. Navy Senior Capt. Li Xi, spokesman for the Eastern Theater Command, accused...

A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is changing the way it operates in a move that surprised many as gang violence consumes the country. Instead of having a single council president, four longtime politicians will take turns leading the council every five months, according to two...

Kenyas President William Ruto has declared Friday a public holiday to mourn the 238 people who have died due to ongoing flooding. The president on Wednesday said the day will be observed by national tree planting activities to help mitigate the effects of climate change. Kenya, along with other parts...

While France celebrated the anniversary of victory over the Nazis on Wednesday, Algeria commemorated a more somber anniversary: The crackdown by French colonial forces on Algerian independence activists the same day 79 years ago. Both events took place on May 8, 1945. In Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron lay a...

President Joe Biden on Wednesday laced into Donald Trump over a failed project in the previous administration that was supposed to bring thousands of new jobs into southeastern Wisconsin and trumpeted new economic investments under his watch that are coming to the same spot. That location in the battleground state...

A late penalty from Lucas Beltran that rewarded Fiorentinas intense pressing ensured the Italian team progressed to the Europa Conference League final for the second straight year with an aggregate 4-3 win over Club Brugge on Wednesday. Fiorentina, which lost to West Ham in the title match last year, will...

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), on May 07, 2024, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi for the supply of indigenous marine grade steel to enhance the indigenous content in shipbuilding. Through this partnership, both entities have committed to foster indigenisation, enhance capabilities...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at the Congress over the remarks of Sam Pitroda. In an interview, Pitroda had remarked: We could hold the country as diverse as India together. Where people in the east look like the Chinese, people in the west look like the Arabs,...

The Supreme Court is likely to pass the order regarding the interim bail plea of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on May 10. Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who led the bench hearing Kejriwals plea against his arrest in the case, stated, We will pronounce the interim order (on interim bail) on...

Police in Washington cleared a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at George Washington University early Wednesday, arresting 33 people, authorities said. Arrests were made on charges of assault on a police officer and unlawful entry, the District of Columbias Metropolitan Police Department said. A congressional committee canceled a hearing on the university...

European Union nations reached a tentative breakthrough deal to provide Ukraine with billions in additional funds for arms and ammunition coming from the profits raised from frozen Russian central bank assets held in the bloc. The agreement among the 27 EU ambassadors was announced by Belgium, which holds most of...

According to the U.S. government, Russian political consultant Ilya Gambashidze is responsible for a large-scale disinformation campaign aimed at undermining trust in democratic processes and institutions in the United States and beyond. Working with Kremlin officials, his digital marketing agency creates fake news sites sometimes clones of real news...

The Biden administration is set to tighten access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border via a new regulation that could be issued as soon as Thursday, four sources familiar with the matter said. The move is aimed at reducing illegal crossings. The regulation would require migrants to be assessed at...

A journalist for nine years, Aytac Tapdiq says the risks of working in media in Azerbaijan have always been present. But in recent months, conditions are getting worse. The video journalist had been working for the Azeri media outlet Meydan TV for only a few months when authorities first took...

The mayor of a major city in southern Brazil on Tuesday pleaded with residents to comply with his water rationing decree, given that some four-fifths of the population is without running water, a week after major flooding that has left at least 90 people dead and more than 130 others...

U.S. and Philippine forces, backed by an Australian air force surveillance aircraft, unleashed a barrage of high-precision rockets, artillery fire and airstrikes Wednesday and sank a mock enemy ship as part of largescale war drills in and near the disputed South China Sea that have antagonized Beijing. Military officials and...

Representatives from 22 Western Hemisphere countries gathered in Guatemala renewed their commitment Tuesday to continue offering legal pathways to enter their countries, to provide aid to communities most affected by migration and to coordinate their response to manage immigration flows. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken noted that progress had...

Iran and the United Nations nuclear watchdog are still negotiating over how to implement a deal struck last year to expand inspections of the Islamic Republics rapidly advancing atomic program, officials said Tuesday. The acknowledgment by the International Atomic Energy Agencys leader Rafael Mariano Grossi shows the challenges his inspectors...

Competition in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Tuesday in Sweden, with the war in Gaza casting a shadow over the sequin-spangled pop extravaganza. Performers representing countries across Europe and beyond took the stage in the first of two semifinals in the Swedish city of Malmo. It and a...

In response to media queries regarding the float in the Nagar Kirtan parade in Malton, Canada, Randhir Jaiswal, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that India has repeatedly raised its strong concerns regarding the violent imagery being used by extremist elements in Canada against Indias...

Australias young Twenty20 batting sensation Jake Fraser-McGurk scored a whirlwind half-century as Delhi Capitals notched a crucial 20-run win over Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Fraser-McGurk, left out of Australias T20 World Cup squad, gave perfect momentum upfront with a 20-ball 50 as Delhi...

The Supreme Court, while hearing the bail plea of Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest observed that Kejriwal cannot perform any official duties if he is granted bail. Kejriwals case is being heard by a bench comprising of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Dutta. Suppose...

The General Elections were held in Indonesia, worlds third largest democracy, on February 14, 2024. Announcing the results on March 20, the General Elections Commission (Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU)) confirmed that Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has been elected President of the country and Gibran Rakabuming Raka the eldest son...

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has informed in a press release that Moosa Zameer, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives will be in India on an official visit on May 9, 2024. During his visit to New Delhi, Zameer will meet Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar for...

Malawis Vice President Saulos Chilima was arrested in November of 2022 after being named among 84 individuals suspected to have received bribes from a U.K.-based businessman, Zuneth Sattar. Malawis Anti-Corruption Bureau accused Chilima of receiving kickbacks from Sattar in exchange for government contracts. However, early this month, Director of Public...

The U.S. military has finished construction of its Gaza aid pier, but weather conditions are making it unsafe to move the two-part facility into place, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. The pier, which the U.S. military started building last month and which will cost at least $320 million, is aimed...

A mass cyberattack on Britains military has exposed the names and banking details of thousands of British soldiers, officials said Tuesday. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Defense Minister Grant Shapps said there were indications that a malign actor was responsible for the attack. I do want to reassure people that...

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered few concessions to his counterpart and host Emmanuel Macron as he wrapped up a two-day visit to France on Tuesday evening. Both presidents are seeking to mend ties on Xis first trip to Europe in five years, after relations were soured by trade disputes and...

The United States and Chinas new climate envoys are holding their first in-person talks on Wednesday and Thursday in Washington, leading a bilateral working group discussion to accelerate concrete climate action. Some analysts caution that political and economic tensions between the worlds two largest emitters of carbon dioxide, or CO2,...

Voters in Northern Macedonia go to the polls Wednesday for a double election parliamentary and presidential following a campaign in which the countrys aspirations to join the European Union have played a central role. The office of prime minister wields the real power, and the president is largely...

Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine. After summoning the British ambassador to the Foreign Ministry,...

Jos Ral Mulino said he was practically retired from politics just over six months ago. Now, hell be Panamas president for the next five years. Standing before a pack of supporters Sunday night, Mulino said: I never imagined this. In a historic and tumultuous election, preliminary results put Mulino on...

Suryakumar Yadavs masterful unbeaten century led Mumbai Indians to a seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League on Monday. Yadavs unbeaten 102 in 51 balls included six sixes and 12 boundaries at Wankhede. He ensured Mumbai cruised to 174-3 with 16 balls to spare in reply to...

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar addressed at the 62nd Foundation Day of the School of Open Learning (SOL).University of Delhi. Vice-President applauded SOL for providing a transformative platform for diverse range of learners, from varied walks of life including working professionals, homemakers and students. He further emphasized that SOL has opened doors...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his vote from the Gandhi Nagar Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat. Modi said: I have fulfilled my duty as a citizen in a democracy. My humble request to all the voters is that you should vote in large numbers with great enthusiasm and zeal....

Atalanta came from a goal down to beat Salernitana 2-1 in Serie A on Monday and improve its chances of a place in next seasons Champions League. The Bergamo-based club rose above Roma and into fifth place. The top five qualify automatically for the Champions League. Atalanta rested some regular...

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP ) has released its list of star campaigners in Delhi as part of the Lok Sabha election campaign. A total of 40 star campaigners are mentioned in the list. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Hardeep Singh...

A Nigerian journalists arrest last week has triggered criticism of worsening press freedoms in the West African country. Daniel Ojukwu with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism went missing last Wednesday in the economic hub of Lagos. His family and employer found out on Friday that he was detained and held...

The United States and most European Union countries said they will skip Russian President Vladimir Putins swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday. We will not have a representative at his inauguration, Matthew Miller, U.S. State Department spokesman, said Monday. A senior Kremlin official said the heads of all the foreign diplomatic missions...

Two heroes from Arkansas are being honored with statues in the U.S. Capitol. Daisy Bates, a civil rights leader, and Johnny Cash, the world-renowned singer, are set to represent Arkansas in Statuary Hall, the Capitols main exhibition space, featuring two statues from every state. Bates statue is scheduled for installation...