New Delhi ’11 oct 24]: On the eighth day of Navratri (Maha Ashtami), early morning ‘aarti’ was performed at temples across the country. Devotees gathered in huge numbers at the temples to take part in the ‘aarti’ and offered prayers to Goddess Durga. Aarti was performed at Jhandewala Devi Mandir …

Dhaka ‘Bangladesh ‘October 11: India is deeply disturbed by the reported incident of theft of a religious article from a temple in Bangladesh, and has urged Bangladesh law enforcement authorities to investigate the matter, and bring the guilty to book, according to sources. The sources stated that the High Commission …

11-10-2024 BEIRUT: Thirty-two people have been martyred and 117 injured in Israeli air strikes on central Beirut on Thursday evening, Lebanon’s health ministry said. Media reporters heard loud explosions echoing from the site of the strikes in Bachoura, a small Shia area in the capital. Rescuers were seen digging through …

11-10-2024 PETERSBURG, FLORIDA: An expanding Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida’s west coast on Wednesday, spawning tornados and lashing the region with rain as it threatened the Tampa Bay area, where it could deliver a life-threatening surge of seawater. In a state already battered by Hurricane Helene two weeks ago, …

11-10-2024 Bureau Report LAHORE/ ISLAMABAD: The Chief Minister (CM) of Pakistan’s most populous province called for “climate diplomacy” with neighbor and arch-rival India to combat smog ahead of the winter months, which are accompanied by dangerous levels of pollution in both nations. “We should talk to them, this is called …

11-10-2024 WASHINGTON: Republican former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will not debate Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, hours after Fox News invited the two presidential contenders to participate in a possible second debate on either Oct. 24 or Oct. 27. Trump and Harris debated each other for the …

11-10-2024 WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris has pulled in more than $1bn in fundraising since becoming her party’s presidential nominee in July, according to US media reports. While the Harris campaign has yet to disclose the exact total, several sources familiar with the figures, cited by The New York …

11-10-2024 LA PAZ/ THE HAGUE: Bolivia has formally joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), according to the court in The Hague. The South American nation filed an application on Tuesday to intervene in the case, which accuses Israel of perpetrating “genocidal acts” …

11-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden has held a much-anticipated call with Israel’s prime minister believed to be their first dialogue in weeks. Benjamin Netanyahu and President Biden are thought to have discussed Israel’s response to Iran’s missile attack last week amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. The …

11-10-2024 PYONGYANG: North Korea will sever road and railway access to South Korea from Wednesday in a bid to “completely separate” the two countries. Its military said the North would “permanently shut off and block the southern border” and fortify areas on its side. The Korean People’s Army (KPA) described …