Hyderabad, 17  March ‘2024 : Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, BRS MLA Danam Nagenerd quit the party on Sunday and joined the Congress. Danam Nagender is the first BRS MLA to join Congress party after the latter came to power. It was homecoming for Danam Nagender, who had served as …

Mumbai’17 March 2024:Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said that the current fight is between two ideologies and not just between the BJP and the Congress. Addressing a gathering in Tejpal hall in south Mumbai,  Mr. Gandhi said, while Congress emphasises on decentralisation of power, the ruling party’s ideology is that …

17-03-2024 PENNSYLVANIA: A suspected gunman in a series of deadly shootings in Pennsylvania has been captured alive in neighboring New Jersey, US police said. The police said the suspect shot three people dead in Levittown on Saturday before fleeing across state lines to the home in nearby Trenton. Residents were …

17-03-2024 REYKJANES, PENISULA: A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland because of another volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, the fourth since December. It is thought to be the most powerful flare-up so far. Lava has reached the eastern defences around the evacuated town of Grindavik, local …

17-03-2024 JERUSALEM/ DOHA: The head of Israeli intelligence is expected to lead ceasefire talks with mediators which resume in Qatar on Sunday in direct response to a new proposal from Hamas, a source close to the talks told media on Saturday. The talks between Mossad head David Barnea, Qatar’s prime …

17-03-2024 WELLINGTON/ PARIS: Boeing has told airlines operating 787 Dreamliners that pilots need to check their seats as an investigation into an incident on a Latam flight continues. It comes after 50 people were hurt this week when a 787 dropped suddenly during a Latam Airlines flight. The Wall Street …

17-03-2024 GAZA CITY: The first maritime humanitarian aid shipment to Gaza has been unloaded on to the shore. The US charity behind the mission, World Central Kitchen, is carrying out the mission in co-operation with the United Arab Emirates. The shipment contained 200 tonnes of food desperately needed for Gaza, …

17-03-2024 QUEENSLAND/ SYDNEY: Australian researchers have found coral bleaching around six islands in the far northern parts of the Great Barrier Reef, after a government agency said last week a major bleaching event was unfolding across the world’s most extensive reef ecosystem. Scientists at the James Cook University said on …

17-03-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: India has rejected comments by a United States official raising concern over the implementation of a religion-based citizenship law as “misplaced, misinformed and unwarranted”. On Monday, just weeks before the general election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government announced rules to …

17-03-2024 BEIRUT/ TEHRAN: With ally Hamas under attack in Gaza, the head of Iran’s Quds Force visited Beirut in February to discuss the risk posed if Israel next aims at Lebanon’s Hezbollah, an offensive that could severely hurt Tehran’s main regional partner, seven sources said. In Beirut, Quds chief Esmail …