HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad City Police have registered a new case against BJP MLA Raja Singh for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) during the Sri Rama Navami procession on April 17. According to a complaint filed by Sub-Inspector G. Madhusudan from the Sultan Bazar Police Station, Raja Singh, …
Read More »Rouse Avenue Court extends judicial custody of K Kavitha till May 7 in ED case
NEW DELHI’23 April 2024: The Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday extended till May 7 the judicial custody of BRS MLC K Kavitha in the liquor policy scam case. CBI Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Court directed the Tihar jail authorities to produce Kavitha and Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal …
Read More »Pakistan, Iran sign 8 agreements of $10bn in 5 years
23-04-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI: Pakistan and Iran have agreed to increase the volume of bilateral trade to $10 billion in the next five years following the signing of as many as eight agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for cooperation in different areas. Speaking after …
Read More »Columbia University cancels in-person classes
23-04-2024 NEW YORK: Columbia University students will attend classes virtually on Monday as school officials hope to deescalate tensions on the New York City campus after pro-Palestinian demonstrations led to mass arrests last week. In a statement on Monday, Columbia President Nemat Minouche Shafik said the university was canceling in-person …
Read More »Indian opposition criticizes Modi for ‘hate speech’
23-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing accusations of spreading hatred against Muslims after controversial comments on Sunday wherein he equated the community to “infiltrators” and peddled anti-Muslim tropes in the middle of the country’s general elections. Speaking at a crowded rally in …
Read More »Germany arrests three suspects of spying for China
23-04-2024 BERLIN: Three German citizens were arrested on Monday after Germany’s federal prosecutor alleged they were involved in transferring research on technologically advanced machine parts for ship engines to China’s secret service. The suspects, whose names were listed as Herwig F., Ina F., and Thomas R., due to German privacy …
Read More »Israeli Military Intelligence Chief quits over 7 October
23-04-2024 JERUSALEM: The Israeli military’s intelligence chief has resigned, saying he took responsibility for the failures before Hamas’s attack on Israel on 7 October. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Major General Aharon Haliva would retire once his successor was selected. He acknowledged in a letter that his intelligence directorate …
Read More »Saudi Arabia to scale down 170km Neom linear city to a dot
23-04-2024 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s ambitious $500 billion Neom linear city project “The Line”, which was originally planned to be stretched for 170 kilometres, is set to be scaled down by 98.6%, according to The Cradle. Bloomberg reported that instead of the original plan to cover an area of 170 kilometres …
Read More »British-Pakistani’s book focuses on Muslims in the West
23-04-2024 LONDON: A British-born Pakistani Dr Saqib Iqbal Qureshi has published a book with focus on Muslim voices in the West being stifled and punished for their advocacy of Palestinian rights to life. Dr Qureshi’s booked titled “Being Muslim Today: Reclaiming the Faith from Orthodoxy and Islamophobia” is published at …
Read More »Thousands of Colombians protest against President’s reforms
23-04-2024 BOGOTA: Tens of thousands of Colombians marched on Sunday to reject economic and social reforms being proposed by the leftist government of President Gustavo Petro, the latest in a series of demonstrations against Petro’s policies. The reforms, which Petro says will fight deep inequality but which opponents say will …
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