19-06-2023 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held “candid” and “constructive” talks with China’s Foreign Minister in Beijing at the start of two days of meetings with Chinese officials, the US State Department has said. Blinken emphasised the need for diplomacy and keeping “open channels of communication” US …

19-06-2023 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan authorities have arrested 10 alleged human traffickers after it emerged that many of the dozens of migrants and refugees who drowned off the coast of Greece were from the South Asian nation currently in the midst of an unprecedented economic and political crisis, officials said …

19-06-2023 SANA’A: The first direct flight between Yemen and Saudi Arabia in nearly seven years has taken more than 270 Yemenis from rebel-held Sanaa to Jeddah, signaling easing tensions between the two countries. The flight by Yemenia also known as Yemen Airways took place Saturday evening and carried Yemeni Muslims …

18-06-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AMRITSAR: Amritsar, a north Indian city of two million people, is famous for many things: delectable cuisine, its historical old town and the spectacular Golden Temple, the most significant shrine of the Sikh religion. Yet, what stands out everywhere, from the temple to the people …

18-06-2023 CHICAGO: A shooting near Lincoln Park Zoo wounded five people with four of the victims critical in a hospital, as authorities continue to investigate into the incident, Police said. The shooting occurred around 5 am in the 1900 block of North Stockton Drive, where police blocked the area. Police …

18-06-2023 KHARTOUM/ CAIRO: Sudan’s warring military factions agreed to another ceasefire in a series that has failed to stop the violence as the residents said civilians were killed amid air strikes pummeling multiple parts of the capital city on Saturday. Fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces …

To stop the protesters, the Army, Assam Rifles and Manipur Rapid Action Force (RAF) took out a joint march till midnight in Imphal. He said a crowd of about a thousand tried to set fire to buildings located near the palace complex.  Mani pur  ‘June 17 (PMI) Incidents of violence …

Haryana: Around 1,300 kilograms of drugs were recovered during a 15-day-long police operation against drug traffickers, said Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Friday. ‘Operation Dhwast’ was launched by Haryana police on June 1 and continued till June 15 during which 354 people were also arrested Giving details of the …

New Delhi: Customs officials at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport arrested a 25-year-old Kenyan woman and recovered cocaine worth approximately Rs 13 crore dissolved in two whisky bottles, a senior customs official said on Friday. The accused was intercepted at the Airport after her arrival from Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) on …

Morena (Madhya Pradesh) June 17: At least three persons were killed, while seven others were injured in a collision between a dumper truck and a passenger bus that took place at Dev Puri Baba area in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, police said on Saturday. The injured have been admitted to …