16-10-2024 OTTAWA. NEW DELHI: Canada expelled six Indian diplomats including the high commissioner on Monday, linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader and alleging a broader effort to target Indian dissidents in Canada. Earlier in the day, India retaliated by ordering the expulsion of six high-ranking Canadian …

16-10-2024 BEIRUT: At least 21 people have been killed and eight others injured in a rare Israeli air strike in northern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry says. The strike hit a residential building in Aitou, a predominantly Christian village far from the areas where the Israeli military has carried out …

16-10-2024 NEW YORK: The director of 2004 sci-fi film I, Robot has accused billionaire Elon Musk of copying his designs for humanoid machines and self-driving vehicles. At a Tesla event on Thursday, Musk unveiled Tesla’s futuristic Cybercab, complete with winged doors and no steering wheel or pedals, and a new …

16-10-2024 UNITED NATIONS. GAZA STRIP: The UN has condemned the “large number of civilian casualties” caused by Israeli strikes on northern Gaza in recent days. The comments, made by a spokesperson for Secretary General Antonio Guterres come as at least 10 people have reportedly been killed by Israeli artillery fire …

16-10-2024 WASHINGTON: A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA launched the spacecraft at 12:06 local time (16:06 GMT) after hurricane Milton forced the mission to postpone plans last week. Europa Clipper will now …

Vikarabad, Oct.15 (PMI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of a new Very Low Frequency (VLF) Radar Station of the Indian Navy at Puduru village of Damagundam Reserve Forest in Vikarabad district on Tuesday. The facility, built at a cost of Rs 3,200 crore, will be spread …

15-10-2024 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s capital has been put under a strict security lockdown as Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrives for a four-day visit during which he will also preside over a regional summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Li’s visit is the first by a Chinese premier to …

15-10-2024 MEXICO CITY: The decapitated bodies of five men have been found on a road in central Mexico, in an area controlled by the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Police were called to a road near the town of Ojuelos, in Jalisco state, on Sunday morning, after plastic bags containing …

15-10-2024 WASHINGTON: The United States said on Sunday it will send US troops to Israel along with an advanced US anti-missile system, in a highly unusual deployment meant to bolster the country’s air defenses following missile attacks by Iran. US President Joe Biden said the move was meant “to defend …

15-10-2024 NEW DELHI/ SYDNEY/ SEOUL: Hyundai India will start taking orders for its $3.3 billion initial public offering in Mumbai on Monday, the company said in regulatory filings, a deal that will be the country’s largest ever share offering and world’s second biggest IPO in 2024. The IPO shows that …