21-09-2021 OTTAWA/ MONTREAL: Most polls have closed in Canada’s snap federal election, which has seen Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in a neck-and-neck fight against the opposition Conservative Party. More than 27 million people were eligible to cast their ballots, according to Elections Canada, which administers the vote, and long …

21-09-2021 NEW YORK: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned China and the US of a potential new Cold War and asked the countries to repair their “completely dysfunctional” relationship. He said challenges relating to vaccination, climate change and other global challenges cannot be resolved without constructive relations in the global community, …

20-09-2021 MOSCOW: A student opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding several, law enforcement said. The gunman was himself killed after the shootings at Perm State University, around 1,300 km (800 miles) east of Moscow, Natalia Pechishcheva, …

20-09-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISTANBUL/ WASHINGTON/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is travelling to New York City, knowing he has been dealt a promising hand for improving ties with the US thanks to developments in Afghanistan. At the start of the year, then …

20-09-2021 BRUSSELS: As a decorated kickboxer and kung fu athlete, Chouaib Lakoighet is not accustomed to his legs just giving out on him but one day in July, his atrophied muscles could no longer hold him upright. After more than a month on hunger strike, the 27-year-old Algerian, who has …

20-09-2021 DUBAI/ DOHA/ RIYADH: The UAE’s National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday met Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at the Red Sea for a “brotherly meeting”. Director of Saudi Crown Prince’s Private …

In Madhya Pradesh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the goal of the government under Modi is to bring smile on the faces of all the poor, feed every hungry person, provide jobs to every unemployed and ensure that development touches and covers every family in the country. Mr. …

External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar met the visiting Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan al Saud today at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. This is the first ministerial visit from Saudi Arabia to India since the outbreak of the COVID pandemic. Both Ministers discussed all issues related …

Hyderabad: Famous Balapur Ganapathi Laddu in the city was auctioned for Rs 18.90 lakhs on the last day of immersion. YCP MLA Ramesh Goud of Proddutur in Kadapa District and his partner Marri Shashank Reddy in Hyderabad bought the laddu of Balapur Ganesh pandal here in an auction. There was …

Hyderabad: The famous Ganesh festival came to a grand finale today with the immersion of 40 ft tall Khairatabad MahaGanapati in Hussain Sagar at around 3.15 to 3.25 pm. The big idol was completely immersed into the water by 3.25 pm by those operating Cranes. The grand finale was witnessed …