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Pakistan’s former foreign minister Qureshi implicated in eight more cases related to May 9 mayhem

Lahore, May 27 (PTI) Pakistan’s jailed former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was on Sunday implicated by the police in eight more cases...

“Deeply saddened”: EAM Jaishankar expresses grief after landslide claim numerous lives in Papua New Guinea

New Delhi , May 27 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday expressed grief on the loss of lives in Papua New Guinea...

Russian court keeps General Popov in custody

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian military court on Monday refused to release Ivan Popov, the former commander of Russia's 58th army arrested on suspicion of fraud, turning down a request to put him under

Slovak prime minister Fico’s health improving, government says

(Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition after an assassination attempt earlier this month is improving, the government and hospital said on Monday. An attacker hit Fico with four

Thai courts hand jail terms to lawmaker and musician for royal insults

By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) -Courts in Thailand handed jail terms on Monday to an activist musician who set fire to a portrait of the king and to an opposition

North Korea condemns denuclearisation call at neighbours’ summit in Seoul

By Cynthia Kim and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea condemned China, Japan and South Korea on Monday for committing to denuclearise the Korean peninsula, describing their joint declaration

Five Pakistani soldiers killed in gunbattles with militants, army says

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Five Pakistani soldiers were killed in gunbattles with Islamist militants in the country's northwest bordering Afghanistan on Monday, the army said. The statement said the deaths

Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp draws global condemnation

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike killed at least 35 people in a tent camp in the Gaza city of Rafah, medics said, drawing condemnation from

Pakistan’s former foreign minister Qureshi implicated in eight more cases related to May 9 mayhem

Lahore, May 27 (PTI) Pakistan’s jailed former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi was on Sunday implicated by the police in eight more cases...

‘Offered hassle-free re-election in return for allowing airbase in Bangladesh’: PM Hasina

Dhaka, May 27 (PTI) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that she was offered a hassle-free re-election in the January 7 polls if...

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Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?