Day: May 7, 2019

Turkey vows to expand anti-PKK operations in northern Iraq

Turkey election body orders Istanbul vote re-run

8:48 pm May 7, 2019

Istanbul: Turkey’s top election body ordered a re-run of Istanbul’s mayoral election on Monday after the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan complained about its shock defeat in the vote, the state news agency reported. The winner of the election, Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), said it was a “treacherous […]

Trump awards highest US civilian honour to Tiger Woods

8:38 pm May 7, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday bestowed Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honour, describing the golfer as “one of the greatest athletes in the history of sports.” Woods, 43, is only the fourth and the youngest golfer ever to have received the highest American civilian award. Calling […]

TMC govt playing with emotions of Hindus: Adityanath

Kejriwal chief minister of Delhi or leader of dharnas: Yogi Adityanath

8:33 pm May 7, 2019

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Tuesday took a jibe at his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, asking whether the AAP supremo was the head of city administration or leader of dharnas and demonstrations. Addressing a rally here in support of BJP’s East Delhi candidate Gautam Gambhir, Adityanath said, “We are confident that he […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

India re-elected as observer to Arctic Council

8:28 pm May 7, 2019

New Delhi: India has been re-elected as an observer to intergovernmental forum Arctic Council, officials said Tuesday. The Arctic Council promotes cooperation, coordination and interaction among Arctic states, the region’s indigenous communities and other inhabitants on common issues, particularly on sustainable development and environmental protection. “At the 11th Arctic Council ministerial meeting at Rovaniemi with […]

830 grams gold worth Rs 25 lakh seized at Nagpur airport

8:21 pm May 7, 2019

Nagpur: Customs officials Tuesday nabbed three persons and seized gold worth Rs 25 lakh from two of them at the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport here, an official said. The duo had landed at Nagpur from Sharjah by Air Arabia and were planning to go to Mumbai further using a domestic flight, he said. One […]