Day: May 24, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Monday

World leaders call PM to congratulate on LS poll win

11:17 pm May 24, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday thanked world leaders as their congratulatory messages kept pouring in after he led his Bharatiya Janata Party to a super-sized victory for a second term in office. Those who called Modi included Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and former […]

Man arrested for killing stray dog in Delhi

11:12 pm May 24, 2019

New Delhi: In a horrific incident, a man killed a stray dog after it attacked his wife when she was strolling with their pet canine in the Mukundpur area of Delhi, police said Friday. The accused, identified as Fauzi Colony-resident Rajkumar, has been arrested, they said, adding the incident took place on Thursday evening. “A […]

Odisha CM announces financial aid for dairy farmers

Odisha CM condoles mountaineer’s death

11:07 pm May 24, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday expressed grief at the demise of renowned mountaineer Kalpana Das in a mishap on Mt Everest and directed the sports department to bring back her mortal remains. The 49-year-old mountaineer from Odisha died on Thursday while descending from the peak. “The chief minister directed the sports department to […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

Trump moves to escalate the investigation of intel agencies

11:00 pm May 24, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump has directed the US intelligence community to “quickly and fully cooperate” with Attorney General William Barr’s investigation of the origins of the multiyear probe of whether his 2016 campaign colluded with Russia. The move Thursday marked an escalation in Trump’s efforts to “investigate the investigators,” as he continues to try to […]

Lanka's sacked top defence official faces charges for criminal negligence over Easter bombings

Five suspects linked to Easter bombing mastermind arrested

10:57 pm May 24, 2019

Colombo: Sri Lankan police on Friday arrested five suspects, allegedly having links with local Islamist group National Thowheed Jamaath (NTJ) and its leader Zahran Cassim, the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday bombings. The five suspects were arrested in Horowpathana area on the day when the Parliament passed the state of emergency with 22 lawmakers voting […]