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New Delhi: Former Rajya Sabha member and senior journalist Chandan Mitra passed away on Wednesday night. He was 65."Since it is already out there; Dad passed away late last night. He had been suffering for a while," tweeted his...

Moscow: The European Union condemns cross-border attacks from Yemen to Saudi Arabia carried out by Houthi rebels, the European Commission's spokesman, Peter Stano, said on Wednesday.A Houthi drone attack on the international airport in Abha, the capital of...

Kabul: European countries are racing to complete evacuation of their nationals ahead of the August 31 deadline – with Britain to end its Afghan evacuation mission on Saturday, while Italy and Germany have flown back the last of their...

Kabul: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has said that there is no proof that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was involved in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the US.In an interview with NBC News, Mujahid also termed...

Kabul: Ex-Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the High Council for National Reconciliation chief Abdullah Abdullah are effectively under house arrest in Kabul after the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) took away their security teams, CNN reported, citing a...

Tokyo:  The operators of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Wednesday it plans to build an undersea tunnel so that massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water can be released into the ocean less than a mile...

New Delhi: A Ukrainian plane in Afghanistan to evacuate its citizens was hijacked and diverted to Iran, reports quoted a Ukraine Minister as saying.The plane had reportedly arrived last week to evacuate Ukrainians, the NDTV reported."Last Sunday, our plane...

New Delhi: The 2021 World Youth Championships bronze medallist Bishwamitra Chongtham (51kg) lived up to the expectations as he comfortably won his quarter-final bout and entered the semi-finals alongside three other Indians on the second day of the ASBC...

Kabul: The Taliban on Thursday declared the formation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, on the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the country’s independence.The announcement was made by the Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Muhaid on his Twitter account."Declaration of...

Imphal:  As Manipur continues to battle the second wave of coronavirus, also known as SARS-CoV-2, pandemic from early May 2021, many experts and policymakers have given various opinions on the reasons why the state is still struggling in controlling...