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Albanese highlights India’s energy connectivity under PM Modi. NEW DELHI: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has credited PM Narendra Modi with providing energy access to India’s population on a scale that, he said, no other country has achieved before.Speaking at an event on Sept 24 organised by Asia Policy Institute in New York on the...

Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman NEW DELHI: After an earlier attempt was aborted, India and Bangladesh are looking to schedule a visit by PM Tarique Rahman to India in the third week of Nov, sources said.Efforts to reschedule the visit are likely to gain momentum after the arrival of the new Bangladesh high commissioner, Asad Alam...

Congressman Ed Case presented Lee with her Gold Medal and a certificate of special recognition in August. She became the seventh person from his district to receive the honor over the past 25 years. For 17-year-old Jessica Lee, earning the highest youth honor presented by the U.S. Congress was not the result of a single...

The accused principal was reportedly a former student of the school(Representative image). RAJKOT: A school principal and three other persons were booked for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl who was studying in Class 8 and staying at a residential school run by Gram Swaraj Sangh in Rapar taluka of Kutch district.The trust, which works for...

J&K high court rejects ED plea to add charges in JKCA fund scam case JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir high court Friday rejected an Enforcement Directorate‘s petition that challenged a Srinagar CJM court’s order denying permission to add charges related to the receipt and concealment of stolen property in the alleged Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association...

The famous blue-door home from Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts’ ‘Notting Hill’ is on the market for £7.95 million. The London home made famous by Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts and Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill is on the market for £7.95 million, nearly three decades after the romantic comedy turned its famous blue doorway into...

Sunil Sharma meets HM Amit Shah in New Delhi SRINAGAR: A day after CM Omar Abdullah moved an assembly resolution for restoration of J&K’s statehood with a reference to a similar document of the year 2000 on autonomy, BJP leader of opposition Sunil Sharma met Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday for “advice” even...

The deceased has been identified as Nimisha Thakuria. GUWAHATI: A 22-year-old sociology student of Gauhati University was found dead at a homestay in Dharapur area on the outskirts of the city on Saturday.Police have detained her alleged lover and are questioning him in connection with the case.The deceased has been identified as Nimisha Thakuria and...

Sonam Wangchuk clarifies Ladakh-Tibet comparison, apologises SRINAGAR: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk walked back his comparison between Ladakh and Tibet, saying he meant only to highlight the gravity of the violence in Leh on Sept 24 last year and had no intention of hurting Tibetans. The Leh Apex Body member apologised Saturday after the Central Tibetan...

The unrest escalated into clashes with police, vandalism of two police vehicles and damage to campus property. PATIALA: Rumours of a haunted hostel and two missing female students triggered a massive protest by students at a private university in Rajpura through Friday night and into early Saturday. The unrest escalated into clashes with police, vandalism...