In a strong bipartisan vote, the US Congress passed a bill on Friday to harden sanctions on Iranian oil, which would also impose measures on foreign ports and refineries that facilitate the trade of oil from Tehran, The Hill reported. It would impose measures on foreign ports and refineries that process petroleum exported from Iran […]
Referring to the escalation of the Israel-Hamas war, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that while terrorism is “unacceptable”, there also needs to be a solution for the issue of Palestine. He made the remarks at the Joint Secretary Session of the Senate’s External Affairs and Defence Commission, Rome. Addressing the session, Mr Jaishankar said, […]
The fighting between the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and Hamas, in the nearly five-week-old war, has intensified in northern Gaza. “This is not a small-scale operation,” Israeli military official Moshe Tetro told international media during an online briefing on Thursday.“Northern Gaza is the place of war.” Tetro, from the IDF unit that coordinates Israeli government […]
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has said that 16 out of the total 32 hospitals in the Hamas-controlled enclave are out of service due to the constant Israeli airstrikes and severe shortage of fuel. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry said that the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, which is the leading cancer hospital in […]
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, who stormed out of the Parliamentary Ethics Committee hearing earlier today, accompanied by Opposition members, has alleged that she was subjected to humiliating personal questions from the panel. The MP, battling cash for questions allegations, described the episode as “proverbial vastraharan (stripping)” — in a reference to the chapter in […]
The Archaeological Survey of India on Thursday told a Varanasi court that it has “completed” the survey of the Gyanvapi mosque complex and is granted additional time till November 17 to submit its report. The ASI was to submit the report of the survey by November 6. Accepting the ASI request for more time to […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the challenges posed to the Electoral Bond Scheme after listening to the hearing for three days in a row. The court has however, directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to submit the details of the funds received by all the political parties through Electoral Bonds […]
Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president KT Rama Rao on Thursday appointed three party coordinators for four assembly constituencies. Senior leaders of the party Uppala Venkataramana and Kadari Anjaiah were appointed as the coordinators for Aswaropet and Nagarjuna Sagar assembly constituencies respectively. Eega Mallesham was entrusted with the responsibility of both Warangal East and Warangal West […]
Tearing into Rahul Gandhi’s statement that the forthcoming election was a battle between Telangana ‘dorala’ (feudal lords) and Telangana ‘prajala’ (common man), BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Wednesday said the battle was indeed between feudals and the common man, but the difference being that it was between ‘Delhi Dorala’ (feudal lords from Delhi) […]
The Ijtihad and Fatwa Committee of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has issued fatwa saying that Arab regimes and armies must intervene urgently to save Gaza from genocide and comprehensive destruction. This was announced during a press conference titled “fatwa regarding the duty of Islamic governments towards the Israeli invasion of Gaza” held […]