NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Patiala House court Thursday allowed 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks plotter Tahawwur Rana to have a phone conversation with his family for the limited purpose of discussing the engagement of a new legal aid counsel.At present, advocate Piyush Sachdeva from Delhi Legal Services Authority is Rana’s legal counsel. The Pakistan-born Canadian moved court…
Representational Photo (AP Photo) Pakistan has expressed strong criticism towards the International Cricket Council (ICC) for its statement regarding Afghan cricketers’ deaths.The ICC and BCCI issued condolence statements on Saturday for the deaths of Afghan cricketers in an aerial attack in Paktika Province, without naming Pakistan. Pakistan’s Information Minister Ataullah Tarar rejected these statements, noting…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission is likely to announce assembly bypolls in seven states along with the Bihar election, and will deploy 470 officers from various civil services as general, police and expenditure observers for the simultaneous exercises.In a statement issued on Sunday, EC said the 470 observers, including 320 from IAS, 60 from IPS and…
Asian shares paused their recent rally on Thursday as investors positioned for month- and quarter-end flows, while the Japanese yen weakened to fresh lows against the euro and the Swiss franc surged amid currency market volatility.Oil prices slipped after climbing over 2% overnight to seven-week highs, following a surprise drop in US crude inventories that…
US shutdown halts Impact Aid and leaves Native schools struggling for funds. (AI Image) Financial distress caused by the ongoing US government shutdown is taking a heavy toll on schools that depend largely on federal funds to operate. In Chinle, Arizona, where nearly half of the Chinle Unified School District’s budget comes from a single…
According to market experts, the key support levels are at 25,800 and 25,700, with potential for further decline if these levels are breached. (AI image) Stock market today: Nifty50 and BSE Sensex, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened flat in trade on Friday on mixed global cues. While Nifty50 was near 25,850, BSE Sensex was…
US President Donald Trump has once again claimed credit for averting a potential war between India and Pakistan, saying he used the threat of steep trade tariffs to stop the two nuclear-armed neighbours from “going at it.“Speaking to Fox News on Sunday (local time), Trump said his administration leveraged economic pressure to defuse tensions following…
