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India flays Pakistan at UN India on Saturday hit back at Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s remarks at the United Nations General Assembly. First secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Petal Gahlot, referred to the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks and Osama bin Laden’s presence near the Pakistani Army’s premier academy…

Anusmita Mohapatra (Image: https://www.instagram.com/anusmitaaa) The image is simple: a daughter hugging her mother, followed by glimpses of an office life that once seemed financially out of reach. But behind that embrace is a pair of gold bangles that had to leave the family home years earlier so the daughter could enter college.Anusmita Mohapatra, now working…

Trump rejects Iran ceasefire as Tehran offers a 7-day plan to reopen Hormuz and resume nuclear talks. US President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s seven-day ceasefire proposal and told aides that he expects US bombing of Iran to resume after the November midterm elections, according to US officials cited by The Washington Post.Tehran had offered…

China’s Zhu Jiner at Chess Olympiad (Photo by Michal Walusza for FIDE) NEW DELHI: The 46th edition of the Chess Olympiad is currently edging towards its climax in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. In the women’s section, one team has pulled clear of the rest, and it is China, the comfortable leaders at the moment. And if anything…

US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan pose at the entrance of the National Archives Museum in Washington. (Reuters image) US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up their three-day summit on Friday with tea at the White House and a tour…

Trump’s voter citizenship push gets Supreme Court backing, mass purges still barred The US Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to use a controversial federal database to help states check the citizenship status of registered voters, handing President Donald Trump a victory in his broader effort to increase federal involvement in election administration…

Iran lays out 7-day plan for Hormuz reopening (Donald Trump, Abbas Aragchi) Iran has offered the United States a seven-day plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz and resume stalled talks on its nuclear programme, with foreign minister Abbas Araghchi saying the next move now rests with Washington.Under the proposal, Iran would reopen the…

14 people killed in Congo plane crash Fourteen people, including two senior military officials, were killed after a plane crashed in Congo while returning to the capital Kinshasa from the southwestern city of Kikwit, authorities said.Among those killed were Lieutenant General Mutombo Katalayi Tiende, who headed the country’s military court, and Lieutenant General Bakumi Likulia,…

SIR controversy: LJP(RV), RLM, TDP seek EC clarification to dispel public doubts Three NDA partners – Chirag Paswan’s LJP(RV), Upendra Kushwaha’s RLM, and Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP – Friday urged the Election Commission (EC) to explain its position on the political controversy surrounding the electoral process and implementation of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral…

​SIR row reaches SC: Plea targets CEC Gyanesh Kumar, seeks Form 6 restoration As questions are being raised against CEC Gyanesh Kumar for allegedly unilaterally taking many decisions pertaining to the SIR drive, a Supreme Court lawyer has filed a petition in court seeking his criminal prosecution, and another has approached the attorney general, seeking…