ISIS leader detonated explosive in deadly U.S. military raid in Syria, Biden says

The leader of the jihadist group ISIS and several others were killed as a result of an American military raid in northwest Syria, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday.People inspect the roof of a destroyed house following an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province. The Pentagon…Continue Reading

Congress leader asks why can’t India have 2 eternal flames amid row over Amar Jawan Jyoti

Last Updated: 21st January, 2022 10:42 IST Congress leader Manish Tewari came forward against the move and said that extinguishing of the Amar Jawan Jyoti is nothing short of a ‘crime’. Image: ANI/ PTI The Amar Jawan Jyoti flame at Delhi’s India Gate will be doused on Friday after being lit for 50 years. The…Continue Reading

Taliban leader decrees Afghan women’s rights must be ‘enforced’

Afghan women hold placards during a demonstration demanding better rights for women in Kabul. (AFP photo)KABUL: The Taliban issued a decree Friday in the name of their supreme leader instructing Afghan ministries “to take serious action” on women’s rights, but failed to mention girls’ access to schools. The move comes after the Islamists seized power…Continue Reading

No leader has done the kind of work PM Modi has done for Sikhs: Nadda

BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday paid obeisance at the Namdev gurdwara here and asserted that no other leader has done the kind of work that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done for the Sikh community. He also credited Modi with ensuring that copies of Sikh scripture Guru Granth Sahib reached India from Afghanistan.…Continue Reading

Chushul leader tells Rajnath: Need infra, see cell towers across LAC

A Ladakh politician representing Chushul, along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, urged Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday to provide infrastructure, telecommunication and other facilities in national security interest in the villages of the area to make them comparable to the ones that the Chinese are building to assert territorial claims. Konchok Stanzin,…Continue Reading

Congress leader Pramod Madhwaraj lauds PM Modi, says BJP ‘changed trend of Padma Awards’

Last Updated: 13th November, 2021 11:42 IST The Congress leader who was addressing a programme at Karnataka’s Udupi appreciated PM Modi for honouring Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji with the Padma Vibhushan. Image: ANI/PTI Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi for identifying achievements of people across the country, former Karnataka Minister for Sports and Youth Empowerment and Congress…Continue Reading