‘I’m perfectly healthy’, Naveen Patnaik on PM Modi’s ‘concern’ about his health
Bhubaneswar, May 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his last leg of campaigning in Odisha on Wednesday, took a dig at the health condition of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, to which the veteran Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader said he is “perfectly healthy”. PM Modi during his address at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district stated […]
This election is about the country’s future, Nitin Gadkari says in Himachal
Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), May 30 (IANS) Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said “this election is not about the future of the Congress and the BJP but it is about the future of the country and its people”. Addressing an election meeting at Anni in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, […]
Progressive bodies to stage protest against Prajwal Revanna at his native district
Bengaluru, May 29 (IANS) Progressive organisations in Karnataka have given a ‘Hassan Chalo’ call on Thursday to protest against absconding JD-S MP Prajwal Revanna, the prime accused in the alleged sex video scandal in Karnataka. Hasaan is the native district of Prajwal Revanna, who is also the sitting JD-S Lok Sabha MP from there. Activists […]
ISIS-K calling for ‘Lone Wolf’ attack on India-Pakistan Cricket World Cup match: Police (Ld)
New York, May 30 (IANS) ISIS-K has called for a “Lone Wolf” attack on the India-Pakistan World Cup Cricket match here next month, a top police official has warned while putting security on high alert. In a video that has gone global, the terror group is “calling for that ‘Lone Wolf’ to act out”, said […]
Israel launches new missile attack in Syria
Damascus, May 30 (IANS) Israel has targeted a military site within the areas of Hezbollah’s influence in Syria’s central province of Homs, a war monitor reported. Israeli missiles struck at least one military site near the town of al-Furqlus, causing smoke columns to rise from the site, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights […]
Israel not officially informed by Brazil about recalling ambassador
Jerusalem, May 30 (IANS) The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that no official message has been received from the Brazilian government regarding the decision to recall the ambassador to Israel Frederico Meyer. Earlier on Wednesday, Brazil announced the appointment of Meyer as the country’s special representative to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament […]
Sudan rejects US calls to return to Jeddah negotiations
Sanaa, May 30 (IANS) Houthi group has said it shot down an MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen’s central Marib. Yahya Sarea, the group’s military spokesman, said on Wednesday in the statement broadcast by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV that “a locally made surface-to-air missile is used in the operation, and this is the sixth MQ-9 Reaper drone […]
Sudan rejects US calls to return to Jeddah negotiations
Khartoum, May 30 (IANS) The Sudanese government has voiced rejection of US calls to return to the Jeddah negotiation platform between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “The invitation by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken for Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan to go to […]
Spanish PM meets Arab-Islamic delegation for Gaza
Madrid, May 30 (IANS) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez held a meeting on Gaza with a delegation of the Ministerial Committee commissioned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit here, a day after Spain’s official recognition of Palestinian statehood. The delegation thanked Spain for the “historic and courageous” step that the recognition of a Palestinian state […]
No indication Israel will open Rafah crossing soon: Palestine’s Health minister
Geneva, May 30 (IANS) There is no indication that Israel will open the Rafah crossing soon, Palestine’s Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan said here. “This is totally in the hands of the Israelis,” Abu Ramadan told a press briefing in Geneva on Wednesday. Israel launched a ground assault on Rafah on May 6 and claimed […]
