NAIROBI: US President Barack Obama declared Saturday that “Africa is on the move”, praising the spirit of entrepreneurship at a business summit in Kenya as he kicked off a landmark visit. Obama arrived in Kenya late on Friday, making his first visit to the country of his father’s birth sinceRead More

NICE, FRANCE: French authorities today closed off the beach in front of the Riviera villa of Saudi King Salman, a move that has incensed many locals as the seaside is normally open to the public. Authorities signed an order blocking access to about a kilometre (half a mile) of beachRead More

BAYREUTH, GERMANY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel topped the guest list Saturday of the gala opening of the Bayreuth Festival, one of the highlights in Germany’s cultural calendar. The legendary month-long summer festival, dedicated exclusively to the works of composer Richard Wagner, was scheduled to begin at 1400 GMT with anRead More

PATNA, BIHAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that development is the answer to all ills including poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. “There is no alternative to development. Development is the answer for all problems,” PM Modi said in his address after he inaugurated five projects in Patna. On aRead More

NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit the campaign trail in Bihar, Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party has announced that it is sending a team to the election-bound state with a specific “anti-BJP, anti-PM Modi” brief. The party’s Ashutosh said on Saturday morning that the 20-member team would leaveRead More

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Chief BS Bassi, who has been battling Delhi government’s charges over the functioning of his force, today dared chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to a public debate. “It can be a debate lasting one day or more, so that all faults can be discussed and all doubtsRead More

BENGALURU: Slamming the Congress for disrupting the Parliament as it was “disturbed” by the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said the BJP stands firmly behind the Foreign Minister who is an “asset to the country”. “As far as Sushma Swaraj is concerned, the partyRead More

CHANDIGARH: A day after Haryana Health Minister caught a ‘CID officer’ allegedly “spying” on him, Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Abhay Singh Chautala today claimed that his phones were being tapped and he was being spied on. Charging the Manohar Lal Khattar government with carrying out the surveillance onRead More

COIMBATORE: Lashing out at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for his interactions with farmers in non-Congress ruled states, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today dared him to visit states ruled by his party to know the ground realities of agrarian crisis. “I challenge Rahul Gandhi, who is typical in handling theRead More

SRINAGAR: The army on Saturday launched a massive relief and rescue operation at the Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra where at least three people were killed and seven went missing following a cloudburst overnight. Army officials said efforts were on to reopen the yatra route by sunset onRead More