RIYADH: Saudi authorities announced today that they have broken up an organisation linked to the Islamic State group and have so far arrested 431 of its members, mostly Saudis. Authorities have “managed over the past few weeks to destroy an organisation made of a cluster of cells, which is linkedRead More

ATHENS: Greek banks will re-open on Monday with slightly relaxed withdrawal limits but bans on foreign transfers and other capital controls remain in place, according to a government decree published on Saturday. The move follows last week’s announcement by the European Central Bank that it would unblock emergency funding whichRead More

LOS ANGELES: Firefighters battled a fast-moving brush fire near a major California highway Saturday, as crews worked through the night to evacuate hundreds of nearby campers, including children, officials said. At least 1,000 firefighters were dispatched to battle the blaze, San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF) said on Twitter. The agencyRead More

CHATTANOOGA, UNITED STATES: A US sailor has died of injuries after the shootings on military centers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the US Navy said today. He becomes the fifth person to die after being shot Thursday by Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez, 24, who opened fire on two military centers. The gunman, aRead More

NEW DELHI: Bracing for an Opposition onslaught on Lalit Modi controversy, Vyapam scam and other issues, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a maiden meet of all NDA constituents on the eve of the Monsoon session of Parliament to work out a strategy to counter the Opposition. The meeting assumesRead More

RAJKOT: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s helicopter had to land soon after take off from the city airport today due to bad weather, officials said. “Maharashtra Chief Minister (Devendra Fadnavis) had come to Rajkot airport today and from where he was supposed to take an helicopter to a pilgrim placeRead More

NEW DELHI: Cracking the whip against dissidents, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today suspended the Punjab Disciplinary Committee head Daljit Singh for anti-party activities and warned disgruntled MPs of facing stern disciplinary action. The AAP’s National Disciplinary Committee headed by Ashish Khetan and having Pankaj Gupta and Dinesh Waghela asRead More

  MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA: Social activist Teesta Setalvad’s lawyers have hit out at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for calling her a threat to national security to a Mumbai Court yesterday. The agency was opposing the anticipatory bail of the activist in a case of alleged violations related to foreignRead More

NEW DELHI: The decks seem to be cleared for the re-induction of two veteran Marxist leaders into the Communist Party of India-Marxist or the CPM shortly. The homecoming of former Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Somnath Chatterjee and the only surviving member of the country’s first Communist government of 1957,Read More

SRINAGAR: At least four persons including two women were today injured in clashes that broke out between protestors and security forces in several areas of Kashmir soon after Eid prayers even as Pakistani flags were hoisted in several parts of the valley, police said. A group of youth started peltingRead More