BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON: Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon today by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls and called on world leaders to invest in “books not bullets”. Malala became a symbol of defiance after she was shot onRead More

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has hailed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as the only leader who can ‘save’ Egypt, after a deadly car bomb attack on Rome’s consulate in Cairo. He also vowed that Italy would not be ‘intimidated’ after Saturday’s attack claimed by the Islamic State groupRead More

KARACHI: Pakistan’s troubled Balochistan province, hit hard by militancy, sectarian and separatist violence, plans to deploy aerial drones for surveillance. “We have sent a letter to the federal government seeking permission to use the surveillance drones in the province,” provincial Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani said today. “We believe theRead More

Bhopal: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said here that men should read about Mandodari, the wife of Ravana, of the epic Ramayana. “Men should read about Mandodari, wife of Ravana, to understand her importance in life,” Bhagwat said, after releasing the book ‘Paritapt Lankeshwari’ penned by Goa Governor Mridula SinhaRead More

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has questioned the independence of the Central Bureau of Investigation, which was last week handed over the investigation into Madhya Pradesh’s high-profile Vyapam scam. Speaking at a function in New Delhi to felicitate whistleblowers, Mr Kejriwal today said, “Even the CBI belongs toRead More

New Delhi: The recent flash floods, which wreaked havoc in some parts of Gujarat, led to the death of ten lions, more than 1,600 blue bulls, and nearly 90 spotted deer among other wild animals. A report submitted by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests of Gujarat to the UnionRead More

New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will attend Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s Iftar party on July 13. This comes after Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad communicated that he would be skipping Sonia’s Iftar party. The RJD has been trying to downplay Lalu’s absence in the Iftar party byRead More

New Delhi: India’s longest road tunnel, being built on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, will be opened for general traffic in July, 2016 and would reduce the distance between the two cities by 30 kms. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will visit Udhampur on Monday to witness “the final blastRead More

Hyderabad: Former External Affairs Minister Salman Khushid says Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not expect dramatic results from his proposed visit to Pakistan next year as New Delhi’s past experiences on engagement with the neighbouring country have not been positive. “We have always taken the view that there is noRead More

Bhopal: Voicing confidence that Shivraj Singh Chouhan will come out unscathed in the Vyapam probe, BJP’s Madhya Pradesh unit president Nand Kumar Singh Chouhan on Sunday said the chief minister is “as holy as the river Ganga” and the CBI investogation would prove this. “The Chief Minister is as holyRead More