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They use religion to justify killings: Owaisi slams Pak in Bahrain

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MP Asaduddin Owaisi, part of the all-party delegation led by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Baijayant Panda, said that terrorist groups wrongly use religion to......

Military Action Must For Pakistan's Thousand Cuts Strategy

We have nothing to gain by raising our concerns internationally as our narrative has got entangled with several controversial concepts in the United Nations, asserts Ambassador T N Sreenivasan.......

Operation Sindoor Outreach What Did Panda & Co Achieve In West Asia?

'It is high time that the 'war on terror' is removed from our diplomatic toolbox.' 'Certainly, our parliamentarians have no role in it,' asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata......

Bahrain: Manama building declared unsafe

The building where a fire broke out on Sunday killing 16 Indians in Manama had been declared unsafe by municipal authorities while a survivor revealed that a minor blaze had occured in the same......

In Bahrain, PM launches $4.2 million project at temple

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the $4.2 million redevelopment project of the 200-year-old Lord Sri Krishna temple in the Bahraini capital, Manama. Modi, the first Indian Prime......

Antwerp court clears fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi's extradition

A court in Antwerp on Friday cleared the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, noting that his arrest by the Belgian authorities on India's request was valid, officials in the know of......

Mehul Choksi's bail plea rejected by Belgian court

The bail plea of fugitive diamonds trader Mehul Choksi, wanted in India in connection with over Rs 6300-crore fraud in the Punjab National Bank (PNB), has again been turned down by a court of......

Mehul Choksi detained in Belgium on India's extradition request

Absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Belgium following an extradition request by Indian probe agencies for his involvement in the Rs 13,000 crore PNB bank loan "fraud" case,......

Canara Bank to shut three overseas branches

And will sell its 50 per cent stake to State Bank of India in Russia as part of rationalisation of overseas branch network. Canara Bank will close its three foreign branches - Leicester (UK),......

India, Bahrain to sign MoU on labour cooperation

India and Bahrain will sign a memorandum of understanding on labour and manpower co-operation during Labour Minister Majeed Al Alawi's visit to New Delhi next month."I shall make use of the......

Will Vivian Win Bigg Boss 18?

Television heartthrob Vivian Dsena is among the top contenders to win Bigg Boss 18. And why not? He's handsome, he's talented, he has a huge fan base and he's been making his presence felt in the......

Wrestler Yashita bags India's 4th gold at Asian Youths

IMAGE: Yashita outmuscled Kazakhstan's Zhaidar Muktar in an evenly poised girls' 61kg wrestling final at the Asian Youth Games, in Manama, on Tuesday. Photograph: Screengrab/X Teenage wrestler......

Shriya Satam adds to India's 16-medal Asian haul

IMAGE: Shriya Satam lost the final to Kazakhstan's Amelina Bakiyeva. Photograph: MMA SFI/Instagram India's Shriya Milind Satam clinched the silver medal in the girls' 50kg Traditional Mixed......

Priteesmita Bhoi shatters world youth record

IMAGE: India's Priteesmita Bhoi won gold in the girls' 44kg Clean and Jerk event with a world youth record. Photograph: IOA/X Weightlifter Priteesmita Bhoi broke the world youth record in clean......

Asian Youth Games snub: Riders drag EFI to Court

IMAGE: Show jumping athlete Vaasvi Khaitan, through her father Vedant Khaitan, filed a writ petition challenging her exclusion from the list of eight probables named by the EFI. Photograph: Kind......

Para shuttler Bhagat bags two golds, one bronze

IMAGE: Pramod Bhagat added two more medals to his legendary hat at the Bahrain Para-Badminton International in Manama, Bahrain, on Tuesday. Photograph: Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images Paralympic champion......