As the Mahabharata epic goes, when Kurukshetra war was to take place in Dwapara Yuga, Duryodhana and Arjuna went to Lord Krishna to seek his help for the war. Duryodhana opted for the army of Yadavas and Arjuna happily accepted Lord Krishna as his share, saying that he is more than equal to the entire […]
Islamabad, Nov 5 (IANS) Pakistan’s state-run news channel PTV ran “Begging” dateline instead of “Beijing” on screen during the live broadcast of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech in China and became a target of trolling by netizens.
Dubai, Nov 5 (IANS) A Chinese couple who stole a diamond worth 300,000 dirhams (about $81,000) from a shop here and then fled the UAE were arrested within 20 hours from an Indian airport, authorities said.
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) The sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi issued an emotional appeal for the return of their father’s body, in their first interview since he was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October.
Ottawa, Nov 4 (IANS) Two aircrafts collided mid-air over Ottawas west end on Sunday, which led to one of them crashing in a nearby field, the police said.
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS) The Washington Post has urged American voters to vote in Tuesday’s midterm election against the ideology of President Donald Trump who is “betting heavily that voters can be swayed by appeals to their worst instincts: anger, hatred and fear”.
Beijing, Nov 4 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and 44 others injured after a heavy truck lost control and crashed into dozens of vehicles waiting at a toll booth on a highway near China’s Lanzhou city, the police said on Sunday.
New York, Nov 4 (IANS) Police in New York closed several streets due to a suspicious package in the commercial area of Herald Square in Manhattan, which turned out to be abandoned luggage.
Istanbul, Nov 4 (IANS) The Turkish and Ukrainian presidents on Saturday pledged to boost the strategic cooperation between their countries in a wide range of areas, with focus on trade and defence industry.
Jakarta, Nov 3 (IANS) Divers searching for wreckage belonging to Lion Air flight have found the fuselage of the crashed airliner and said they heard a signal from its missing cockpit voice recorder, the head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency said on Saturday.
Geneva, Nov 3 (IANS/WAM) The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has sought attention to the significant loss of life and economic losses worth $280 billion associated with tsunamis, notably for countries bordering the Indian and Pacific Oceans, over the last twenty years.
