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NEW DELHI: 13 people died, 101 others were rescued after a ferry capsized while en route to Elephanta Island from Mumbai’s iconic Gateway of India, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis informed on Wednesday.The Neelkamal ferry, was on way to Elephanta Islands, a popular tourist destination near Mumbai, when the speed boat circled it before crashing […]

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (left) and Anurag Singh Thakur / File photos NEW DELHI: The central government will be sending the bills meant for simultaneous elections to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), comprising 31 parliamentarians, including Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi, Manish Tewari, BJP’s Anurag Singh Thakur and Anil Baluni.The JPC for the “One Nation One Election” […]

Navy speedboat just before it collided with the ferry off Mumbai coast Mumbai: An Indian Navy speedboat that was undergoing engine trials lost control and collided with a passenger ferry off the Mumbai coast today. The navy in a statement said 13 people including a naval officer and two people from the original equipment manufacturer […]

The military chief of Syria’s victorious Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said on Tuesday (December 17, 2024) it would be “the first” to dissolve its armed wing and integrate into the armed forces. “In any state, all military units must be integrated into this institution,” Murhaf Abu Qasra, known by his nom de guerre Abu […]

Russia now views arms control over the vast nuclear arsenals that were built up during the Cold War to be a thing of the past due to the lack of trust between Moscow and the West, Russia’s top general said on Wednesday (DEcember 18, 2024). Russia and the United States, by far the biggest nuclear […]

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes on Monday (December 16, 2024) across the territory killed at least 12 people, the majority displaced Palestinians taking shelter in a house in the north. More than 14 months into the Israel-Hamas war, the violence raged on even as the United States expressed “cautious optimism” about the prospects […]

Telugu actor Allu Arjun’s father and film producer Allu Aravind on Wednesday visited an eight-year-old boy undergoing treatment at a private hospital here after sustaining severe injuries in a stampede during the premiere of Pushpa 2, and assured the family of full support for the child’s recovery. Addressing reporters, Allu Aravind quoted doctors as saying […]

Russia slammed Israel at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) by demanding that IDF withdrawal from Syria. This comes amid ongoing chaos in the region following the recent ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. During the session, Russian representatives accused Israel of exacerbating the situation and called for an immediate end to Israeli Defense Forces […]

Join us for a live broadcast of the United Nations Security Council’s emergency meeting addressing the ongoing crisis in Syria. Prompted by the recent ousting of President Bashar al-Assad, this session, requested by Russia, aims to deliberate on Syria’s future political landscape and the provision of humanitarian assistance to its citizens. UN Special Envoy Geir […]

A navy boat crashed into a ferry in the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast after the “engine lost control” during trials. Thirteen people died in the incident including a navy personnel and two people from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). A video, shot seconds before the crash, shows the speedboat with five onboard, moving […]

Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath recently sat down with LinkedIn’s global CEO, Ryan Roslansky, and shared his success story, from a high school dropout to a billionaire finance entrepreneur. In conversation with Mr Roslanksy, Mr Kamath revealed how his failures became his biggest lessons. He also shared that his first business venture, which he started when […]

The US state of Indiana carried out its first execution in 15 years on Wednesday, putting to death a mentally ill man convicted of murdering four people in 1997, including his own brother. Joseph Corcoran, 49, was executed by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 12:44 am (0644 GMT) at the Indiana State Prison in […]