The Mumbai police crime branch on Thursday arrested Bhavesh Bhinde, the director of the advertisement agency that owned the illegal billboard that collapsed on a petrol pump in Ghatkopar on May 13, killing 16 people and injuring 74 others, reports hindustantimes.com. The 51-year-old was arrested o
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's release on interim bail was "not an exception", the Supreme Court said on Thursday after the government complained that its decision has been criticised by many, NDTV reports. "We have not made any exception for anybody. We said in our order what we felt was
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared before the Supreme Court by video link from prison on Thursday to plead his petition against changes in Pakistan’s anti-graft laws. His video appearance was expected to be streamed live on the court’s website and YouTube, makin
France hopes to regain full control of events in New Caledonia “in the coming hours”, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Thursday, after a third night of riots that have killed four people amid anger over a contested electoral reform. Rioters have burnt businesses, torched cars
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s affidavit, filed on Tuesday along with the nomination papers for the Varanasi constituency (which he has represented since 2014) in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, reveals that he has ₹3.02 crore in gross moveable assets, up from 1.41 crore in the 2019 a
Singapore will inaugurate Lawrence Wong on Wednesday as its new prime minister and fourth leader since independence six decades ago, completing a carefully calibrated power transfer designed to guarantee continuity in the wealthy city-state. Wong, 51, comes from among a crop of so-called "4G" lead
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi on Tuesday surrounded by his party leaders and supporters as he formally filed paperwork to run in an ongoing election that is essentially a referendum on his decade in power. The 73-year-old leader hopes to retain his seat
Travel agencies in the UAE and abroad are all set to roll out packages for tourists visiting the Gulf region ahead of the launch of the unified GCC tourist visa or GCC 'Grand Tours' visa. Travel and tourism industry executives said packages, which will include a couple of night stays, travel and s
Aid workers struggled Monday to distribute dwindling food and other supplies to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by what Israel says is a limited military operation in Rafah, as the two main crossings near the southern Gaza city remained closed. The United Nations' agency for Palest
The number of people killed by flash floods and mudslides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province has risen to 52 and more than 3,000 people were evacuated, authorities said on Tuesday. Torrential rain on Saturday evening triggered flash floods, landslides, and cold lava flow, a mud-like mixture of v
At least 14 people have died and dozens were injured after a huge billboard fell on them during a thunderstorm in India's financial capital Mumbai, according to local authorities.The billboard collapsed on some houses and a petrol station next to a busy road in the eastern suburb of Ghatkopar follo
A Kuwaiti Emiri decree was issued on Sunday evening, announcing the forming of a new cabinet led by Prime Minister-designate, Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, according to the official news agency KUNA. The new cabinet consists of 13 ministers, with nine of them from the previous governmen
At least 37 people were killed after flash floods and cold lava flowing from a volcano hit the western Indonesian island of Sumatra. Hours of heavy rain on Saturday swept torrents of ash and rocks down Mount Marapi, the most active volcano in Sumatra. The cold lava mudslides inundated two distric
