Pakistan on Monday announced a series of austerity measures aimed at reducing fuel consumption, including temporary school closures, reduced government fuel allowances and a four-day workweek for public offices, as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East threatens energy supplies.Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said the measures were being introduced to conserve fuel and manage…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke with Nepal’s newly elected leader Balendra Shah, who is set to become the Himalayan nation’s youngest Prime Minister.“Had warm telephone conversations with Mr. Rabi Lamichhane, Chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and Mr. Balendra Shah, Senior Leader of the RSP,” wrote PM Modi on X.PM…
NEW DELHI: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Monday clarified that Akanksha Singh from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur is the candidate who secured rank 301 in the Civil Services Examination (CSE) 2025, following confusion over two candidates with the same name claiming the same rank. The clarification came after media reports and social media posts…
Zohran Mamdani Authorities in New York City are investigating whether improvised explosive devices hurled during a protest near the mayor Zohran Mandani’s residence were part of an IS-inspired terror act, the city’s police commissioner said on Monday, according to news agency AP.The devices, which did not detonate, were thrown during tense counterprotests on Saturday near…
Indonesia has reached an agreement with India to acquire the BrahMos missile system, a spokesperson for Indonesia’s defence ministry confirmed on Monday.Defence ministry spokesperson Rico Ricardo Sirait told news agency Reuters that the deal forms part of Jakarta’s ongoing efforts to upgrade its military capabilities.In 2023, BrahMos Aerospace, a company jointly owned by the governments…
Vice President JD Vance dances with his wife, second lady Usha Vance, at the Marine Ball at the Washington Hilton, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) In the 19th century, Otto von Bismarck famously observed that politics is “the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday granted 10-day interim bail to Sharjeel Imam in a case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots, for attending his brother’s wedding.Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing the interim bail application filed by Imam, seeking relief for six weeks to attend the marriage scheduled this month. The court…
NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old cricketer from Sialkot has stunned the cricketing world after announcing his decision to step away from Pakistan cricket, citing politics, corruption and lack of structure in the domestic system.Shahzaib Bhatti, born in Sialkot, had played a key role in Sialkot Region’s thrilling one-wicket win over Peshawar Region in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy…
“WTF” — The White House reacted surprisingly after Israel, one of the United States’ closest allies in the Middle East, struck Iranian oil facilities on Saturday. The attack by the Benjamin Netanyahu-led government was not anticipated by the Donald Trump administration, marking the first major disagreement between the two partners who carried out a joint…
People stand on the wreckage of destroyed houses that were hit by Israeli airstrikes in Sir al-Gharbiyeh village south Lebanon. (AP photo) Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday alleged that the Israeli military “unlawfully” struck a village in southern Lebanon using shells containing white phosphorus, a controversial incendiary munition.In a report, the rights group said…
