London, June 21 (IANS) UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to resign on Monday and is reportedly preparing to present a timetable for an orderly departure from Downing Street, British media reports said.Starmer, who has long insisted he would fight any challenge to his leadership, now recognises his position is untenable after speaking with his government ministers, party funders, and trade union leaders over the past two days, the Observer reported.Starmer “has come up hard against the r…
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New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) India on Wednesday offered its condolences over the demise of former Yemen President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, asserting that the late leader will always be remembered as a “friend of India” for his contributions to strengthen ties between the two nations. Sripriya Ranganathan, Secretary at the Overseas Indian Affairs (OIA) Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) divisions of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), signed the condolence book at Yemen Embassy in New Delhi on Wedne…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Despite the political upheaval in Bangladesh with the overthrow of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government in August 2024 and ‘anti-India’ rhetoric launched by the new regime, what stands out is that there was no disruption in the power supply from India to the neighbouring country through the cross border infrastructure built over the years, according to a news article. The two countries had spent years constructing an energy partnership — pipelines, power gri…
Patna, April 13 (IANS) Bihar politics is currently at a crucial juncture. As time passes, the buzz around the formation of a new government in the state is intensifying. April 14 and 15 are considered crucial as it is likely that the name of Bihar’s new Chief Minister will be revealed during this time.According to sources, the NDA has instructed all 202 of its MLAs to remain in Patna on April 14 and 15. No MLA will be allowed to leave the city during this period.The BJP leadership has appointed …
Dhaka, Feb 15 (IANS) Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has congratulated Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman following the party’s landslide victory in the recent parliamentary elections and his expected assumption of the office of Prime Minister.In a detailed post on his official X account, Dr Shafiqur Rahman highlighted the significance of Tarique Rahman’s recent visit to his residential office and described the engagement as “an important moment …
Amman, Dec 25 (IANS) Jordan carried out a series of airstrikes in southern Syria’s Sweida province, targeting suspected drug smuggling networks and storage sites near the border, Syrian media and a rights monitor reported.Syrian state-run Ikhbariya TV said the raids late on Wednesday (local time) hit drug storage locations and a weapons facility used by armed smuggling gangs. It added that a former Syrian army outpost, recently repurposed for narcotics storage, was also destroyed, reports Xinhua…