US President Donald Trump (Photo credit: AP) The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a US-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza, giving the proposal a binding international mandate after two years of conflict.The resolution received 13 votes in favour with zero vetoes, while Russia and China abstained. It authorises…
NEW DELHI: Intensifying its probe into the Red Fort suicide bombing, NIA on Monday arrested another Kashmiri resident in the case and revealed that the module was planning to carry out Hamas-style terror attacks using drones. The Jaish module was also in the process of making small rockets that were to be used in the…
NEW DELHI: Amid a threat of additional levies for trade ties with Russia, an official on Monday said that countries will decide on trade based on their interests.“…for each country, trade with other countries is based on their bilateral relationship, (it is) based on their economic requirement and these carry on. In addition, every country…
PATNA: A visibly emotional Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who has been publicly accused by sister Rohini Acharya of misbehaviour and attacked by elder brother Tej Pratap, on Monday told RJD MLAs that they were free to elect someone else as their legislative party leader before his father and party patriarch Lalu Prasad quickly intervened to say…
KOLKATA: Bengal’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls just produced an act of desperation with a strangely redemptive ending.Jagabandhu Mondal, missing for 28 years and long given up for dead by his family, returned to his native Bagdah village of North 24 Parganas Monday to reclaim his identity as a voter. His wife Supriya,…
NEW DELHI: The Chandrayaan-4 lunar sample-return mission, which recently received the Centre’s approval, is likely to be launched in 2028, Isro chairman V Narayanan has said. Isro is set to launch seven more satellites, including the liftoff of a PSLV rocket made entirely by the industry in the current financial year.The Isro chief said the…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar began a three-day visit to Russia on Monday, arriving in Moscow to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Council meeting and hold a round of high-level discussions, ahead of President Vladimir Putin’s expected trip to New Delhi early next month.The EAM met Russia’s foreign minister…
Pakistan’s Salman Ali Agha, left, chats with Sri Lanka’s Charith Asalanka as they wait for coin toss before the start of the second one day international cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, Nov 14, 2025. (AP Photo) The Sri Lanka cricket board on Monday said that two players will return…
India and the US are finally close to locking in on a trade deal, sealing a pact which will address both the reciprocal and oil tariffs .Commerce secretary Rajesh Agrawal on Monday said that discussions are going on to close on a package which will include issues such as America’s market access to the country,…
Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday slammed the International Crimes Tribunal’s decision to sentence her to death on charges of “crimes against humanity”. In a statement, Hasina claimed that the ruling, linked to the student-led protests of August 2024, was “biased and politically motivated.” Bangladesh On Edge: Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina Rejects Evidence, Son…