Moneeza Hashmi, Faiz Ahmad Faiz's daughter, withdrawn as speaker at Asia Media Summit
In a last-minute change, eminent Pakistani television and media personality Moneeza Hashmi was withdrawn as a speaker at the 15th Asia Media Summit which concluded on Saturday in New Delhi.
She is the daughter of Urdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz, who is celebrated on both sides of the border for his stirring Urdu poetry.
Kasauli shooting: second victim succumbs to injuries
Gulab Singh, a Public Works Department (PWD) employee who was injured in the Kasauli firing incident , died at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh on Sunday. He had been struggling with a bullet injury for nearly two weeks and was put on ventilator support on May 10 after he reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest.
Dust storm hits Delhi, nearly 50 flights affected
Nearly 50 flights were affected after operations at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport came to a halt for nearly 40 minutes due to a storm in the national capital on Sunday.
13 killed as Islamic State-inspired family of six attacks three Indonesian churches
A family of six launched suicide attacks on Christians attending Sunday services at three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city of Surabaya, killing at least 13 people and wounding 40, officials said.
This is my last election: Siddaramaiah
A day after the Karnataka Assembly polls, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday asserted that the Congress would retain power in the southern state and said this was his last election.”
Speaking to reporters in Chamundeshwari constituency, one of the two seats from where he contested in the high-stakes polls, along with Badami in north Karnataka, the Congress leader said, “This will be my last election.”
Eight killed in bus accident in Himachal
At least eight people were killed and 11 others injured, some critical, when a private bus veered off the road in Sirmaur district at Nei-Neti village on the Solan-Pulwahal road on Sunday.
At least nine killed after multiple blasts rock Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city
Afghan security forces battled a group of attackers who stormed a government building in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday in a coordinated attack that killed at least nine people and wounded dozens, local officials said.
At least three explosions were heard at the start of the attack on the building housing the state accounts office, the first from a car bomb detonated at the entrance, said Attahullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial governor.
How State budgets will fare if petrol, diesel are brought under GST
At the time of writing, petrol was retailing at Rs.82.48/litre in Mumbai, roughly 62% more than the Rs.50.8/litre Pakistanis shell out for a tank of gas. This is despite the fact that crude oil prices are now way lower than the $100 per barrel rate around which it was hovering in 2014.
Live: IPL 2018 | MI vs RR | Steady start from Mumbai openers
Minutes before twilight on Saturday, the first batch of Mumbai Indians arrived at the Wankhede Stadium in their training outfit and prepare for a skirmish against Rajasthan Royals in a vital Vivo IPL 11 league match on Sunday.
Vitamin D could help treat diabetes: study
Vitamin D can help treat damaged beta cells in pancreas that produce, store and release the hormone insulin, paving they way for a new approach to treat diabetes, scientists say.
Gene editing can make ‘chocolate trees’ disease resistant
Scientists are using a powerful gene-editing tool to grow cacao trees that are more resistant to diseases, an advance that could help boost the production of chocolates all over the world.
