Pakistan not to open its airspace for Indian flights till May 30th
AMN / ISLAMABAD Pakistan has decided not to lift its airspace ban for Indian flights till May 30th. In fact Pakistan is waiting for formation nof new government in India.…
China blocks all language editions of Wikipedia
OUR WEB DESK China has broadened its block of online encyclopedia Wikipedia to include all language editions. According to a report by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), China…
US withdraws non-emergency employees from Iraq
AMN US State Dept ordered the departure of non-emergency employees from Iraq, amid rising tensions between the US, Iraq’s neighbour Iran. The US State Department has ordered the departure of…
Sri Lanka: Night curfew to continue in riots hit areas
AGENCIES Night curfew will continue in affected areas even as there has been no reports of any violence since yesterday. Police Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara said that curfew will be…
Chanda Kochhar, Deepak Kochhar appear before ED for 3rd day consecutively
AMN Former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar along with her husband Deepak Kochhar today appeared consecutively for the third day before the Enforcement Directorate, ED at the Agency…
Mamata Banerjee questions credibility of Election Commission
Says EC acting at the behest of BJP after it cut short campaign WEB DESK / AGENCIES TMC chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today questioned the Election…
EC curtails campaigning in West Bengal by one day
Our Correspondents In an unprecedented move, Election Commission today cut short the campaigning period in nine Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal following yesterday’s violence in Kolkata. The Commission has…
BLAST ROCKS GUWAHATI, MANY INJURED
AGENCIES / WEB DESK At least 8 people were injured when a grenade exploded near Zoo Road outside a branch of Punjab National Bank near Guwahati Central Shopping centre at…
Putin wants to ‘fully restore’ US-Russian ties
file photo AGENCIES / WEB DESK Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he would like to fully restore relations with the United States and believes that his counterpart Donald…
Southwest Monsoon to hit Kerala on Jun 6
AMN / NEW DELHI The India Meteorological Department, IMD, has forecast that Southwest Monsoon will hit Kerala on 6th June, five days after its normal onset date. This marks the…