Athens, Aug 11 (IANS) India’s Ambassador to Greece, Ravi Shankar, on Tuesday met the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, HNDGS, General Dimitrios Choupis, the Indian Embassy in Athens said.
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) Fresh from winning the singles title in the World University Squash Championship, fourth seed Suraj Kumar Chand overcame Egypt’s Hassan Menshawy in a 73-minute-long five-game thriller 11-4, 8-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-8 in the men’s pre-quarterfinals of the HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Quetta, Aug 11 (IANS) The United Baloch Army (UBA) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for blowing up a bridge in Kachhi district of Balochistan Province in Pakistan, local media reported.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar, on Tuesday, extended condolences to Omar Bula Escobar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, on the devastating earthquake in the South American nation.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is probing the Air India Flight AI 2379 Phuket–Delhi incident, is presently engaged in the systematic collection, preservation and examination of all relevant technical, operational, medical, and human factor evidence, according to a statement issued by the Civil Aviation Ministry on Tuesday.
Islamabad, Aug 11 (IANS) Petroleum dealers in Pakistan on Tuesday announced a closure of petrol pumps across the nation from August 15 and warned to continue the stir until the government agrees to their demands, local media reported.
Los Angeles, Aug 11 (IANS) Hollywood beauties, Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson, are all set to share screen space for the first time in the forthcoming edge-of-the-seat thriller 'Verity'.
Kabul, Aug 11 (IANS) The Taliban regime in Afghanistan on Tuesday responded to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) report on the lack of transparency and accountability in Afghan security institutions, attributing the current secure and stable situation in the war-torn country to the work being done by the security forces.
Quetta, Aug 11 (IANS) Balochistan on Tuesday celebrated its Independence Day, continuing an annual tradition that defies what Baloch human rights groups describe as Pakistan’s “illegal occupation” of the region. In an apparent attempt to suppress the celebrations, Pakistani forces imposed a range of restrictions, including an internet shutdown aimed at preventing people from marking the occasion.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The commitment of the leaderships of India and Saudi Arabia and strategic hedging indicates that the Mecca Defence Pact signed between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey will not destabilise ties between Riyadh and New Delhi, a report has detailed.
