The FBI has launched criminal investigations into former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey, according to a Fox News Digital report citing Justice Department sources. The probes reportedly center on alleged misconduct tied to prior government investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, in which Donald Trump defeated…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday appointed 9 new presidents for seven states and two union territories including states like Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana among other states.The party is also likely to announce state chiefs for West Bengal and Odisha in the next couple of days, news agency ANI reported citing sources.This comes…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will appoint chiefs of more state units on Tuesday, a day after VP Ramalingam and K Beichhua were elected as the presidents of the party’s Puducherry and Mizoram units respectively.The appointment of BJP’s state chiefs will pave the way for the election of its new national president, a…
Asaduddin Owaisi (File photo) NEW DELHI: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday questioned Pakistan‘s pitch for a Nobel Peace Prize for US President Donald Trump after the United States conducted strikes targeting nuclear sites in Iran.The Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP asked whether Pakistan had supported Trump to see him drop bombs on a sovereign nation.“We…
The former Bangladesh military intelligence chief’s recent 12-day visit to China has raised alarm bells in New Delhi. Major-General (retired) Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury, who departed for China on June 6, returned to Dhaka on June 18. According to a Bangladeshi intelligence report this week, “His recent travel to China and return may warrant observation due…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday met his party’s district unit presidents and top functionaries to chart out preparations for the crucial local body elections across Maharashtra later this year.The polls will cover 29 municipal corporations, where ward delimitation has already begun, along with 32 zilla parishads, 336 panchayat samitis and…
The Israeli army said on Sunday it had retrieved the body of Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Sinwar in an underground tunnel beneath a hospital in southern Gaza, following a targeted operation last month. Another senior Hamas leader, Mohammad Shabana, commander of the Rafah Brigade, was also found dead at the scene along with a number…
FBI Director Kash Patel faced backlash after issuing a stern warning to anti-ICE protesters in Los Angeles, cautioning that anyone assaulting cops or taking the law into their own hands would face jail time. “Hit a cop, you’re going to jail. Doesn’t matter where you came from, how you got here, or what movement speaks…
During Harvard University’s commencement ceremony, President Alan Garber took a jibe at Donald Trump and received a standing ovation after he opened his address by celebrating the presence of students “from around the world”. This comes as the Donald Trump administration has been targeting the enrolment of international students at the institution. Garber’s opening lines…
Bangladesh’s interim government of Muhammad Yunus has made a sharp U-turn on its proposal for a “humanitarian” corridor to Myanmar’s Rakhine State after a stern warning from Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman. The Bangladesh Army chief called it a “bloody corridor”, and pushed back after Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain unilaterally announced that the interim government had…