Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once seen as a leading contender to the throne, was freed after reaching an “acceptable settlement agreement” with authorities paying more than $1 billion, a Saudi official said on Wednesday. Prince Miteb, who was head of the elite National Guard, was among dozens of Royal family members, Ministers and current and former senior officials […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated on Tuesday the first leg of the Hyderabad Metro rail project from the Miyapur rail station. The 30 km-long first phase of the project between Miyapur and Nagole has 24 stations. Its commercial operations will start on Wednesday. PM @narendramodi takes the inaugural ride from Miyapur to Kukatpally in #HyderabadMetro pic.twitter.com/9oWvIoymkC — Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government understood that an environment of transparent policies and the rule of law providing a level playing field were necessary for entrepreneurship to flourish. Inaugurating the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) here, in the presence of U.S. President’s Adviser Ivanka Trump, a couple of Union Ministers and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, […]
» Read moreIsrael’s Health Minister Yaakov Litzman , who heads a powerful ultra-Orthodox political party in Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, has resigned after the country’s railways carried out maintenance work on the Sabbath, which is strictly prohibited by Jewish law. Ultra-Orthodox parties have provided Mr. Netanyahu with support to stabilize his coalition, while the government carves out large budgets for their community. Mr. […]
» Read moreAt least 235 worshippers were killed and 109 others injured when heavily-armed terrorists bombed a mosque and opened fire on people attending Friday prayers in Egypt’s restive North Sinai region, in the deadliest terror attack in the country. The terrorists launched a targeted bomb and gun attack on the al-Rowda mosque in Al-Arish city during the Friday prayers, the state-run […]
» Read moreA serving Colonel at the Army Training Command (ARTRAC) here was arrested on Wednesday evening on charges of raping the 21-year old daughter of a Lieutenant Colonel. He will be produced in the court on Thursday, police said. In the complaint filed on Tuesday, the victim stated the 56-year old Colonel drugged and molested her on Monday night at a […]
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