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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the launch of NEOM on Tuesday, a project that aspires to be the “safest, most efficient, most future oriented, and best place to live and work” in the kingdom. ​​NEOM’s land mass will extend across the Egyptian and Jordanian borders, rendering NEOM the first private zone to span three countries. The project will be backed by more than $500 billion

The emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, warned of the collapse of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - an alliance of Gulf countries - should the crisis with Qatar remain unresolved. In a statement at a Kuwaiti parliament session on Tuesday, the emir warned GCC leaders of the potential dangerous military and political intervention that may ensue as a result of the political deadlock.

New Delhi, Oct 24: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today urged the Delhi High Court to stop journalist Arnab Goswami and his news channel Republic TV from "misreporting" his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death, saying his "right to be left alone" and "right to silence" must be respected. The submission was made before Justice Manmohan, who reserved the verdict on Tharoor's plea seeking to restrain Goswami and

Ayodhya, Oct 24: The controversy over Taj Mahal refuses to die down any time soon, and now BJP leader Vinay Katiyar has asked the authorities to rename the iconic historic monument located in Agra as Taj Mandir. The firebrand BJP MP on Tuesday said that nothing is wrong in it as the whole compound belongs to Lord Shiva. It was a temple earlier, Katiyar added. Katiyar made these remarks after some

Ayodhya, Oct 24: The controversy over Taj Mahal refuses to die down any time soon, and now BJP leader Vinay Katiyar has asked the authorities to rename the iconic historic monument located in Agra as Taj Mandir. The firebrand BJP MP on Tuesday said that nothing is wrong in it as the whole compound belongs to Lord Shiva. It was a temple earlier, Katiyar added. Katiyar made these remarks after some

Oct 24: Adding fuel to fire over the Mersal movie controversy, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader H Raja has dragged the religion of Tamil actor Vijay. Taking to Twitter, the politician shared a picture of the popular actor’s voter ID showing his full name as Joseph Vijay. The BJP leader posted the voter ID of the actor with caption – “Truth is bitter”. However, he did not explain which truth is

Oct 24: Adding fuel to fire over the Mersal movie controversy, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader H Raja has dragged the religion of Tamil actor Vijay. Taking to Twitter, the politician shared a picture of the popular actor’s voter ID showing his full name as Joseph Vijay. The BJP leader posted the voter ID of the actor with caption – “Truth is bitter”. However, he did not explain which truth is

Greater Noida, Oct 24: The government is considering building 50 more ITBP posts along the India-China border, making troops learn how to speak basic Chinese (Mandarin) and using technology to ensure a round-the-year temperature of 20 degree Celsius in all its high-altitude bases, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. Addressing jawans and officers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

New Delhi, Oct 24: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin's son Syed Shahid Yousuf in connection with a 2011 terror funding case in Kashmir. An NIA spokesman said that 42-year-old Yousuf, at present working in the Jammu and Kashmir government's agricultural department, was summoned to the headquarters on Tuesday after which he was placed

New Delhi, Oct 24: A C-130 transport aircraft with special forces commandos and 17 other frontline fighters from Indian Air Force's inventory touched down on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway on Tuesday morning, in it's exercise to use highways as landing strips. A patch of Lucknow-Agra Expressway doubled up as a landing strip on Tuesday, a part of the government's plan to identify and develop a number