CONG RESOLVES DEADLOCK: SIDDA IT IS, AND DKS TO BE HIS ONLY DEPUTY Siddharamaiah is set to take oath as the next chief minister of Karnataka and state Congress chief DK Shivakumar as his deputy. Congress sources said a decision to this effect was reached on Wednesday night following parley
IMRAN FEARS RE-ARREST, SAYS HOUSE SURROUNDED BY COPS Islamabad : Former PM Imran Khan said on Wednesday that police had surrounded his house in Lahore and that he expected to be rearrested soon, after the Punjab government warned him to hand over supporters who it blamed for attac
PHILIPPINES, VIETNAM AGREE TO WORK ON SOUTH CHINA SEA CODE OF CONDUCT MANILA — The Philippines and Vietnam have agreed to strengthen coordination in dealing with maritime issues, particularly in working on a code of conduct in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DF
SIDDARAMAIAH SEEMS SET TO BE KARNATAKA CM After a day of hectic parleys and burning the midnight oil, the Congress on Thursday ended the impasse over the Karnataka govt formation, according to ANI, and is set to appoint Siddaramaiah the Chief Minister and D K Shivakumar the Deputy
UKRAINE CLAIMS IT SHOT DOWN BARRAGE OF RUSSIAN MISSILES Ukrainian air defences thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down all 18 missiles aimed at the capital with the help of Western-supplied weapons, officials said. Loud explosions boomed over Kyiv a
PH, JAPAN AGREE TO BOLSTER SECURITY AMID CHINA ASSERTIVENESS TOKYO—The foreign ministers of Japan and the Philippines agreed Tuesday to deepen their security cooperation in the face of China's growing maritime assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region. Foreign Minister Yoshi
G7 MEET: MODI VISIT TO HIROSHIMA FIRST BY INDIAN PM AFTER POKHRAN N-TESTS Prime Minister Narendra Modi is headed to Hiroshima for the G7 leaders’ summit this Friday — the first visit to the Japanese city by an Indian Prime Minister since India conducted nuclear tests i
PAKISTAN ARMY PLANNING TO KEEP ME IN JAIL FOR 10 YEARS: IMRAN KHAN Political turmoil continues in Pakistan. Supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan are protesting in many cities. Meanwhile, Imran Khan claimed on Monday that the country’s powerful military establishmen
GOV'T RENEWS MALAMPAYA EXTRACTION DEAL FOR THE LAST TIME MANILA — The Marcos Jr. administration is keen on siphoning every last drop from the Malampaya gas field as the government renewed its production contract with private companies for the last time. In a statement on Monday,
CONGRESS MLAS AUTHORISE KHARGE TO CHOOSE NEXT KARNATAKA CM A day after Congress swept the Assembly polls in Karnataka, the 135 newly-elected Congress MLAs met in Bengaluru Sunday evening and passed a one-line resolution authorising AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge to choose the l
