Berlin: Qatar Airways will not take delivery of any Airbus A320neo aircraft this year as it looks to change its order to larger A321neos, Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said on Wednesday. Al Baker said that unlike rivals, Qatar Airways was not reducing capacity growth or delaying plane orders, sa

New Delhi: 36-year-old Eman Ahmed from Egypt, who at 500 kilos was touted as the heaviest woman in the world is slowly and steadily making her way towards recovery. Eman, who underwent a successful bariatric surgery, has recently been filmed doing a little dance and grooving to Arabic music on he

Stealing a march on the Congress, the BJP led by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today staked claim to form the next government in Goa under his leadership, with the support of the NCP, smaller outfits and Independents. Parrikar will be the Chief Minister of the coalition government. He call

LAHORE/WAGAH: Two teenage boys from PoK, against whom the NIA dropped charges of conspiracy in the Uri terror strike, were today reunited with their families at the Wagah border after spending nearly six months in detention. Faisal Hussain Awan and Ahsan Khursheed had been handed over to the Jamm

New Delhi: A Kerala Congress MP on Friday alleged that the PMO was not giving appointment to all-party delegation led by chief minister Pinayari Vijayan who wanted to raise the issue of drought in the state. Speaking during the Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, K Suresh, member from Mavelikkara const

New delhi: Eight suspects have been arrested so far in connection with the blast on a train in Madhya Pradesh and the subsequent anti-terror operations leading to the killing of alleged terrorist Saifullah in Lucknow, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in Rajya Sabha today. Making a statement dur

Hyderabad, March 8,2017: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a fake ‘Baba’ at his house located at Asad Baba Nagar in Bahadurpura. The girl had visited ‘Baba’ for treatment of insomnia. Ahmed Khan, alias Baba (45) raped the girl when she visited his house alone. She had come to his house ea

Gangster Abu Salem, a registered voter here, wanted to vote in the assembly polls. Behind bars in Mumbai, his family realised they'd have to cough up Rs 3 lakh to Rs 4 lakh for a bail bond. Making security arrangements would be way too complicated. So, they dropped the idea. Salem might have miss

CHENNAI: No society can call itself civilised if it does not honour women, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday after he inaugurated centenary celebrations of the Women's Indian Association(WIA) at the Theosophical Society here. Addressing the gathering, Mukherjee said the recognition of wom

During his visit to Israel in July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be travelling to Palestine, reported Times of India. Contrary to expectations that Modi would include Palestine in his itinerary too, like many ministers did in the past, he will be travelling only to Israel, said the repor

Mocking economists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said “hard work is more powerful than Harvard” as the latest GDP data show demonetisation did not affect growth rate, rather the figures improved. “On the one hand are those [critics of note ban] who talk of what people at Harvard say

The Supreme Court rejected a 37-year-old woman's plea to abort her 23-week-old foetus that showed signs of Down syndrome on Tuesday. The Supreme Court bench ruled that there was no danger involved to the mother's life, if the pregnancy was continued. A division bench that has Justice SA Bobde and

Narendra Modi is expected to visit Israel by the middle of this year, a first by any Indian Prime Minister to the Jewish nation. Amar Sinha, secretary (Economic Relations), said the Prime Minister’s visit is on cards but declined to divulge details. Sources in the ministry of external

New Delhi: Sakshi Maharaj, who is known for making making inflammatory remarks, has courted a controversy as he remarked that a law should be enforced to stop the construction of graveyard and that Muslims should be cremated since there is not enough land for graveyards. "Whether it is named Kabr

NEW DELHI: In a significant development, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday named its former director AP Singh as an 'accused' along with controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi in a case registered to probe alleged corruption. Moin Akhtar Qureshi, who is also under probe by the Incom

JUSTICE ALTAMAS Kabir, the 39th Chief Justice of India (CJI) for nine months — between September 29, 2012 and July 18, 2013 — died on Sunday at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Kolkata after prolonged illness. Kabir, who was suffering from a kidney ailment and related complications, was on life support

Nizamabad: AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh on Sunday accused MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi of taking bribe from BJP president Amit Shah for splitting Muslim votes in the Uttar Pradesh elections. Mr Singh said that he had information about “Mr Owaisi taking Rs 400 crore from Amit Shah in a secr

Crowds are like oxygen for politicians on the campaign trail and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was found gasping when empty chairs greeted him at a public rally here, forcing him to cancel it. Fadnavis was scheduled to address an election rally at the New English School compound on Ti