Author: News Desk

“It is time for parties to the conflict to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law. It is time for them to honour the commitments they made in Jeddah to protect civilians and allow humanitarian aid. It is time for them to recommit to dialogue at the highest levels to end this conflict, once and for all,” said Griffiths on Sunday in a statement.He added that donors must step up their support, noting that the international community cannot desert the people of Sudan, Xinhua news agency reported.Half a year of war has plunged Sudan into one of the worst humanitarian…

The decision was taken in a meeting of the alliance parties here on Sunday.The leaders of 17 parties who are part of the INDIA alliance formed in Odisha on Sunday held a meeting here.A 17-member co-ordination committee has been formed in the meeting.The committee has decided to hold protests against the “dictatorial rule of BJP at Centre and BJD government in the state” at four places, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Rourkela and Balasore — during November.”Leaders of all the parties will gather and hold protests against the BJD and BJP who are ruling like dictators without caring for the democratic values,” said…

Manama : The Joint Economic Committee between the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) held its 41st meeting. The meeting was chaired by Abdullah bin Adel Fakhro, Minister of Industry and Commerce, and Sameer Nass, Chairman of BCCI, in the presence of senior officials and members of the Joint Economic Committee from both sides. The minister affirmed that the meetings of the Joint Economic Committee come as part of the Ministry’s approach to cooperation, coordination and consultation with the Chamber on all common issues. Fakhro also expressed the ministry’s keenness to support…

Manama : Amna bint Ahmed Al Romaihi, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, has praised the great role played by the affiliates of the engineering sector in supporting the kingdom’s comprehensive development process. She expressed pride in the contributions of the national engineering competencies to the kingdom’s urban progress. In a statement marking the Bahrain Engineer’s Day, which is observed on October 15, Al Romaihi expressed the Housing and Urban Planning Ministry’s pride in all its affiliate engineers who are working in the kingdom’s housing cities, within Team Bahrain. She indicated that the Housing and Urban Planning Ministry is keen…

Manama : The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) conducted two joint inspection campaigns in the Muharraq and Southern Governorates on a number of shops and work sites. The campaigns resulted in reporting violations related to the Labour Market and Residency laws. The cases were referred for legal action. LMRA noted that two joint inspection campaigns were conducted in coordination with the Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) and the Governorate’s respective Police Directorate. The Labour Market Regulatory Authority renewed its call on all members of society to support the efforts of government agencies in addressing illegal labour practices, by reporting…

The actress took to her official X account, and shared that she lost her “24 carat real gold iPhone” at the stadium.The match concluded on Saturday with Team India comfortably beating its neighbours, but the actress spent after hours of the match in distress and registered an official complaint with the police at 1 a.m. on Sunday.On Sunday afternoon, she finally took to her X and put up a tweet asking for help from the netizens. She also attached a picture of the official document about the complaint of her lost phone.Explaining the unfortunate event, she wrote on X, “Lost…

The main purpose of the visit is to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation which is scheduled to be held of October 17 and 18. However during his first ever visit to Beijing after assuming duties as the head of state, President Wickremesinghe is to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and several political and business leaders.On Thursday Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry announced that Sri Lanka and the Exim Bank of China has agreed on key principles to restructure $4.2 billion loans.Having lent around $7 billion, China is Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral creditor ahead of Japan and…

The arrested accused were identified as Amit a.k.a Jolly, Rohit alias Ashwin, both residents of Haryana’s Gohana, and Manish, a resident of Delhi’s Bawana in Delhi. According to police, complainant Ravi, who resides in Gopal Nagar, told at around 8 p.m. on Friday, he was standing on the main road near his home when a white car suddenly pulled up. “Three unidentified individuals emerged from the car and forcibly placed Ravi in the vehicle, claiming to be from the Enforcement Directorate, effectively kidnapping him,” said a senior police official.Two other persons arrived in another car and brandished a pistol at…

The Indonesian Grand Prix at Mandalika turned into a grueling affair as a third of the grid suffered falls and experienced issues. Both Repsol Honda Team riders would be unfortunate victims of the former, Marc Marquez the first to fall on lap seven and Joan Mir coming off a few laps later on lap 12. Neither rider sustained any injuries in their falls.“The weekend started in a good way but then day by day, it became more complicated. Today in the race I kept calm, I was losing a little bit of ground, but I was not panicking. The aim…

The central agency sleuths have secured some definite clues of this link following the arrest of a man, identified as Varun Singh Rathor, from Naxalbari under Siliguri sub-division in Darjeeling district of West Bengal on Saturday night. Sources said that the central agency sleuths have secured crucial information about Rathor’s links with an agent network in Nepal, who were mainly responsible in trafficking Indian women, mainly from West Bengal and Sikkim, through the neighbouring country. The suspicion of the CBI on this count deepened as majority of the fake passports recovered from Rathor were that of women mainly hailing from…