WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was freed by a court on the U.S. Pacific island territory of Saipan on Wednesday after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law, in a deal that will see him return home to Australia. During the three-hour hearing, Assange pled guilty to one criminal count of conspiring to obtain and disclose…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation twice this week in the alleged liquor policy case. Mr Kejriwal was questioned on Monday by the central probe agency and then again on Tuesday in the Tihar jail for more than an hour. The Aam Aadmi Party chief is currently in…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon on Tuesday, warning that a conflict between Israel and Hezbollah could spark a regional war and urging a diplomatic solution. More than eight months of war in Gaza has heightened tensions across the region, with Israeli forces and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah…
UPSC CAPF AC Exam Schedule 2024: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the exam schedule for the Central Armed Police Forces (ACs) Examination. The exam aims to fill a total of 506 AC positions in various paramilitary forces such as Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force…
Author-philanthropist and Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty on Tuesday said that she had once received a phone call from former president APJ Abdul Kalam, which she thought was made to her by “mistake”. Taking to her official X account, she posted a picture of Mr Kalam conferring her Padma Shri award in 2006 and said…
Israel will “soon” roll out a plan to replace Hamas governance in northern Gaza, Israeli National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi said on Tuesday. Speaking at Reichman University’s annual Herzliya Conference, Hanegbi said that the collapse of Hamas’s military ability to rule will open opportunities “for countries that want to see a governing alternative to Hamas…
India has advised its citizens in Kenya to exercise utmost caution and restrict non-essential movement amid violent protests in the East African nation against the government’s proposed tax hikes. “In view of the prevailing tense situation, all Indians in Kenya are advised to exercise utmost caution, restrict non-essential movement and avoid the areas affected by…
Today’s election for the post of the Lok Sabha Speaker, already tilted in the government’s favour, can push the Opposition further down, with five of its 232 MPs yet to take oath. The oath pending, they cannot vote in the election, sources have told NDTV. The list includes stalwarts like Congress’s Shashi Tharoor and Trinamool…
The contest will be between the BJP’s Om Birla, three-time MP from Rajasthan’s Kota and the Speaker in the last Lok Sabha and Congress’s eight-term MP from Kerala’s Mavelikara, K Suresh. The BJP is seen to have picked Mr Birla to reinforce the message of continuity.The Speaker is elected by simple majority taking into account…
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will fly to the Australian capital Canberra within hours following a plea deal to set him free, the whistleblower website said Wednesday. “Expected to depart in 2 hours, 58 minutes. To Canberra, Australia,” WikiLeaks said in a social media post, as Assange faced court in the Pacific US territory of the…