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An Algerian man who had been missing for 26 years has been found in his neighbour’s house, just a few minutes’ walk away, the country’s justice ministry said Tuesday. The man only identified as Omar B. had vanished at the age of 19 during the Algerian Civil War in 1998, and his family assumed he had been kidnapped or killed. Now aged 45, he was found amid haystacks only about 200 metres (yards) away in the city of Djelfa after the captor’s brother aired grievances on social media, reportedly due to an inheritance dispute. The alleged culprit, a 61-year-old doorman…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a strong leader who has taken India to new heights and he will return as the country’s PM for a third term, a prominent Pakistani-American businessman has said. Baltimore-based Pakistani American businessman Sajid Tarar said PM Modi is not only good for India but for the region and the world and hoped that Pakistan too gets a leader like him. “Modi is a remarkable leader. He’s a natural-born leader. He is the one prime minister who has visited Pakistan in adverse circumstances and risked his political capital. I’m expecting that Modi ji will start dialogue…
A day after the US warned of “potential risk of sanctions” after India inked a 10-year agreement for running the Chabahar Port in Iran, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasised that the project will benefit the entire region and people should not take a “narrow view” of it. He also pointed out that the US itself had appreciated the larger relevance of Chabahar in the past. The EAM was speaking at an interaction after the launch of the Bangla edition of his book ‘Why Bharat Matters’ in Kolkata on Wednesday. On being asked about the US’ remarks, Mr Jaishankar said,…
The KL Rahul-Sanjiv Goenka episode has been the topic of discussion in the last one week. The Lucknow Super Giants owner’s animated discussion with skipper KL Rahul after the side’s 10-wicket loss to SunRisers Hyderabad went viral. It led to social media users slamming the industrialist, who is also the owner of Mohun Bagan Super Giant. Not only KL Rahul, Goenka could be seen having an intense discussion with LSG coach Justin Langer. Now, Justin Langer has opened up on the subject. “I was so surprised by the reaction. It was incredible. I thought about it a lot for the last…
The US Justice Department on Tuesday said Boeing can be prosecuted for two subsequent 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people approximately five years ago. Boeing breached obligations under an agreement that had shielded it against legal proceedings for the accidents, department officials said in a letter to a federal court in Texas. Boeing told AFP “we believe that we have honored the terms of that agreement” and said that it plans to defend itself. US officials said in their letter that Boeing breached its obligations under a deferred prosecution agreement (DFA) by “failing to design, implement, and enforce a…
Skipper Rishabh Pant reckons his one-match suspension probably cost Delhi Capitals a spot in the IPL playoffs as they would have had a better chance of winning the crucial game if he was on the field. Pant had to sit out the must-win clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Sunday after he was handed a one-match suspension for a third slow-over rate offence. Not only did DC lose the game but the 47-run defeat also impacted their net run rate and now they have to sit and wait for the other teams to play out their matches to find out…
Following the drubbing against Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2024 on Tuesday, Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul said that losing a lot of wickets in the powerplay was the “big reason why we are in this position” in the ongoing 17th edition of the cash-rich league. A fine bowling spell by Ishant Sharma and an incredible death overs display by Delhi Capitals (DC) bowlers neutralised a brilliant fightback by Nicholas Pooran and Arshad Khan, leading the Capitals to a 19-run win over Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Arun Jaitley Stadium on Tuesday. DC has jumped to the…
Fourteen people including senior vigilance officers were trapped after a lift collapsed at the Kolihan mine in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district late last night. Of them, three have been rescued so far from the copper mine of Hindustan Copper Limited. Efforts are on to evacuate the rest eleven still trapped inside. Doctors at the site suggest all those who were trapped are safe. However, nine ambulances have been kept on standby outside the mine for any emergency. The lift was carrying a vigilance team from Kolkata as well as mine officials. It is believed to have crashed nearly 2,000 feet inside the…
Veteran actress Zeenat Aman dedicated a lovely post to Dimple Kapadia on Tuesday afternoon and tagged Twinkle Khanna, hoping that the actor turned writer would pass on the message to her mom, who is not on social media. Twinkle Khanna, who regularly entertains fans on Instagram with her quirky posts, indeed passed on Zeenat Aman’s message to her mom. It so happened that Zeenat Aman on Tuesday, documented, in a post, how Dimple Kapadia stood by her during tough times. Hours later, Twinkle Khanna reshared the post and wrote, “What a lovely picture and Mom says thank you for your…
Nobel Prize-winning Canadian writer Alice Munro, whose exquisitely crafted tales of the loves, ambitions and travails of small-town women in her native land made her a globally acclaimed master of the short story, died on Monday at the age of 92, the Globe and Mail newspaper said on Tuesday. The Globe, citing family members, said Munro had been suffering from dementia for at least a decade. Munro published more than a dozen collections of short stories and was honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her stories explored sex, yearning, discontent, aging, moral conflict and other themes in…