Month: November 2018

AMU students celebrated Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi

ALIGARH NOVEMBER 21:The Students of Aligarh Muslim University participated in the Juloos-e-Mohammadi today in huge numbers. The participants were seen holding flags with slogans like “Allaho Akbar” and “Labbaik Ya Rasulallah”. The international theme of love and peace “Rouhamaa o Bainahum” was also propagated by the students in […]

PDP, NC, Cong have agreed to an alliance to form govt, says PDP leader Altaf Bukhari

Srinagar, Nov 21:  The PDP, National Conference and Congress have agreed to join hands to form a new government in Jammu and Kashmir, senior PDP leader Altaf Bukhari said here on Wednesday. The businessman-turned-politician said around 60 MLAs were supporting the proposed alliance in the 87-member House. “The leaders […]

PDP, NC and Congress ready to Join Hands

Srinagar, November 21: The government formation is taking new turns with each passing day. The Grand Alliance of the three mainstream parties, National conference (NC), People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Indian National Congress (INC) being the most talked about as PDP and Congress are planning to join hands to form […]

After Xi visit Japan, Philippines meet to advance infrastructure plans

MANILA – Philippine government ministers met with a top adviser of Japan’s prime minister on Wednesday, in a effort to move forward major infrastructure projects, just hours after a visit by the Chinese president pledging to do the same. Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has made a $180 billion […]

Afghans try to identify group behind attack on clerics, toll climbs to 55

KABUL – Afghan authorities were struggling on Wednesday to identify the group behind a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 55 people at a gathering of religious scholars in Kabul after the Taliban denied any responsibility. The victims included religious delegates from various parts of the country, […]

Jobless Indian man says he raped and killed nine children: police

NEW DELHI – A jobless 20-year-old Indian man has confessed to raping and killing at least nine girls aged between three and seven in New Delhi, the capital, and three other cities over the past two years, police said on Wednesday. The case spotlights the number of young […]

Turkey accuses U.S. of turning blind eye to Saudi killing of Khashoggi

ISTANBUL – Turkey accused the United States on Wednesday of trying to turn a blind eye to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, and dismissed comments from President Donald Trump on the issue as “comic”. Trump vowed on Tuesday to remain a “steadfast partner” of […]

American killed on remote Indian island off-limits to visitors

PORT BLAIR – An American visiting one of the islands in India’s remote cluster of Andaman and Nicobar has been killed by a group of hunter-gatherers who live there isolated from the outside world, two police officials said on Wednesday. The North Sentinel Island is out of bounds […]

“13 Reasons Why” may up suicide risk among vulnerable teens: Study

Washington, Nov 20:  A significant proportion of suicidal teens treated in a psychiatric emergency department said that watching the popular web-series “13 Reasons Why” had increased their suicide risk, a US study has found. The hit drama, which centres around a 17-year-old student who recorded cassettes that detail 13 […]

PM Modi making ‘fun’ of demonetisation-hit farmers: Rahul

New Delhi, Nov 21: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday claimed that demonetisation had “destroyed” the lives of farmers and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making “fun” of their plight during his poll campaigns. Taking to Twitter, he cited a media report that claimed the agriculture ministry has admitted […]

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