Day: December 25, 2018

Ganai urges stakeholders to contribute in projecting Kashmir as world’s top tourism destination

open view web desk SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 25: Advisor to Governor, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai on Tuesday said that the government will provide all possible assistance to the tourism stakeholders in their efforts to project Kashmir as world’s top tourism destination. In an interactive session with tourists and tourism players […]

Strengthening Wakf needs societal involvement, accountability: Advisor Ganai

open view web desk SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 25: Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai on Tuesday said that there is dire need of strengthening the Wakf Board as it will ensure the growth of Wakf institutions in the State. Advisor Ganai along with newly appointed Vice-Chairman of the […]

Three more arrested in Beed ‘honour killing’ case

Beed (Maha), Dec 25: Three more persons were arrested in connection with the suspected honour killing case of a 25-year-old man in Beed district of Maharashtra, police said Tuesday. Among them, Balaji Landge and Sanket Wagh, key accused in the case, were nabbed Monday from Amravati district of the […]

Army jawan ‘kills’ colleague in Doda

Jammu, Dec 25: An Army jawan allegedly shot dead his colleague following a spat with him in an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, police said Tuesday. “Army Havialdar Rajesh Dakua was fired upon by his colleague at an army camp in Bhaderwah last night. He was […]

Court orders bail for Nissan executive linked to Ghosn case

A Tokyo court on Tuesday granted bail for a Nissan executive accused of a key role in the financial misconduct case involving auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn, who remains in detention. The Tokyo District Court said it had approved a request by lawyers for Greg Kelly and set bail […]

US judge orders N.Korea to pay $501 mln over dead American

A US judge on Monday ordered North Korea to pay $501 million over the death of American Otto Warmbier, concluding that the university student likely suffered torture. The penalties, which North Korea is highly unlikely to pay willingly, come in the midst of a diplomatic drive by President […]

Mexican governor, senator killed in helicopter crash

The governor of the Mexican state of Puebla and her husband, a senator and former governor, were killed on Monday in a helicopter crash, the country’s president said. “My deepest condolences to the relatives of Senator Rafael Moreno Valle and his wife, governor of Puebla Martha Erika Alonso,” […]

Attackers hit Libya foreign ministry, killing at least three

Suicide attackers stormed the Libyan foreign ministry in the capital Tripoli on Tuesday, killing at least three people including a senior civil servant, the authorities said. Ten other people were wounded in what the foreign ministry said was a suicide attack carried out by “terrorists”. A car bomb […]

Prayers, fear in tsunami-struck Indonesian towns as toll tops 400

A small Christmas service was held near a stretch of Indonesia’s tsunami-struck coastline Tuesday, as panicked residents in one coastal town tried to flee after rumours spread that another deadly wave was about to smash into the coast. It turned out to be a false alarm, but widespread […]

See differences as asset, not danger, pope says in Christmas message

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, in his Christmas message to the world, urged people on Tuesday to see differences as a source of richness instead of danger and called for reconciliation in places torn apart by conflict. Francis delivered the traditional papal “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city […]

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