Jammu, Dec 30: National Conference provincial president Devender Singh Rana Sunday slammed the BJP for opposing regional autonomy to different regions of Jammu and Kashmir, asking what it had to offer to empower people and meeting their aspirations. “BJP is suffering from a peculiar mind block which does not […]
Karimnagar (Tel), Dec 30: The number of cases of crime against women went up in Karimnagar district of Telangana in 2018, the police said Sunday. While 501 cases of crime against women had been registered in 2017, this year the number increased to 645, showing a rise of 28 […]
Jaipur, Dec 30: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has directed health department officials to check the spread of swine flu in the state with special focus on the five districts where the number of cases has seen a spurt in recent months. During a high-level meeting, the chief minister […]
Jammu, Dec 30: Uttar Pradesh transport minister Swatantra Dev Singh Sunday met Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik here and invited him to attend the upcoming Kumbh Mela, an official said. One of the largest religious gatherings in the world, the Kumbh Mela will be held at Triveni […]
Varanasi (UP), Dec 30: Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday termed as unfortunate the killing of a policeman in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district and said strict action would be taken against those involved in the incident. Suresh Pratap Singh Vats (48), a head constable, was killed Saturday when protesters […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was firing Twitter barbs at Democrats this weekend as talks to end a weeklong partial government shutdown remained at a stalemate. Trump was cooped up in the White House after canceling a vacation to his private Florida club. As the disruption in federal […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to meet the South’s President Moon Jae-in “frequently” next year to discuss denuclearisation of the peninsula in a rare letter sent to Seoul, Moon’s office said Sunday. The leader of the isolated North met with Moon three times this year — […]
French Resistance hero Georges Loinger, who used his ingenuity and athletic prowess to save the lives of hundreds of Jewish children during World War II, has died at the age of 108. A talented athlete and cousin of the famous mime artist and fellow Resistance member Marcel Marceau, […]
From soul diva Aretha Franklin to astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and former UN chief Kofi Annan, here are some of the notable figures who passed away in 2018: – January – – 15: Dolores O’Riordan, singer-songwriter of Irish band The Cranberries, drowned accidentally in a hotel bath aged 46. […]
After a year of record bloodshed, Afghans are bracing for an even deadlier 2019 with the threat of a US drawdown and a looming presidential vote likely to fuel violence. President Donald Trump’s plan to slash the number of US soldiers in Afghanistan before negotiators have struck a […]
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