Srinagar, Dec 11: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday said the results in the assembly polls to five states have shown that political awakening is on the rise in the country as people have rejected the communal politics. The Congress was on Tuesday set to wrest Rajasthan and Chattisgarh […]
Formed in the shadow of Mount Everest, the turquoise depths of Nepal’s Imja glacial lake would be a breathtaking miracle of nature to behold — were they not a portent of catastrophic floods. Scientists warn that as climate change causes Himalayan glaciers to melt at an alarming rate, […]
Everyone did well from Nary’s marriage to a Chinese man, except the young Cambodian bride herself, who returned home from the six-year ordeal destitute, humiliated and with little prospect of seeing her son again. Her brother ran away with $3,000 after cajoling the then 17-year-old to leave Cambodia […]
A former Bahrain national footballer with Australian refugee status must remain in detention in Thailand as he awaits possible extradition, a Bangkok court said Tuesday, as campaigners say they fear he could be “tortured” if returned to the Gulf state. Hakeem Alaraibi says he was arrested and beaten […]
Fiji centre Jale Vatubua has committed his immediate future to Pau after extending his contract to 2022, the French Top 14 side announced on Tuesday. The 27-year-old has been with Pau since arriving in France in 2012 and has now scored 13 tries in 98 matches for the […]
India’s rupee plunged on Tuesday after the country’s central bank chief quit following a dispute with the government that analysts say raises fears about its independence. Urjit Patel stood down as governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday evening following months of tensions with Prime […]
Mumbai, Dec 11: Legendary actor Dilip Kumar, who turned 96 Tuesday, will have a quiet birthday with family and close friends, his wife Saira Banu said. For the past few years, the actor has not been keeping well so there are no elaborate plans, she said. “We are not […]
New Delhi, Dec 11: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will hear in January second week a plea seeking steps to curb pollution in Delhi-NCR caused by stubble burning in neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana. A bench of justices A K Sikri, Ashok Bhushan and S […]
BEIJING — China’s foreign minister vowed Tuesday to protect its citizens abroad as a Canadian court decided whether to release a technology executive on bail in a case that has riled U.S.-Chinese relations. Beijing will “spare no effort” to protect against “any bullying that infringes the legitimate rights […]
ROME — Italian prosecutors said Monday they have placed eight people, including one minor, under investigation in connection with a stampede at a packed nightclub that killed six people, five of them teenagers. Authorities stressed that the investigation was just beginning. Investigators are seeking more information about security […]
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