Month: January 2019

India and Mongolia Sign a Powerful MoU at ICMEI

NOIDA, India,  ICMEI Enhances the Relation between India and Mongolia India and Mongolia moved further in their relationship and will work together in the promotion of art and culture as the Embassy of Mongolia and International Chamber of Media and Entertainment Industry signed a MoU to enhance the […]

2 grenade attacks on security forces in Kashmir

Srinagar : Militants carried out two grenade attacks on security forces in Kashmir, including one in the Lal Chowk area of the city, on Friday but there were no reports of any casualty, police said. The ultras lobbed a grenade at a CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) bunker at […]

UP govt nod to quota for poor among upper castes

Lucknow :  The Uttar Pradesh government Friday approved 10 per cent reservation for economically backward among upper castes in jobs and educational institutions. The nod was given at a meeting here of the state cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, senior cabinet minister and UP government spokesperson […]

TMC eyes Delhi, says its mega rally will sound BJP’s death knell

Kolkata :  With an eye on Delhi, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is all geared up for Saturday’s “united opposition rally”, which party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said would sound the “death knell” for the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha polls. Leaders of over 20 […]

Key moments in Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution

Forty years ago, Iran’s ruling shah left his nation for the last time and an Islamic Revolution overthrew the vestiges of his caretaker government. The effects of the 1979 revolution, including the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the ensuing hostage crisis, have reverberated through decades […]

Shah of Iran modernized his nation but vacillated in crisis

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — At the height of his power in 1971, Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi drew world leaders to a wind-swept luxury tent city, offering a lavish banquet of food flown in from Paris to celebrate 2,500 years of Persian monarchy in the ruins of […]

Slain mayor lies in state at Solidarity museum in Poland

WARSAW, Poland  — The slain mayor of Gdansk lay in state Thursday at a museum devoted to Poland’s pro-democracy Solidarity movement, which started in a local shipyard and the late city leader was active in as a student. Residents lined up to file past the coffin of Mayor […]

Airports, customs, trade: Europe preps for a chaotic Brexit

PARIS  — One by one, European Union nations are spending millions, hiring thousands of workers and issuing emergency decrees to cope with the increasingly likely possibility that Britain will leave the bloc on March 29 without a plan. A no-deal Brexit could shake up the rest of the […]

Prince Philip, queen’s husband, uninjured after car accident

LONDON  — Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, Prince Philip, was involved in a car crash Thursday while driving in rural England but was not injured. Buckingham Palace said Philip, 97, was checked by a doctor after the accident and determined to be fine. The palace said the two-car accident […]

Thousands protest against al-Bashir’s rule across Sudan

CAIRO  — Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets Thursday in cities across Sudan, including the capital, where activists said two people were killed in clashes between police and protesters attempting to reach the presidential palace to demand longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir step down. The protests, called for […]

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