Day: March 11, 2019

Choose between Mahatma’s India and Godse’s India: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Mar 11: The choice is between Mahatma Gandhi’s India or Godse’s India with love on one hand and hate on the other, Congress president Rahul Gandhi told his party’s booth workers here on Monday, a day after the Lok Sabha elections were announced. In an all out […]

China’s Yi: Envoys discussed avoiding currency as trade tool

Beijing :  American and Chinese envoys discussed sticking to promises to avoid “competitive devaluation” to boost exports during negotiations aimed at ending a tariff war, China’s central bank governor said Sunday. Yi Gang gave no indication the two sides reached any agreements beyond previous commitments made at meetings of […]

Govt cancels sixth, seventh rounds of coal mines auction

New Delhi :  The Centre has cancelled the sixth and seventh rounds of coal mines auction under which it was planning to put on sale 19 blocks. The coal ministry in a notice to the bidders said that “the 6th Tranche and 7th Tranche of auction stands cancelled.” However, […]

Earthquake hits central part of Alaska; no damage reported

Fairbanks :  The Alaska Earthquake Center says a small quake has hit the central part of the state. The centre says the magnitude 3.7 earthquake hit an area 29 kilometers south of Fairbanks, the state’s second-largest city, at 2.39 pm (local time) on Saturday. The earthquake had a depth […]

Twelve dead in Colombia plane crash

Bogota : A plane crash in Colombia killed 12 people on Saturday, including a mayor and her family, aviation and emergency services said. The Douglas DC-3 aircraft, an American-made twin-engine propeller plane that was first produced in the 1930s, crashed in the centre-east of the country on a flight […]

More than 80 injured in Japan ferry accident

Tokyo : A ferry collided with what apparently was a marine animal off a Japanese island, injuring more than 80 people, local media reported. The accident happened just after noon Saturday off Sado Island, Kyodo News agency reported, citing Japan’s coast guard. Five of the injuries were serious and […]

Democracy, DPRK style: North Korea holds election

Pyongyang :  North Koreans go to the polls Sunday for an election in which there can be only one winner. Leader Kim Jong Un’s ruling Workers’ Party has an iron grip on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, as the isolated, nuclear-armed country is officially known. But every five […]

China protests US criticism of policies on religion

Hong Kong :  China has issued a protest over remarks the US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom made criticising Beijing’s polices toward Muslim and Tibetan Buddhist minorities and saying the country was “at war with faith.” The foreign ministry’s office in Hong Kong said the speech Sam Brownback gave […]

‘BJP fanning communal passions ahead of LS polls’

Muzaffarnagar :  Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh has accused the BJP of creating communal tension in the country ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. The former union minister said that the Grand Alliance of RLD, Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will defeat the […]

Encounter breaks out in J-K’s Pulwama

Srinagar :  An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Pinglish area of Tral in south Kashmir district after receiving specific intelligence input about presence of the militants in […]

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