Month: April 2019

Two arrested for posting wrong info on SC website

New Delhi :  Two Supreme Court staffers have been arrested for allegedly posting wrong information on the apex court’s website related to a case involving Reliance Communications chairman Anil Ambani, police sources said Monday. The duo allegedly uploaded an order, which said Ambani’s presence in a case had been […]

Minority community in Goa will vote for BJP: Sawant

Panaji :  Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday expressed confidence that members from the minority community in the coastal state will vote for the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Sawant said the minority community voters were aware of how Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the nation […]

2 liquor smugglers arrested in UP’s Meerut

Lucknow :  Two members of a liquor-smuggling gang were arrested by police in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district, officials said Monday. Acting on a tip-off, Special Task Force sleuths arrested Vijay Dabas and Kapil Gurjar on Sunday from Daurala area of Meerut with 760 bottles of liquor, they said. The […]

Against the tide: Thai ‘floating temple’ defies coastal erosion

As sea waters slowly rose around his temple and his neighbours fled inland, Thai abbot Somnuek Atipanyo refused to budge and is today a symbol of the fight to restore the country’s fast-eroding coastlines. A dangerous combination of climate change, industrial farming and rapid urbanisation are endangering the […]

US calls for halt to Libya offensive as clashes rage

The US on Sunday appealed for an “immediate halt” to a military offensive by Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, as fighting raged near Tripoli despite a UN call for a ceasefire. Haftar’s forces and the UN-backed unity government exchanged air strikes Sunday, three days after Haftar launched an offensive […]

France awaits results from Macron’s ‘Great National Debate’

Over three months, France’s “Great National Debate” has led to 10,000 local meetings, around two million online contributions and 100 hours of presidential talking. On Monday, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe begins trying to make sense of it all. The debate was launched in January by President Emmanuel Macron […]

Thousands-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus opened on live TV

A sarcophagus containing an Egyptian high priest was opened on live TV Sunday during a special two-hour broadcast by the American channel Discovery. “Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live” aired from the site outside Minya, which is along the Nile River south of Cairo and its Giza pyramids. Archeologists recently […]

Nissan shareholders sack ex-chief Ghosn

Nissan shareholders voted Monday to eject Carlos Ghosn from the board, as the detained former chairman fights multiple financial misconduct charges that have landed him in custody. The extraordinary shareholders’ meeting at a Tokyo hotel was the first such gathering since the stunning arrest of the 65-year-old auto […]

Thousands protest outside Sudan army HQ in face of tear gas: witnesses

Thousands of Sudanese protesters braved tear gas Monday to keep demonstrating for a third day outside army headquarters as they urged the military to back calls for President Omar al-Bashir to quit, witnesses said. Since protests erupted across Sudan in December agents of the powerful National Intelligence and […]

Sudan army deploys as protesters keep pressure on Bashir: witnesses

Sudan’s army deployed around its Khartoum headquarters Monday as thousands of protesters urging the military to join calls for leader Omar al-Bashir’s resignation defied tear gas to demonstrate for a third day, witnesses said. Since protests erupted across Sudan in December agents of the powerful National Intelligence and […]

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