HONG KONG — One of the world’s busiest airports canceled all flights after thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators crowded into Hong Kong’s main terminal Monday, while the central government in Beijing issued an ominous characterization of the protest movement as something approaching “terrorism.” The extreme action by the largely […]
NEW YORK — The details of how Jeffrey Epstein died in his Manhattan jail cell over the weekend have yet to be released, but medical officials have performed an autopsy on the high-profile inmate accused of sexually abusing underage girls.Full Coverage: Jeffrey Epstein Epstein’s abrupt death Saturday cut short […]
Islamabad, Aug 12: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday asked Opposition parties to come together on Kashmir, saying the country should have a united stand on the issue. Addressing the media in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir where he celebrated Eid al-Adha and visited a refugee camp, Qureshi […]
Ahmedabad, Aug 12: India’s second moon mission ‘Chandrayaan-2’ is expected to reach the moon’s orbit on August 20 and land on the lunar surface on September 7, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K Sivan said on Monday. The spacecraft is all set to leave the earth’s orbit […]
New Delhi, Aug 12: The customary exchange of sweets between the BSF and Pakistan Rangers along the International Border did not take place on the occasion of Eid on Monday as the neighbouring country refused to send its personnel, officials said. There has been fresh strain in ties between […]
Kolkata, Aug 12: Questioning West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s criticism of IT notices served to Durga Puja committees, the BJP on Monday accused a section of ruling TMC leaders of laundering money allegedly looted in chit fund scams through the puja committees. Banerjee had on Sunday criticised the […]
Wayanad (Ker), Aug 12: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited flood-hit areas in his Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, including worst-hit Puthumala, and urged the Centre to “aggressively support” the people hit by floods and landslides in Southern states. “It is a tragedy not only for Wayanad, but for […]
Srinagar, Aug 12: Farooq Khan, an advisor to the governor of Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday offered Eid-al-Adha prayers at a mosque in the city where devotees apprised him about the problems being faced by them due to the restrictions imposed in the state, sources said. He offered prayers […]
Badaun (UP), Aug 12: At least 12 ‘kanwariya’ were on Monday injured, one of them seriously, when they were attacked by a group of people who objected to their playing loud music outside an Idgah here on Badaun-Bisauli road while Eid prayers were being offered, police said. The incident […]
Srinagar/Jammu, Aug 12: Barring stray protests, Eid-al-Adha prayers on Monday morning at various mosques in Jammu and Kashmir concluded peacefully, officials said, but the festive buzz was missing with curfew-like restrictions in place across the state According to the Union Home Ministry, people came out in good numbers to […]
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