HONG KONG – Thousands of Hong Kong protesters on Sunday sang the Star Spangled Banner and called on U.S. President Donald Trump to “liberate” the Chinese-ruled city, before violence broke out in the latest in a three-month series of clashes and unrest. The protest started peacefully but fell […]
KABUL – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani urged the Taliban on Sunday to end violence and talk directly to his government after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he had cancelled a planned meeting with the insurgent group over a draft peace accord. “Real peace will come when Taliban agree […]
TORONTO – The cast and crew of ‘Hustlers,’ a movie about strippers in New York City, hit the red carpet for the film’s premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday, and their main message was the empowering experience of working on a female-led project. ‘Hustlers’ stars Jennifer […]
SRINAGAR – India on Sunday imposed curfews in several parts of the contested Kashmir region, after clashes between security forces and Shi’ite Muslims taking part in a procession, officials and eyewitnesses said. At least 12 locals and six troops were injured on Saturday evening, officials told Reuters, as […]
GOALPARA, India – Across a river in a remote part of India’s northeast, labourers have cleared dense forest in an area equivalent to about seven soccer fields and are building the first mass detention centre for illegal immigrants. The camp in the lush, tea-growing state of Assam is […]
New Delhi, Sep 8: The draft for the Centre’s National Education Policy (NEP) is a “good wishful” document but there is no roadmap for how the changes will be implemented, according to Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. Sisodia, who is also Delhi’s Education minister, said sans a step-wise […]
Bhubaneswar, Sep 8: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Minister Pratap Sarangi on Sunday condoled the demise of eminent jurist and former Union Minister Ram Jethmalani. While Patnaik described Jethmalani as a veteran lawyer, Union Minister of State for MSME Pratap Sarangi said the passing away of the […]
New Delhi, Sep 8: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said the Modi government is mum after “ruining the economy” and alleged that it is trying to hide the grim situation in the country. Her attack came as the Modi government completed 100 days in office in […]
Bengaluru, Sep 8: The Chandrayaan-2s Vikram module has been located on the Lunar surface and it must have been a hard-landing, ISRO chairman K Sivan said on Sunday, in an admission that the planned soft-landing wasnt successful. Yes, we have located the lander on the Lunar surface. It must […]
New Delhi, Sep 8: Eminent jurist and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani passed away on Sunday at the age of 95, his family members said. Jethmalani breathed his last at 7.45 am at his official residence in New Delhi, his son Mahesh Jethmalani told PTI. Mahesh and other close […]
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