Month: November 2019

Pak violates ceasefire along IB in J-K’s Kathua

Jammu, Nov 4: Pakistani rangers on Monday targeted forward posts with small fire arms along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. There was no report of any casualty or damage in the firing, they said. The unprovoked firing from across the border in Manyari-Chorgali […]

4 dead as van falls into gorge in J&K’s Kathua

Jammu, Nov 4: Four employees were killed when a cash transportation van of a bank skidded off the road and fell into a 400-foot gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Monday, police said. The accident took place at Madole when the driver of the cash van of […]

India will not join RCEP trade deal in blow to sprawling Asian pact

India said Monday it would not join a sprawling Asian trade pact, dealing a blow to the China-backed deal at the end of a Bangkok summit held against a backdrop of global growth fears. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was meant to account for 30 percent of […]

Fake news? No jobs? Prospective journalists soldier on

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Daily Orange isn’t daily anymore. The student-run newspaper that has covered Syracuse University since 1903, and trained generations of journalists, now prints three issues per week. Editor-in-chief Haley Robertson wonders where she’ll find advertisers, worries about firing friends, and searches for alumni donors who […]

Iran spins more centrifuges on US Embassy crisis anniversary

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Monday broke further away from its collapsing 2015 nuclear deal with world powers by doubling the number of advanced centrifuges it operates, linking the decision to U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the agreement over a year ago. The announcement — which also […]

Scores injured, one critical in chaotic weekend of Hong Kong protests

HONG KONG – Scores of people were injured in Hong Kong during a chaotic weekend of anti-government protests that left one man in a critical condition, authorities said on Monday, and China called for a tougher stance to end months of unrest. Twelve police officers were also injured […]

One dead, 45 injured in grenade attack in Kashmir’s Srinagar – sources

SRINAGAR – One person died and at least 45 were injured on Monday in a grenade attack in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar, Indian officials said, in the bloodiest incident since New Delhi stripped the region of special status on Aug. 5. The injured, including three Indian […]

Delhi banishes some cars in bid to curb hazardous air pollution

NEW DELHI – Authorities in capital New Delhi banished from the roads cars with number plates ending in an odd number on Monday in a bid to cut hazardous air pollution shrouding the city. With toxic smog blanketing the streets, the U.S. Embassy air quality index, which measures […]

Delhi HC orders judicial inquiry into clash between police and lawyers at Tis Hazari court

New Delhi, Nov 3: The Delhi High Court on Sunday ordered judicial inquiry by one of its retired judges into the clash between lawyers and police at Tis Hazari court complex here. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar, which sat on Sunday […]

Sensex hits record peak of 40,435; Nifty nears 12K

Mumbai, Nov 4: Market benchmark BSE Sensex rallied over 269 points to hit its intra-day peak of 40,434.83 in early trade on Monday led by gains in ICICI Bank, RIL, ITC, TCS and HDFC Bank amid positive global cues and unabated foreign fund inflow. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty […]

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