Chandigarh, Feb 28: Three young women died when a fire broke out at a house in Chandigarh on Saturday, police said. The women, aged 19-22, were staying as paying guests on thr first floor of the building in Sector 32, Chandigarh Superintendent of Police Vineet Kumar said. Four fire […]
New Delhi, Feb 22: Manipur University Vice Chancellor Adya Prasad Pandey was dismissed by the government following complaints of financial and administrative irregularities, according to an HRD Ministry order. The human resource development (HRD) ministry on Friday dismissed Pandey after an inquiry. In an inquiry report, he was found […]
Jammu, Feb 22: The Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday arrested one more person allegedly involved in swindling crores of rupees by fraudulent means from gullible people in Poonch district last year. Six people, including main accused Tariq Mehmood, were arrested last year in connection with […]
A week-long, partial truce appeared to be largely holding across Afghanistan on Saturday, with jubilant civilians celebrating in the streets to mark a potentially historic turning point in the war, even as isolated attacks threatened to undermine the process. The Taliban, US and Afghan forces have all agreed […]
Conservatives took an early lead Saturday as the first results of Iran’s parliamentary election came in, boosted by a predicted low turnout following the disqualification of nearly half the candidates. Friday’s election followed months of steeply escalating tensions between Iran and its decades-old arch foe the United States. […]
KABUL – Afghans on Saturday welcomed the pledge by the Taliban and U.S to reduce violence, despite uncertainty looming over the war-torn country. Saturday was the first morning of a seven-day “reduced violence” period that is meant to lead to an agreement between the United States and the […]
WASHINGTON – Trump administration officials on Friday acknowledged that U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to India next week will not result in even a limited trade deal, saying they still have major concerns over India’s trade barriers. Hopes that the world’s two largest democracies could negotiate a “confidence […]
BEIJING – China reported a sharp decrease in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus on Saturday but a doubling of infections in South Korea and 10 new cases in Iran added to unease about its rapid spread and global reach. Mainland China had 397 new confirmed cases […]
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump will raise the issue of religious freedom in India during his meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week, a senior administration official said, a sensitive subject for the Indian government. Modi’s government has faced large-scale protests at home and criticism abroad […]
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