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Jaitley accuses ‘compulsive contrarians’ of subverting democracy

New Delhi : Terming opposition parties as ‘Compulsive Contrarians’, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday accused them of manufacturing falsehood and subverting democracy by weakening an elected government. Nations are built by those with positive mindsets and a national vigor, not by the ‘Compulsive Contrarians’, he said in a Facebook […]

UN chief hails ‘historic’ moment as Palestine takes over reins of G77

United Nations :  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the “historic leadership” of Palestine which assumed the chairmanship of G77, the global body’s largest intergovernmental organisation of developing countries including India. Egypt was the previous Chair of the Group of 77 (G77), a coalition of 134 members, along with China […]

Sri Lanka considers big China loan to repay foreign debts

Colombo :  Sri Lanka is considering a USD 300 million loan offer from the Bank of China as it prepares to repay foreign debts this year, a Finance Ministry official said. The government has appointed a three-member committee to negotiate the deal, according to Finance Ministry spokesman M R […]

Paraguayan firefighters get naked in calendar to raise funds

San Roque Gonzalez  : Fatima Olmedo was first to pose naked for the calendar, holding a rolled-up hose in her hands that barely covered her pregnant belly. Other volunteer firefighters then followed. There’s Jorge Leiva, who used a chain saw to cover the area south of his navel and […]

Pak SC asks Imran Khan govt to lift travel ban on opposition leaders

Islamabad :  Pakistan’s Supreme Court Thursday ordered the government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan to lift the travel ban imposed on opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and the Sindh Chief Minister, and asked the country’s anti-corruption body to probe their involvement in Rs 35 billion ‘fake accounts case’. As […]

Gulab Chand Kataria appointed leader of opposition in Rajasthan Assembly

Jaipur : Senior BJP legislator Gulab Chand Kataria was on Thursday appointed the leader of opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly. Speaker C P Joshi informed the House that the BJP’s proposal to appoint Kataria as the leader of opposition has been accepted. The 74-year-old Kataria is an eight-time MLA. […]

Man killed in celebratory firing in UP’s Shamli

Muzaffarnagar : A 20-year-old man was killed after being hit by a celebratory gunshot fired at the wedding of a district panchayat member’s son in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, police said Thursday. The man, identified as Suraj Kumar, was critically injured in the firing at the […]

Cold wave continues in Punjab, Haryana; Amritsar coldest at 0.4 deg C

Chandigarh :  Cold wave continued unabated in most parts of Punjab and Haryana with Amritsar shivering at 0.4 degrees Celsius, the MeT department said on Thursday. In Punjab, Adampur recorded a low of 1.7 degrees Celsius, Halwara 1.9, Bathinda 3 and Faridkot 3.2 degrees Celsius. The weatherman said the […]

Shah doing well, will be discharged in a day or two: BJP

New Delhi :  BJP president Amit Shah, who was admitted to AIIMS Wednesday for swine flu treatment, is doing well and will be discharged in a day or two, the party said Thursday. “National President of BJP, Amit Shah ji, is doing well. He will be discharged in a […]

Five killed in separate road mishaps in UP’s Badaun

Badaun (UP) : Five people have died in three separate accidents in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district, police said Thursday. On Wednesday night, two motorcycles collided, killing three men on the spot at Raj Takauli village, Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Jitendra Kumar Srivastava said, adding that the deceased were […]

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