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Geneva : The World Health Organization chief warned Friday that growing unrest in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was disrupting efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak, threatening gains made in fighting the deadly virus. The security situation in the Ebola-hit Beni and Butembo areas has deteriorated since Thursday […]
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia’s new foreign minister struck a note of defiance Friday in the face of international outrage over critic Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, rejecting the kingdom was in crisis and his predecessor had been demoted. Ibrahim al-Assaf, a former veteran finance minister who was briefly detained last year […]
Washington : US national security advisor John Bolton said Friday he would visit Turkey and Israel to coordinate on Syria, after President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw all US forces. Bolton said he would head in January to both Turkey — which has enthusiastically backed Trump’s sudden move — […]
New Delhi : Eighty-six institutes were granted minority status certificate this year as opposed to 595 last year, the Minister of State for Human Resource Development has informed the Rajya Sabha. This year, 1,017 cases were registered for grant of minority status certificate, and 931 cases are pending as […]
New Delhi : The contentious ‘triple talaq’ bill is likely to face stiff resistance from opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha which are united in their demand for sending the legislation to the Select Committee for further scrutiny. Sources said the numbers are stacked slightly in favour of the […]
New Delhi : Lok Sabha on Friday adopted a resolution on imposition of President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir, with the Centre asserting that it was committed to democratic process in the state after the Opposition termed the decision to dissolve the Assembly as “unconstitutional”. The Statutory Resolution on […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Democrats are trading blame for the partial government shutdown but doing little substantive talking with each other as the disruption in federal services and public employees’ pay slogs into another weekend. Trump upped the brinkmanship by threatening anew to close the border […]
Jamshedpur : Buoyed by increase in tourist footfall over the recent years, the Jharkhand government is building a “Santhal village” in East Singhbhum district to promote the lifestyle and traditions of the community. The tribal hamlet is being set up at a cost of Rs 2.35 crore,under National Rurban […]
Jaipur : After being reduced to just 21 seats in the last assembly elections, the Congress bounced back in Rajasthan in 2018. This was also the year when the Zika virus struck, the law caught up with actor Salman Khan and godman Asaram Bapu, and a man was beaten […]
Jammu : A low-intensity explosion rocked the main bus stand here, with the police suspecting that a grenade was lobbed to target the police station building in the vicinity, police officials said Saturday. No casualties were reported in the explosion that occurred around midnight, the officials said. Quoting preliminary […]
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