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Glad key people shedding fear, breaking silence on govt decisions: Chidambaram

New Delhi, Dec 8: Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said it was heartening that persons who were in key posts in the government were “shedding their fear and breaking silence” on important policies and decisions. His reaction came a day after Lieutenant General (Retd) D S Hooda, who […]

NC delegation meets J-K Guv

Jammu, Dec 8: A senior National Conference leader Saturday expressed satisfaction over the assurance of Governor Satya Pal Malik against any attempt of “trampling with basic constitutional” framework of Jammu and Kashmir and other issues involving legalities like rotation of reserved seats and resettlement laws pending in the apex […]

Will oppose any attempt to create disunity: J&K Cong

Jammu, Dec 8: The Congress said Saturday it would oppose any attempt to create disunity in the Jammu and Kashmir society under the garb of seeking administrative facilities. The remark comes a day after Peoples Democratic Party president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti warned of an agitation if […]

California teacher arrested for forcibly cutting boy’s hair

VISALIA, Calif.— A high school teacher in central California was arrested on suspicion of felony child endangerment after forcibly cutting the hair of one of her students while singing the national anthem, authorities said. Margaret Gieszinger was arrested Wednesday after videos posted to social media showed a student […]

Chinese executive facing US extradition appears in court

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A Canadian prosecutor urged a Vancouver court to deny bail to a Chinese executive at the heart of a case that is shaking up U.S.-China relations and worrying global financial markets. Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of telecommunications giant Huawei and daughter of […]

US accuses Russia of lying on Syria attack to undermine truce

The United States and Britain accused Russia on Friday of fabricating a story about chemical weapons use by Syrian rebels and warned Moscow against undermining a shaky truce. Russia’s defense ministry said rebels fired weapons containing chlorine on November 24 on the regime-held city of Aleppo, with Syrian […]

China launches rover for first far side of the moon landing

China launched a rover early Saturday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first that would boost Beijing’s ambitions to become a space superpower, state media said. The Chang’e-4 lunar probe mission — named after the moon goddess in Chinese mythology — launched […]

Grave dilemma: South African cities short of cemetery space

In the middle of the vast Avalon cemetery in Johannesburg’s Soweto township, two gravediggers shovelled soil out of an old grave containing remains buried years ago. They were preparing the grave to be reused as towns across South Africa are fast running out of space to bury the […]

Russian offered Trump campaign ‘political’ cooperation in 2015

US prosecutors have revealed that a Russian offered cooperation to Donald Trump’s campaign as early as 2015, declaring that the president’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen had provided “relevant” and “substantial” help to the Russia investigation. In a separate case, federal prosecutors Friday demanded “substantial” jail time of between 51 […]

Six dead, dozens hurt in Italy nightclub stampede

Six people, including five teenagers, died and dozens were injured in a stampede when panic broke out during a rap concert at an Italian nightclub early Saturday. The suspected use of a pepper spray-like substance is thought to have sparked the chaos at the venue in the town […]

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