Day: May 26, 2019

Surat fire: 2 more persons arrested

11:35 pm May 26, 2019

Surat: Two persons who were on the run in connection with the devastating fire in a coaching class in Surat which killed 22 students were Sunday arrested, police said. They were identified as Harshul Vekharia and Jignesh Paghdal, and their arrests come a day after coaching class owner Bhargav Butani was held, an official said. […]

BJP's 'Aar Noi Annay' campaign marred by sporadic violence, party demands President's Rule

BJP supporter killed in Tripura

11:31 pm May 26, 2019

Agartala: A supporter of the ruling BJP was killed in Tripura’s West Tripura district, police said on Sunday. The BJP alleged that the CPI(M) had a hand in the death of its supporter, but the communist party denied the allegation. “A BJP karyakarta was murdered at Banikya Chowmuhani area on Saturday night. We have report […]

P S Golay to take oath as new Sikkim CM on Monday

6:54 pm May 26, 2019

Gangtok: Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) president Prem Singh Tamang, popularly known as P S Golay, will take oath as the new chief minister of Sikkim on Monday, a Raj Bhavan source said on Sunday. The 51-year-old Golay will be administered the oath of office by Governor Ganga Prasad at a function at Paljor Stadium at […]

Pak PM Imran pitches for border markets with Afghanistan, Iran

Imran Khan speaks to PM Modi, expresses desire to work together: FO

6:48 pm May 26, 2019

Islamabad: Breaking the ice in bilateral ties, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday spoke to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and expressed his desire to work together for the betterment of their peoples, the Foreign Office said here. Khan’s telephone call to Modi came days after the cricketer-turned-politician congratulated on Twitter the Indian Prime […]

Lockdown: Goa churches, mosques not to reopen from Jun 8

Priests slam church head in Kerala over forgery case

6:35 pm May 26, 2019

Kochi: A crisis loomed large over Kerala’s influential Syro-Malabar Catholic Church with priests of an Archdiocese reading out a circular during Sunday mass in churches under its jurisdiction blaming Church head Cardinal George Alencherry over a criminal case filed against a section of priests. The “unprecedented” move by the priests comes days after they came […]