Day: August 10, 2019

Prepared to defeat & deter any seaborne threat with full force: Indian Navy

6:48 pm August 10, 2019

New Delhi: The Indian Navy on Saturday said it is on high alert and prepared to defeat and deter any seaborne threat with full force. Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff Murlidhar Pawar said that coastal security measures have been stepped up and forces are keeping a tight vigil to thwart any misadventure by anyone. […]

Dalits protest demolition of Delhi’s Guru Ravidas temple

6:36 pm August 10, 2019

Phagwara: Amid reports of the demolition of a temple dedicated to Guru Ravidas by the authorities on the direction of the apex court at Tughlakabad in New Delhi on Saturday, Dalits held protests at several places in Punjab’s Doaba region. They blocked the Jalandhar-Amritsar highway, resulting in a traffic jam for over two hours. Reports […]

Hong Kong activists keep up pressure with rallies despite police objections

5:53 pm August 10, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong pro-democracy activists kept up the pressure on authorities on Saturday with a colourful “family rally” and a march staged despite police objections, as protests enter a third month. The fresh demonstrations came after the financial hub’s chief executive ruled out concessions, and as Beijing and Washington stepped up a war of […]

Tornado hits Luxembourg injuring 19, damages up to 100 homes

5:49 pm August 10, 2019

Berlin: A rare tornado injured 19 people, two of them severely, in Luxembourg, while 15 soccer players were injured by a lightning strike in southern Germany as unseasonal storms hit northern Europe late Friday. The tornado in the southwestern Luxembourg communities of Pettingen and Kaerjeng left a path of destruction that made up to 100 […]

British Sikh schoolgirl hits back after being branded ‘terrorist’

5:43 pm August 10, 2019

London: Branded as a “terrorist” at a London playground, a 10-year-old British Sikh schoolgirl has hit back with a social media message saying greater “exposure and knowledge” should be promoted about the community to “handle racism”. Munsimar Kaur’s video message, posted by her father on Twitter, has attracted over 47,000 views already since it was […]