Day: September 8, 2019

Central Beijing locked down for overnight army parade rehearsal

1:50 pm September 8, 2019

Beijing: The centre of Beijing was under lockdown early Sunday for a nighttime parade rehearsal by the Chinese military which is preparing for October 1 ceremonies to mark Communist China’s 70th anniversary. The enormous Avenue of Eternal Peace, which leads to Tiananmen Square and runs east-west, was closed to traffic for about a dozen kilometres […]

Earthquake hits southwest China; 1 person reported killed

1:40 pm September 8, 2019

Beijing: Chinese state TV is reporting that an earthquake in the country’s southwest has killed one person and injured another 29. The government’s earthquake monitoring center says the 5.4-magnitude quake struck the city of Neijiang in Sichuan province early Sunday. The causalities were reported by China Central Television, which gave no other details of the […]

Hong Kong protesters plan march to US Embassy

1:32 pm September 8, 2019

Hong Kong: Demonstrators in Hong Kong planned to march to the US Embassy on Sunday to drum up international support for their months-long protest movement, a day after attempts to disrupt transportation to the city’s international airport were thwarted by police. The planned march from a central park to the embassy follows yet another night […]

Pak violates ceasefire along LoC in J-K’s Rajouri

1:26 pm September 8, 2019

Jammu: The Pakistani army on Sunday targeted forward posts and villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district with heavy firing and shelling, violating ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) for the second day in a row, an army official said. The firing of small arms and shelling with mortars started in Sunderbani and Nowshera […]

Veteran jurist Jethmalani passes away

1:22 pm September 8, 2019

New Delhi: Eminent jurist and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani passed away on Sunday at the age of 95, his family members said. Jethmalani breathed his last at 7.45 am at his official residence in New Delhi, his son Mahesh Jethmalani told PTI. Mahesh and other close acquaintances said Ram Jethmalani was not keeping well […]