Day: October 11, 2019

Amitabh Bachchan hints at undergoing surgery

Bachchan’s god, his birthday a festival for fans

11:09 pm October 11, 2019

Mumbai: Amitabh Bachchan’s birthday is nothing short of a festival for his fans, and so it was on Friday too when the superstar turned 77 and hordes of admirers gathered outside his residence dressed in their favourite Bachchan get-up. Bachchan, who is celebrating his birthday with family, came out of ‘Jalsa’ to greet fans and […]

Chinese are on march to prove their importance, are taking up vacuum that US created: Albright

China announces timetable for opening finance industries

9:25 pm October 11, 2019

Beijing: China announced a timetable Friday for carrying out a promise to allow full foreign ownership of some finance businesses, starting with futures traders on January 1, as Beijing tries to make its slowing economy more competitive and efficient. Ownership limits will be ended for mutual fund companies on April 1 and for securities firm […]

EU members give go-ahead for more intense Brexit talks

9:17 pm October 11, 2019

Brussels: EU member states on Friday gave Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier the go-ahead for more intense talks with Britain, diplomatic sources told AFP. Barnier’s meeting with ambassadors was still going on, but officials with knowledge of the talks said that the 27 other EU countries had responded positively. “Yes, confirmed,” one told AFP. “Green light […]

Taliban welcome Trump’s call to bring US troops home

9:14 pm October 11, 2019

Kabul: A Taliban spokesman is apparently carefully following President Donald Trump’s comments even though the US leader declared last month that the talks between an American peace envoy and the insurgents were “dead.” Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman of the Taliban political office in Qatar, tweeted about Trump’s speech at a rally in Minneapolis, just a […]

Hindon civil airport to resume operations on Monday

Pithoragarh-Hindon flight operations launched

9:07 pm October 11, 2019

Dehradun : Flight operations on the Pithoragarh-Hindon route were formally launched on Friday by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at a brief ceremony held at the Hindon airport in the National Capital Region. Expressing happiness over the launch of flight operations between the two places, Rawat said apart from Pithoragarh, it will also bring […]