Day: October 21, 2019

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Vatican condemns ‘defiance’ after Amazon statues thrown in river

11:59 pm October 21, 2019

Rome: The Vatican on Monday spoke of an “act of defiance” after some indigenous Amazonian statues were taken from a Rome church and dumped into the Tiber River following criticism from ultra-conservative Catholics. Anonymous individuals filmed themselves taking the five statues of a naked, pregnant woman from a church near the Vatican and throwing them […]

Zulu king hails special relationship with India

11:57 pm October 21, 2019

Johannesburg : Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu highlighted his nation’s special relationship with India on Monday. Speaking at a pre-Diwali celebration at his royal palace in Ulundi in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, Zwelithini, 71, said, “My association with the people of India and the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, goes a long way.” We have been […]

‘English-speaking liberal media’ didn’t present ‘fair picture’ on Art 370: Jaishankar

11:54 pm October 21, 2019

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that by the time he visited the US after abrogation of Article 370 provisions, it was the “English-speaking liberal media” that posed a much more difficult challenge than others as it had “preset views” and did not present a “fair picture”. Jaishankar, while speaking at […]

70,000 children displaced by NE Syrian violence

11:52 pm October 21, 2019

Beirut: An international aid group says about 70,000 children have been displaced since the start of the Turkish offensive in northeastern Syria. The United Nations has said more than 176,000 people have been uprooted. Save the Children says many of the displaced have sought shelters in two dozen schools in Hassakeh city, southeast of the […]

Man held for cheating 8 job-seekers of Rs 62 lakh in Delhi

11:49 pm October 21, 2019

New Delhi : A 47-year-old man has been arrested here for allegedly duping eight people of Rs 62 lakh by promising to get them jobs in Railway and BHEL, police said on Monday. Parveen Srivastav, a resident of Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior, allegedly took the money from Neeraj Gautam, who lives in Noida, and his relatives […]

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