Day: October 30, 2019

UK’s Brexit deal estimated to cost almost USD 100 billion

8:50 pm October 30, 2019

London: A respected British think tank slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal on Wednesday, concluding that the economy would be 3.5 per cent smaller compared with staying in the European Union. The study by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research says the agreement would deliver a 70 billion-pound (USD 90 billion) blow […]

Pakistan issues commemorative coin to mark Guru Nanak’s 550th anniversary

8:45 pm October 30, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday issued a Rs 50 commemorative coin to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh religion in November. In a Facebook post, Prime Minister Imran Khan shared a picture of the coin. “Pakistan issues commemorative coin to mark the 550th anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji,” […]

Eight killed, 27 injured in two road accidents in Pak: Police

8:41 pm October 30, 2019

Peshawar: At least eight people, including three children, were killed and 27 others injured in two separate accidents where the vehicles they were travelling in fell in deep gorges in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, police said. In the first incident, a tractor-trolley carrying a nomadic family plunged into a deep ditch in Dera […]

UP: Three boys drown in Ghaghara after idol immersion

7:58 pm October 30, 2019

Ballia (UP): Three boys drowned in the Ghaghara river while taking a bath in Duhabira village of Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district following idol immersions, officials said on Wednesday. Sikandarpur Sub-Divisional Magistrate Annapurna Garg said the incident took place on Wednesday around 4 pm after a group of six boys had finished immersing idols of Goddess […]

Former Mumbai top cop Padsalgikar appointed deputy NSA

7:53 pm October 30, 2019

Mumbai: Former Mumbai Police Commissioner and Maharashtra DGP Datta Padsalgikar has been appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA). The 1982-batch IPS officer had earlier served in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) for 26 years before he was picked as the Mumbai Police Commissioner in 2016. He retired as the Director General of Police (DGP) in […]