Day: November 8, 2019

China calls Hong Kong protesters ‘mobsters’ after stabbing

3:47 pm November 8, 2019

Beijing: China has slammed radical protesters in Hong Kong as “mobsters” using violence to influence upcoming local elections, after a pro-Beijing lawmaker was injured in a stabbing. The international finance hub has been shaken by five months of huge and increasingly violent protests calling for greater democratic freedoms and police accountability. With Beijing and Hong […]

France reopens contested Jewish tomb in east Jerusalem

3:43 pm November 8, 2019

Jerusalem: France has reopened a contested Jewish tomb in east Jerusalem after several aborted attempts. The French Consulate General reopened the Tomb of the Kings one of Jerusalem’s most magnificent ancient tombs to the public last month, for the first time in over a decade. Tensions between French authorities and Israeli nationalists and ultra-Orthodox Jews […]

Hong Kong protesters call for city-wide vigils after student dies

3:38 pm November 8, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters called Friday for city-wide vigils to mourn a student who died from injuries sustained when he fell during clashes with police. The calls for candle-lit vigils on Friday evening were made on online messaging boards used by the largely anonymous protest movement.

Delhi records lowest October temperature in 26 years

Delhi’s air ‘very poor’ on Friday morning

3:33 pm November 8, 2019

New Delhi: The air quality in Delhi was under ‘very poor’ category on Friday morning because of high humidity, officials said. The city received 0.8 mm rainfall till 8.30 am in past 24 hours and relative humidity was 94 per cent, a MeT department official said. The air quality index (AQI) of Delhi was 350 […]

Bhagwat on 5-day visit to Bihar from Feb 9

Affection is integral part of RSS ideology: Bhagwat

12:01 am November 8, 2019

Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said here on Thursday that “affection” was very much a part of the ideology of his organisation. Bhagwat was speaking at the unveiling of a book on late RSS worker Vilas Fadnavis here. “Affection and ideology are not two different things, actually affection is ideology for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh,” he […]

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