Day: November 17, 2019

Iran supreme leader warns ‘thugs’ amid gas price protests

7:13 pm November 17, 2019

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday backed the government’s decision to raise gasoline prices and called angry protesters who have been setting fire to public property over the hike “thugs,” signaling a potential crackdown on the demonstrations. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments came as authorities shut down the internet across Iran to smother […]

IIM-Ahmedabad chosen by AP govt to help curb corruption

7:13 pm November 17, 2019

Amaravati: The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has been roped in by the Andhra Pradesh government to help it curb corruption in the state administration, a top bureaucrat has said. The institute would study the structural issues in the government departments in relation to corruption and come out with measures to tackle them, the official […]

COVID-19 negative certificates mandatory for Sabarimala pilgrims

Meeting reviews facilities for Sabarimala devotees

7:09 pm November 17, 2019

Sabarimala (Ker): A high-level meeting of the officials at Sabarimala was held on Sunday during which various issues relating to the facilities arranged for devotees for the annual two-month-long pilgrimage season were discussed. Kerala Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran, who chaired the meeting at Sannidhanam area, assessed the flow of crowd and the facilities put in […]

Karnataka by-polls: ‘Crorepatis’ galore in Hoskote constituency

7:06 pm November 17, 2019

Bengaluru: Hoskote, one of the 15 assembly constituencies that is expected to witness a high stake battle for December 5 bypolls in Karnataka has “Crorepatis” in the fray. The constituency on the outskirts of Bengaluru is seeing a three-cornered contest between BJP, Congress and JD(S) supported independent candidate. While the ruling BJP has fielded MTB […]

Hong Kong protesters fight off police with fire and arrows

7:04 pm November 17, 2019

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong police officer was hit in the leg by an arrow and protesters set an overhead footbridge on fire Sunday as they fought to keep police using tear gas and water cannons from advancing on their university campus stronghold. Police said the arrow struck a media liaison officer in the calf […]