Day: November 25, 2019

TSRTC employees call off nearly two month old strike

8:00 pm November 25, 2019

Hyderabad: The nearly two month old strike by employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation over various demands was called off on Monday, a top trade union leader announced. The TSRTC employees unions Joint Action Committee (JAC) leader Aswathama Reddy said the decision to end the strike was taken to halt alleged attempts to […]

NIA court convicts six in 2016 ISIS terror plot case

7:57 pm November 25, 2019

Kochi: A NIA court here on Monday found six people, arrested in connection with a 2016 Islamic State (ISIS) terror plot case, guilty of conspiring to carry out strikes across Kerala and neighbouring states. Those convicted are Manseed Mehmood, Swalih Mohammed, Rashid Ali, Ramshad N K, Safvan and Moinuddin. Special judge P Krishnakumar, however, acquitted […]

Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa embarks on 4-day state visit to India

Sri Lanka won’t do anything that will harm India’s interests: Prez Rajapaksa

7:33 pm November 25, 2019

Colombo: Sri Lanka will work with India and it won’t do anything that will harm its interests, newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said ahead of his visit to New Delhi later this week. Rajapaksa, who is considered pro-China, said he wanted Sri Lanka to be a “neutral country” and work with all the countries. […]

Sri Lanka’s top investigator flees to Geneva after regime change

7:29 pm November 25, 2019

Colombo: A Sri Lankan police officer, who handled the top-level investigations against the members of the previous Rajapaksa government between 2005 and 2015, has fled to Geneva following a regime change here. A statement from the police headquarters said that investigations as to how Inspector Nishantha Silva left the country on Sunday without obtaining formal […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Hong Kong leader vows to ‘listen’ as voters send sharp rebuke

7:24 pm November 25, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s deeply unpopular leader vowed Monday to “listen humbly” to voters after the pro-democracy camp scored a crushing victory in community-level elections that revealed broad public support for a protest movement that has stirred months of violence. In a rout that stunned the semi-autonomous territory, candidates seeking to loosen control by China […]