Day: December 17, 2019

China, Russia press UN to ease N.Korea sanctions

8:21 pm December 17, 2019

Beijing: China on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to unanimously back its joint proposal with Russia to ease sanctions on North Korea, warning that dialogue to resolve nuclear tensions must not regress. The nuclear-armed North has issued increasingly strident declarations in recent weeks, even promising an ominous “Christmas gift” if Washington does not come […]

Ex-Pak dictator Gen. Musharraf sentenced to death for high treason

8:18 pm December 17, 2019

Islamabad: Pakistan’s former dictator Pervez Musharraf was on Tuesday sentenced to death in absentia in the high treason case for subverting the Constitution, becoming the first military ruler to receive the capital punishment in the country’s history. A three-member bench of the special court, headed by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth, found […]

Gujarat teacher hiding in Odisha: CBI tells state govt

3:03 pm December 17, 2019

Bhubaneswar: Odisha School and Mass Education minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Tuesday said all district education officers have been asked to look out for a teacher of Gujarat, an accused in several cases of rape, who might be working in an educational institute in the state. The state government recently received a letter from the […]

Life without internet, social media in Guwahati

2:58 pm December 17, 2019

Guwahati: Guwahati resident Ali Akbar plays cards at home for amusement and does workouts in leisure time these days to beat boredom. The good old deck of cards is back in vogue in many households in the city whose people have been living without mobile internet since December 11 evening. “I used to play games […]

MP: Two killed in highway accident

2:54 pm December 17, 2019

Khargone (MP): Two persons were killed when their motorcycle suffered a head-on collision with a Maruti van on Khanwa-Baroda state highway, police said on Tuesday. Ravindra Yadav (22) and Rakesh Dhangar (21) were killed in the accident that took place in the Unn police station area of Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district on Monday night, head […]