Day: December 24, 2019

12-year-old boy charred to death in J-K's Samba

Man gets life term for setting wife ablaze

6:06 pm December 24, 2019

Kota: A 40-year-old man, who allegedly set his wife on fire two years ago, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district. Additional District Judge Prabhat Agrawal on Monday held the accused, Jakir, guilty under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 […]

Aussie Prime Minister (PM) Scott Morrison: Some volunteer firefighters to receive paid leave

Aussie PM Morrison: Some volunteer firefighters to receive paid leave

3:19 pm December 24, 2019

Perth: Australia’s beleaguered prime minister announced Tuesday that volunteer firefighters from the federal public sector will receive paid leave entitlements in a move to help contain wildfires that have ravaged parts of the country. About 5 million hectares (12.35 million acres) of land have burned nationwide over the past few months, with nine people killed […]

China, Japan, South Korea meet on North Korea, free trade

3:10 pm December 24, 2019

Chengdu: Leaders from China, Japan and South Korea reiterated their commitment to ending North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs at a trilateral summit Tuesday that comes against the backdrop of increasing demands by Pyongyang for sanctions relief. Free trade and economic cooperation were also at the forefront of the meetings between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, […]

JMM vote share slumps to 18.72 pc in Jharkhand

3:06 pm December 24, 2019

Ranchi: The JMM’s vote share in the just-concluded Jharkhand Assembly polls has slumped to 18.72 per cent despite the party winning 30 of the total 81 seats in the state. The JMM had won 19 seats in 2014 polls with a vote share of 20.43 per cent. This time the party bagged 30 seats but […]

Kerala CM trying to implement CAA, NPR secretly: Congress

Anti-CAA stir continues in Kerala; Black flags waved at Muraleedharan, Yediyurappa

3:03 pm December 24, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram/Kozhikode: As anti-CAA protests continues across Kerala, Union Minister V Muraleedharan and Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddiyurappa were shown black flags by students’ outfits on Tuesday, even as various Muslim outfits took out a march to Raj Bhavan here. A group of activists of Students Federation of India (SFI), the students’ wing of the […]