Day: December 27, 2019

Jamia students observe day-log hunger strike

10:23 pm December 27, 2019

New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia students on Friday observed a day-long hunger strike against alleged police brutality during the protests against the amended citizenship law. The students demanded an impartial judicial inquiry into the deaths and violent action during the agitation, release of illegally detained protestors and the arrest of those involved in violence. Their […]

Israel’s Netanyahu ‘determined’ to continue Gaza operation

Israel’s Netanyahu sweeps party primary in re-election boost

10:20 pm December 27, 2019

Jerusalem: Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told supporters Friday he would win a March general election after scoring a landslide victory in the leadership primary of his right-wing Likud party. Israel’s longest-serving premier, who faces a corruption indictment as well as a third general election in 12 months, was expected to beat rival Gideon […]

Kerala govt to give Rs 1.3 crore as compensation to former ISRO scientist

2:35 pm December 27, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has in principle decided to give Rs 1.3 crore as compensation to former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan, who was falsely implicated in the 1994 espionage case. The amount is for settling the case filed by 77-year-old Naryananan against the government in a sub-court here, seeking enhanced damages for his illegal arrest […]

Turbulent 2019: Rajapaksa dynasty returns to power post-Easter attacks in Lanka

2:20 pm December 27, 2019

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa dynasty made a come back in 2019 with former defence chief Goatabaya Rajapaksa storming to victory in the presidential polls promising stringent security in the wake of the island’s worst terror attack that killed nearly 270 people on the Easter and brought to the fore the deep-rooted differences within the […]

India must prepare for borderless war: Rahul

Country can’t be run without involving all sections: Rahul

1:50 pm December 27, 2019

Raipur: Hitting out at the Centre over “sagging” economy, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the country cannot be run without involving every section of the society. He was speaking at the inaugural function of National Tribal Dance Festival, 2019 at the Science College ground here. “You know the condition of the country. What […]

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