Day: December 28, 2019

Former deputy leader says UK’s Labour Party brutal, hostile

8:05 pm December 28, 2019

London: The former deputy leader of Britain’s Labour Party says he left politics in part because of the nasty mood inside the left-wing party, which was soundly defeated in a national election earlier this month. Tom Watson told the Guardian newspaper in an interview published Saturday that he found the atmosphere inside the party unbearable. “The point […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Cyprus: Tourists seek return of stolen urn with son’s ashes

8:01 pm December 28, 2019

Nicosia : A Swedish couple have appealed for information about a wooden urn containing the ashes of their deceased son, stolen while they were holidaying on Cyprus, police on the east Mediterranean island nation said Saturday. Police said the urn was inside one of three suitcases taken from the couple’s car within a 20-minute span […]

Hong Kong police arrest 15 in fresh shopping mall protests

7:59 pm December 28, 2019

Hong Kong: Hong Kong riot police arrested at least 15 people in clashes Saturday with dozens of pro-democracy protestors who targeted a mall near the border with China to demonstrate against mainland tourists and shoppers. The fresh unrest ended a brief calm after protestors had battled riot police in shopping malls and streets of commercial […]

15-yr-old girl abducted, raped by three youths in UP

One more arrested in gang-rape of minor girl on birthday

7:41 pm December 28, 2019

Coimbatore: One more person was arrested here on Saturday in connection with the gang-rape of a 17-year old girl on her birthday, police said. Already, six people were arrested for the crime after being booked under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act and goondas Act, and lodged in the central jail, the […]

India must prepare for borderless war: Rahul

Rahul slams govt over NPR, NRC; says it is ‘DeMo no. 2’, will be more disastrous

7:38 pm December 28, 2019

New Delhi: On the Congress’ 135th foundation day, party leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stepped up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the National Population Register and the proposed NRC, terming the exercises “notebandi no. 2” and warning that they will be more disastrous than demonetisation The party, as part of its protests […]