Day: December 30, 2019

Cold day conditions prevail in eastern UP

Fogged out Delhi shivers on coldest recorded December day, cold wave tightens grip on N India

11:57 pm December 30, 2019

New Delhi/Noida: Winter tightened its icy grip across large parts of north India, particularly the national capital where the maximum temperature dipped to 9.4 degrees Celsius making Monday the city’s coldest recorded December day since 1901. While the Dal Lake froze over with Srinagar at a minimum of -6.5 degrees Celsius and Jammu recorded its […]

Protests marked 2019 in many of Delhi's universities

Man held in connection with Dec 15 Jamia violence

11:54 pm December 30, 2019

New Delhi: A 25-year-old man was arrested on Monday for his alleged involvement in the violence near Jamia Millia Islamia here around a fortnight ago, police said. The accused, Asad Ansari, was arrested from Kalkaji area, they said. According to police, the man, a resident of Jamia Nagar, was previously involved in a case of […]

US ambassador defends Poland from false Russian WWII claims

11:50 pm December 30, 2019

Warsaw: The US ambassador in Warsaw came to Poland’s defense on Monday following repeated claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Poland bears blame for the outbreak of World War II. “Dear President Putin, Hitler and Stalin colluded to start WWII. That is a fact. Poland was a victim of this horrible conflict,” Ambassador Georgette […]

Spain: Socialists pin future government on Catalan’s release

11:45 pm December 30, 2019

Madrid : Spain’s state attorney called Monday for an imprisoned Catalan politician to be allowed to be sworn in as a member of the European Union parliament, a step that could ease the way for a center-left governing alliance to take office in the country. The European Union’s top court ruled this month that Oriol […]

Bosnia ex-minister charged with profiting off EU funds

11:37 pm December 30, 2019

Sarajevo: Bosnia’s former security minister and three others were charged Monday with abuse of power and corruption for making money off of a European Union-funded project, prosecutors said. Dragan Mektic, his chief of cabinet, an aide and a Sarajevo-based businessman were accused of a “high-level corruption criminal act that is harming Bosnia’s international reputation,” prosecutors […]

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