Day: January 10, 2020

US believes Ukrainian plane shot down by Iranian missile, says Pompeo

11:57 pm January 10, 2020

Washington: The US believes it is “likely” that an Iranian missile downed a Ukrainian airliner that crashed near Tehran, killing all 176 on board, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday. Within minutes of the Ukrainian flight PS752 taking off from Tehran, the plane came crashing down killing all 176 people on board on […]

Iran blames bad communication, alignment for jet shootdown

NATO chief backs assessment Iran missile downed plane

11:47 pm January 10, 2020

Brussels: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Friday he had no reason to doubt reports from Western capitals suggesting an Iranian missile brought down a Ukrainian airliner, killing 176 people. “I will not go into details about our intelligence but what I can say is we have no reason to not believe the reports we have […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Social justice ministry ropes in pvt industries to extend reach of ‘Accessible India Campaign’

11:40 pm January 10, 2020

New Delhi: The social justice and empowerment ministry (SJEM), tasked with implementing the ‘Accessible India Campaign’ (AIC), has roped in private industries and is coordinating with them to extend the reach of the campaign, a senior official said on Friday. Department of empowerment of persons with disabilities (DEPwD) Secretary Shakuntala Gamlin told PTI on Friday […]

Gujarat Assembly passes resolution supporting CAA

11:38 pm January 10, 2020

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Friday passed a resolution congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for securing the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The resolution, which was opposed by Congress MLAs, claimed that persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan were not offered Indian citizenship by earlier governments […]

Speeding bus kills biker, mob sets 3 buses on fire

11:34 pm January 10, 2020

Kolkata: Three buses were set on fire and a few others were vandalised by a mob after a motorcyclist was run over and killed by a speeding bus in the city’s Mominpur area on Friday, police said. Two buses were racing against each other on Remount Road near the Kolkata Port Trust’s gate no 13 […]

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