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France won't ratify Hong Kong's extradition agreement

Hong Kong postpones elections by a year, citing coronavirus

11:47 pm July 31, 2020

Hong Kong: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced Friday that the government will postpone highly anticipated legislative elections by one year, citing a worsening coronavirus outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The Hong Kong government is invoking an emergency ordinance in delaying the elections. Lam said the government has the support of the Chinese government in making the decision to hold the elections […]

Attack on BJP’s Bandipora district prez ‘pre-planned’ by LeT: IGP Kashmir

4:02 pm July 9, 2020

Srinagar: The attack on BJP’s Bandipora district president Waseem Bari was “pre-planned” by Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar said on Thursday, adding that the policemen posted for personal security of the politician were being dismissed from service. Three more policemen were arrested in connection with Wednesday’s attack, taking the total number of the arrested cops to 10. “We came […]

Vikas Dubey’s aide killed, 6 arrested after encounters; two cops also behind bars

9:06 pm July 8, 2020

Lucknow: Police shot dead an aide of gangster Vikas Dubey, arrested six other alleged accomplices and sent two of their own men behind bars in connection with the ambush which killed eight police personnel last week, officials said Wednesday. But the gangster appeared to have given police the slip in Haryana’s Faridabad, near Delhi. A team raided […]

Lawyer found murdered inside his house in Jammu

7:19 pm February 24, 2020

Jammu: A senior, city-based lawyer was found murdered inside his house here on Monday, police said, suspecting the involvement of his domestic help, who is missing. Reyaz Ahmad Buchh, the husband of Power Development Department’s retired chief engineer Shenaz Goni, was alone at his Greater Kailash residence when the incident took place, a police official […]

Coronavirus: China reports 4 deaths, 31 new cases

Chinese official says slow response made virus epidemic worse

9:05 pm January 31, 2020

Beijing: China’s delayed response to the discovery of a new coronavirus infection worsened the epidemic, the most senior official from the city at the centre of the outbreak said Friday. “Right now I’m in a state of guilt, remorse and self-reproach,” said Ma Guoqiang, the municipal Communist Party secretary for Wuhan. “If strict control measures […]