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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

No let-up in French strikes with fresh turmoil awaited

2:22 pm December 7, 2019

Paris: France was on Saturday expecting its most serious nationwide strike in years to paralyse the country over the weekend, with unions warning the turmoil would last well into next week. The challenge thrown to President Emmanuel Macron over his plans for radical pension reform has seen hundreds of thousands take to the streets and […]

Serial killer convicted in 20th murder case

Man held for stabbing friend’s mother-in-law

8:37 pm November 30, 2019

New Delhi: A 39-year-old man was arrested on Saturday from Pathankot for allegedly attacking his friend’s mother-in-law with a knife here, police said. The accused has been identified as Vijay, a resident of Raghubir Nagar, they said. On Friday, a case was registered based on the statement of a 75-year-old woman who said that one […]

Priyanka attacks Modi on lack of empathy for Assam

BJP has ruined economy: Priyanka on falling GDP

4:38 pm November 30, 2019

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday hit out at the BJP for the lower GDP growth rate and accused it of making false promises and ruining the country’s economy. India’s economic growth slipped further to hit an over-six-year low of 4.5 per cent in the July-September quarter, according to official data […]

Iraqi officials: 2 protester dead amid ongoing clashes

10:09 am November 24, 2019

Baghdad: Iraqi security forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters, killing two people in a third day of fierce clashes in central Baghdad, security and hospital officials said. Two protesters were struck with rubber bullets and died instantly and over 20 others were wounded in the fighting on Rasheed Street, […]

Chronology of events in Maharashtra case

Maha political drama: Ajit Pawar returns home

9:47 am November 24, 2019

Mumbai: NCP leader Ajit Pawar, who was on Saturday sworn in as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, returned to his private residence near Churchgate here in the early hours of Sunday, sources said. He spent Saturday at his brother’s home in Mumbai even as his uncle and NCP chief Sharad Pawar attended a party […]