Thursday

A milestone for French rail strikes: 29th day of walkouts

7:51 pm January 2, 2020

Paris: With 29 straight days of walkouts, French rail strikes against government plans to reform France’s retirement system marked a new milestone Thursday, surpassing even the lengths of strikes in the 1980s. The nationwide walkouts against the government’s pension plans started on December 5. On Thursday, they surpassed a 1986-1987 rail strike in longevity, a […]

Rupee slips 16 paise to 71.38 against US dollar

7:07 pm January 2, 2020

Mumbai: The Indian rupee lost 16 paise to close at 71.38 against the US dollar on Thursday amid steady rise in crude oil prices and strengthening of the greenback overseas. Forex traders said the rupee is trading in a narrow range amid lack of directional cues from the global market. At the interbank foreign exchange […]

Peeragarhi fire case transferred to Crime Branch: Police

6:37 pm January 2, 2020

New Delhi: The Peeragarhi fire case in Delhi in which a firefighter was killed and 14 others were injured on Thursday has been transferred to the Crime Branch, police said. A battery factory collapsed in northwest Delhi following an explosion due to a fire that broke out early in the morning, officials said. “The Peeragarhi […]

Peeragarhi fire: 14 injured, rescue operation underway

3:04 pm January 2, 2020

New Delhi: Fourteen people, including 13 firefighters, were injured after a battery factory collapsed after a fire broke out in Delhi’s Peeragarhi on Thursday morning. A security guard of the factory was also injured, a police officer told reporters and said one person was still trapped under the debris. The building at Udyog Nagar area […]

Saudi crown prince approved killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi: US intelligence report

Saudi plans OIC foreign ministers’ meeting on Kashmir

3:15 pm December 30, 2019

Islamabad: Saudi Arabia plans to convene a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Kashmir, in an apparent move by Riyadh to please Pakistan which skipped a recent summit of Muslim nations in Malaysia seen by Riyadh as an attempt to create a new bloc to replace the dysfunctional OIC […]