A Mumbai man, who spent around three years in a Pakistan jail, has been released and will return home on Tuesday, an activist said here. “Yes it’s really a great news. Hamid Nehal Ansari has been released from jail and will be handed over to India at the Wagah Border later this afternoon,” Pakistan-India Peoples […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her government is equally considerate towards all minorities and the state never denies shelter to anyone. On the issue of migration, she said: “Today is International Migrants Day. It is our humanitarian obligation to give refuge to migrants. “In Bangla we will take care of anyone […]
Delhi experienced a chilly winter morning on Tuesday with the minimum temperature dropping to 5.1 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s normal as the air quality continued to be very poor. Experts advised against any outdoor activity early morning and after sunset, and to wear N-95 or P-100 respirators when stepping out. “Mist covered […]
With efforts to reform a European Union tax law not bringing the desired results, France is going to introduce from January 1, 2019 a digital tax on technology giants such as Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon, the media reported. The French government’s “GAFA” tax” is being introduced to combat attempts by the firms to avoid […]
Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday adjourned the House till 2 p.m. as some members came near the Chair’s podium and started sloganeering. Minutes after the House met for the day, members from the Tamil Nadu-based parties, the AIADMK and DMK, came near the podium holding placards and raising slogans. They were protesting […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday vowed that his country will not develop at the expense of other nations, in a speech marking 40 years of reform. In his speech from the Great Hall of the People in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, Xi said despite China’s growth, it would “never seek global hegemony” and also highlighted […]
The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 p.m. on Tuesday after opposition and treasury benches faced-off over the Rafale fighter jet deal. Soon after the House met, the Congress, AIADMK and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) members started sloganeering. The Congress demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the 36 ready-to-fly Rafale fighter jets deal […]
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said he hoped that the Islamabad-backed US-Taliban negotiations which was held a day earlier in the UAE, could bring an end to “almost three decades of suffering of the brave Afghan people”. “Pakistan has helped in the dialogue between Taliban and the US in Abu Dhabi,” Khan tweeted. […]
A Chinese university had reportedly cancelled Bollywood’s actor Aamir Khan’s fan meet, citing the organiser’s failure to seek permission to use the campus. Khan is currently in China to promote his latest movie “Thugs of Hindustan”. The event, which was to take plac eon Monday, in Guangdong University of Finance and Economics (GUFE) in Guangzhou […]
In a huge embarrassment, a prominent Maharashtra farmer leader has demanded that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) must replace Prime Minster Narendra Modi with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wishes to win the 2019 general elections. The demand has come from a state-government panel, Vasantrao Naik Sheti Swavalamban Mission (VNSSM) […]