Authorities decided to re-open schools and colleges across the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday after shutting them the previous day to maintain law and order in the wake of a gunfight that killed three militants. “All schools and colleges will re-open today (Tuesday) in the valley. Although the District Magistrates will decide if any educational institution […]
The Lok Sabha was disrupted once again on Tuesday amid continuing protests by the opposition over the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and other issues, forcing Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to adjourn the House till 12 p.m. Members from different parties trooped near the Speaker’s podium, raising slogans on different issues, including the banking irregularities. This […]
For the second time in 10 months, Maharashtra farmers cracked the whip on the government to turn spotlight on the grave agrarian crises gripping the state by completing a long march to the Legislature, here on Monday. More than an estimated 35,000 peasants — men, women, youth and even seniors — with lines of worry […]
The key Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Monday. The wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded higher by 85.40 points or 0.84 per cent at 10,312.25 points. The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 33,468.16 points, traded at 33,571.85 points (9.23 a.m.) — up […]
Nearly half of US arms exports over the past five years have gone to the war-stricken Middle East, with Saudi Arabia consolidating its place as the worlds second biggest importer, a report revealed on Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) isaid that global transfer of major weapons systems between 2013 and 2017 rose […]
A helicopter crashed in New York City’s East River on Sunday, killing at least two people, according to police. “A helicopter earlier this evening descended into the East River near East 90 St.,” said the New York Police Department (NYPD) on Twitter. Eric Phillips, a spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio, said on Twitter that […]
The US government will not make concessions during negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and will demand that Pyongyang’s halt its missile tests and open the door to denuclearizing, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said on Sunday. “While these negotiations are going on, there will be no concessions made. President Trump isn’t doing this for […]
Services at London’s King’s Cross and Manchester Piccadilly ground came to a halt amid demonstrations against Turkey’s military offensive in northern Syria on Sunday, media report said. Waving flags in support of a number of Kurdish organisations, the demonstrators disrupted transport networks for a number of hours, Xinhua reported. At the time of Manchester Piccadilly’s […]
Amnesty International released a report on Monday condemning the escalating militarisation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, from which at least 688,000 people from the Rohingya Muslim minority have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh. According to Amnesty, the Myanmar security forces were building bases in the region and bulldozing all the buildings in the villages where the Rohingya, […]
Nine trekkers have died in a forest fire on the Kurangani Hills in Tamil Nadu, the District Collector said on Monday. A rescue operation with the help of the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters has been underway since Sunday. A total of 27 trekkers were rescued from the fire in picturesque Theni district, some 520 […]