Religious organisations across the ideological divide welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday barring political parties and candidates from seeking votes in the name of religion, caste, community, race or language. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad said that the politics based on caste, community and religion has harmed the country. “We welcome the decision of the […]
Airservices has today released a video showing the flight path that Santa will take this week that enables him to visit more than nine million homes on Christmas Eve. Santa’s flight path specifies where he will fly on Christmas Eve along with the technology that is fitted to his sleigh. Airservices Executive General Manager Air […]
The wife of the murdered Greek ambassador to Brazil has been jailed after being accused of masterminding his killing in a suburb here. A Rio court on Saturday ordered Francoise Amiridis, the 40-year-old Brazilian to be placed in provisional custody for 30 days. She had been married to Kyriakos Amiridis for 15 years and they […]
US President-elect Donald Trump wished a Happy New Year for all American citizens, including his “many enemies” and those who fought and lost the battle against him and now “don’t know what to do.” Trump, who takes office as President of the United States on January 20, used his Twitter account to post his message, […]
Despite partial cloud cover on Sunday, dry and cold wave conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir as the weather office said there can be snowfall by the middle of this week. “Moderate snowfall is likely to occur in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir on January 4, 5 and 6, while there would be […]
A senior cabinet minister had sat on a protest outside Punjab Raj Bhawan after the Chandigarh Police did not pay heed to his pleas to remove demonstrating unemployed teachers from his premises. Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema and his supporters, who sat on a protest outside parking of the Raj Bhawan (Governor’s House) here […]
South Korea on Thursday slashed its 2017 economic growth outlook by 0.4 percentage points, bolstering concerns about the protracted low-growth trend, a government report revealed. Next year’s growth forecast was cut to 2.6 per cent from 3.0 per cent unveiled six months earlier, according to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance. The economic expansion below […]
US President Barack Obama called his successor Donald Trump on Wednesday to have “a positive conversation”, as tension over Israel and transition been build up, media report said on Thursday. “Today’s call, like the others since the election, was positive and focused on continuing a smooth and effective transition,” a statement from the White House […]
Toshiba shares fell more than 20 per cent on Thursday, the third straight day of heavy losses. The Japanese industrial giant has now had nearly half its market value wiped off since Monday, the BBC reported. It comes after the firm warned that its US nuclear business may be worth less than previously thought. Shares […]
China will build more high-speed railways as part of its efforts to establish a comprehensive transport system during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), according to a white paper issued on Thursday. The white paper, titled Development of China’s Transport, said China will increase the length of high-speed railways in service to 30,000 km by […]