Putin Meets Slovak Prime Minister at Kremlin: Russian Television
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin met Sunday at the Kremlin with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, one of the few European leaders he has stayed friendly with, according to images shown on Russian television. “Putin is currently holding talks in the Kremlin with Slovak Prime Minister Fico,” Russian TV journalist Pavel […]
Germany To Probe Possible Security Lapses Before Christmas Market Attack
Berlin: The German government pledged Sunday to fully investigate whether there were security lapses before the Christmas market car-ramming attack that killed five people and injured over 200. Political pressure has built on the question of potential missed warnings about Saudi suspect Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old psychiatrist who had made online deaths threats and previously […]
Rethink your support to BJP govt, Maharashtra Congress urges Nitish Kumar, Naidu
THE Maharashtra Congress has urged Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu to rethink their decision to support Modi Government after the ”insulting” remarks by Union Home Minister Amit Shah against Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. ”The remarks the Union Home Minister has made, and that too, in Parliament, against the architect of […]
“No One Listens”: Delhi Resident’s Video On Cows, Garbage On Road
In February, a resident was attacked by a bull outside a school in the area New Delhi: Nearly a year after a man was attacked by a bull and killed in south Delhi’s Kalkaji Extension, residents have raised concerns over a sudden rise in the number of stray cattle on the road outside their homes […]
‘Condition critical’, say doctors as Dallewal’s fast enters day 27
As Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s fast-unto-death entered the 27th day on Sunday, doctors said his health condition was “critical”. Doctors attending to him at the Khanauri border protest site reiterated that Dallewal is at the risk of cardiac arrest and multi-organ failure.
At least 5 killed in clash between two groups in Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
At least five people were killed and three wounded over an old enmity between two rival groups in the provincial capital of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred in the jurisdiction of Pishtakharra police station in Peshawar district. The rival groups resorted to firing when they came face to […]
Small plane crashes into shops in Brazil tourist town, all 10 passengers killed
In a tragic incident in southern Brazil, a small plane with 10 people aboard crashed into shops in the center of the tourist city of Gramado on Sunday. Initial reports indicate there were no survivors in the crash.
What is known about the deadly Christmas market attack in Germany, with Saudi ‘ex-Muslim’ as suspect?
Four women and a nine-year-old boy were killed and 200 people were injured when a man drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday evening (December 20). Here is what is known so far.
Man Jumps In Front Of Moving Metro In Kolkata, Services Partially Disrupted
Truncated services continued between Central-New Garia and Dumdum-Dakshineswar till 4:45 pm. (File) Kolkata: A man jumped in front of a moving train at Sovabazar station of Kolkata Metro Railway on Sunday, partially disrupting services on the Dakshineswar-New Garia corridor, an official said. The incident took place around 4:10 pm, prompting the motorman to apply the […]
SC stays NGT order to demolish 29 ‘illegal’ bungalows in Pune
In a big relief for residents of Chikhali in Maharashtra’s Pune district, the Supreme Court has stayed until February 10 the National Green Tribunal’s order to raze 29 bungalows constructed allegedly in violation of environmental laws. The residents and the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation have been asked to submit their responses. “We were supposed to demolish […]