China’s Communist Party begins key meet stem economic slowdown, a defining moment for Xi’s leadership

BEIJING: China’s GDP dipped to 4.7 per cent in the second quarter, the government said on Monday, as the ruling Communist Party began a key meeting stated to be a defining moment for President Xi Jinping’s leadership to revive the world’s second-largest economy.   The four-day meeting called the ‘Third Plenum’ is being attended by […]

Traditional 8th Muharram procession begins from Guru Bazar, Sgr peacefully

  Srinagar: For the second consecutive year, the J&K administration Monday allowed the 8th Muharram procession from Guru Bazar to Dalgate in which hundreds of mourners participated.   The procession will start at Guru Bazar and reach Dalgate via Budshah Kadal while passing through Moulana Azad road. The traditional procession, which had been barred for […]