Beijing: The world faces the prospect of more tension with China over trade, security and human rights after Xi Jinping, the country’s most powerful leader in decades, awarded himself another term as leader of the ruling Communist Party. Xi has tightened control at home and is trying to use China’s economic heft to increase its […]
Srinagar: Police on Monday said to have arrested a person accused of raping a minor girl in Srinagar. “Police station sadder received a complaint from a lady that her minor daughter has been raped by one accused namely Shahid Ahmad son of Shabir Ahmad Bhat resident of Galwanpora Hyderpora”, said a statement. “To this affect […]
LONDON: Rishi Sunak has won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party and will become Britain’s next prime minister — the third in seven weeks, and the fifth Prime Minister since 2016. The former Treasury chief will be Britain’s first leader of color, and faces the task of stabilizing the party and country […]
Taipei: Any changes to the China-Taiwan relationship must come about peacefully, a visiting German lawmaker said on Monday, two days after China’s ruling Communist Party wrote its rejection of Taiwan independence into its charter. A German parliamentary delegation focusing on human rights met Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen at her office on Monday. The lawmakers expressed […]
Bangkok: Air strikes by Myanmar’s military killed more than 60 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority’s main political organisation, members of the group and a rescue worker said Monday. The reported attack comes three days before Southeast Asian foreign ministers are to hold a special meeting in […]
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has taken all precautionary measures, including evacuation of people and supply of relief materials to shelters, to deal with possible devastation under the impact of cyclone ‘Sitrang’, a senior official said on Monday. Several teams of the disaster management department along with SDRF and NDRF personnel have been posted in […]
Bijnor: The family of a pharmacy owner who died while in the Haryana Police custody has alleged that excessive torture and harassment led to his death. Sanjeev Kumar, who owned a pharmacy in Sevaram locality in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh, was arrested by the Haryana Police on October 15 in a case under the […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Monday issued notices to Vice-Chancellors of nine universities after they refused to send their resignation letters to him before 11.30 AM as per his directive on Sunday. This was disclosed by the Governor himself, who is also the chancellor of the universities in the state. “Now, they have […]
New Delhi/Mumbai: Two-day festival of Dhanteras saw robust sales of gold, jewellery and coins this year on strong pent up demand with the jewellery industry expecting up to 35 per cent growth in the business over the last year. Although there was a lull in the jewellery market for a few hours on Sunday owing […]
Beijing: China’s economic growth picked up in the latest quarter but still was among the weakest in decades as the ruling Communist Party tries to reverse a slump while enforcing anti-virus controls and a crackdown on debt in its vast real estate industry. The world’s second-largest economy grew by 3.9% over a year earlier in […]