Two brothers arrested for killing parents in UP
Budaun (UP), Dec 21 (PTI) Two brothers were on Monday arrested here for allegedly killing their parents in Sanjapur Gulal village in the district last week to get ownership of their property, police said. The accused, Sumit and Vikram, had killed their parents Rajendra (60) and Rajvati (55) on December 15 night by allegedly strangulating them […]
‘Chilai Kalan’ begins on a freezing note, weatherman forecasts wet weather from Dec 27
Srinagar, Dec 21: Kashmir’s harshest winter period, Chilai Kalan, began on Monday and will last through the end of January. With overnight cloud cover, the night temperatures rose a little across the Valley but remained below the normal for this time of the year, the weatherman said. Srinagar, where people endured second coldest night in […]
Discussions on global growth cannot happen among few, table must be bigger: PM Modi
New Delhi, Dec 21 (PTI) Asserting that growth patterns must follow a human-centric approach, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said discussions on global growth cannot happen only among a few as the “table must be bigger” and the agenda broader. Addressing the 6th Indo-Japan Samwad Conference via video conferencing, Modi said in the past, […]
2020: Pandemic, lockdowns and a vaccine tie-up boost for India-UK ties
London, Dec 21 (PTI) The COVID-19 pandemic, a cycle of lockdowns to control the spread of a deadly virus and the havoc it wreaked on global health and economy is the inescapable defining feature of the year 2020. However, a glimmer of hope that 2021 could be healthier came in the form of “safe and […]
Trump wants Supreme Court to overturn election results
Washington, Dec 21 (AP) Undeterred by dismissals and admonitions from judges, President Donald Trump’s campaign continued with its unprecedented efforts to overturn the results of the November 3 election Sunday, saying it had filed a new petition with the Supreme Court. The petition seeks to reverse a trio of Pennsylvania Supreme Court cases having to […]
257 fresh covid-19 cases reported in JK
Srinagar, Dec 20: Eleven travelers were among 257 fresh covid-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours, taking the total number of people infected with the virus to 118263, the officials said on Sunday. Among them, 144 were from Jammu Division and 106 from Kashmir Valley, the officials said. They said […]
Pak lawyer says Pearl murder key accused claims himself ‘scapegoat’ arrested under ‘US pressure’
Islamabad, Dec 20 (PTI) A lawyer representing the parents of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl has produced a handwritten letter in Pakistan’s Supreme Court in which the key accused in the case claimed that he was a “scapegoat” arrested under “US pressure” and the real mastermind was a Karachi-based terrorist. Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau […]
Large car bomb kills 9 in Afghan capital
Kabul, Dec 20 (AP) A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan’s capital Sunday morning killed at least nine people, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry. Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi told reporters at the site of the attack that the attack wounded around 20 others, including a member of parliament, Khan Mohammad Wardak. Andarabi said the lawmaker […]
Some improvement in minimum temp in Kashmir, ‘Chillai-Kalan’ to begin from Monday
Srinagar, Dec 20 (PTI) There was some improvement in the minimum temperature across Kashmir on Sunday but the valley continued to experience sub-zero nights, even as the 40-day harshest winter period – ‘Chillai-Kalan’ – starts from Monday, MeT officials said. The night temperature rose slightly across the valley last night owing to a cloud cover, but […]
Punjab farmer commits suicide
Chandigarh, Dec 20 (PTI) A 22-year-old Punjab farmer, who returned from a protest site near Delhi border, has allegedly committed suicide after consuming some poisonous substance, the police said on Sunday. Gurlabh Singh, a resident of Dayalpura Mirza village of Bathinda district, had been part of the protest near the Delhi border. He had returned to […]