24-09-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Hazardous weather has killed at least 36 people in northern India over the past 24 hours, including 12 who died after being struck by lightning. Across the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, 24 people died after their homes collapsed during unrelenting rains, Relief …
Read More »Hurricane Fiona pounds Bermuda as Canada braces for major jolt
24-09-2022 HAMILTON, BERMUDA: Hurricane Fiona pounded the Atlantic island of Bermuda with heavy rain and winds on Friday as it tracked northward toward eastern Canada, where it threatens to become one of the most severe storms in Canadian history. Fiona had already battered a series of Caribbean islands earlier in …
Read More »US relaxes internet sanctions on Iran in support of protesters
24-09-2022 WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has issued a license to relax sanctions on internet services in Iran, saying the move aims to “support the free flow of information” for Iranians amid widespread anti-government protests. The US Treasury Department said on Friday that the decision comes in response to the Iranian …
Read More »UK announces most significant tax cuts since 1972
24-09-2022 LONDON: The British government has unveiled a new mini-budget in the parliament, intending to cut household taxes and energy bills while driving economic growth. In what represents the most significant tax cut budget since 1972, the new finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng’s sweeping new budget will see cuts to national …
Read More »70 dead after boat carrying migrants sinks off Syria
24-09-2022 DAMASCUS/ TRIPOLI: Dozens of people have died after a boat carrying migrants and refugees from Lebanon capsized off Syria’s coast, according to the Syrian and Lebanese governments. On Friday, the Lebanese transport minister said that 71 people had died in Thursday’s disaster. The Syrian government had previously said that …
Read More »India enraged as Canada snubs ‘Khalistan Referendum’ objections
24-09-2022 BRAMPTON/ LONDON: Voicing serious “concerns” over what it called “anti-Indian-state activities”, Narendra Modi’s government has protested with Canada for allowing Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) to organise a Khalistan Referendum in the Canadian city of Brampton on September 18, which drew tens of thousands of local Sikhs. Last week Geo.tv …
Read More »CP CV Anand felicitated woman constable Dawa Naveena
Hyderabad 23 sep’2022 (Press media of india) City Police Commissioner Mr. CV Anand felicitated woman constable Dawa Naveena of Begumpet PS who administered CPR(cardio pulmonary resuscitation ) to a woman crushed in the stampede outside the Gymkhana ground. PC Naveena standing at the stadium gates for managing the crowd spotted …
Read More »Crackdown on PFI appropriate, based on the group’s ‘track record’: RSS leader Indresh Kumar
New Delhi, Sep 23 — Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Friday termed as “appropriate” the NIA-led crackdown on the PFI and took exception to incidents of violence during a hartal called by the Islamic group in Kerala, saying the Sangh too was banned in past but it never took …
Read More »PFI Protest Updates: Kerala bandh turns violent; HC takes suo motu case against PFI hartal
The dawn-to-dusk hartal was called by the PFI to protest against the raids in the offices and residences of its leaders and their subsequent arrests on Thursday by the NIA and other agencies for alleg… A group of Popular Front of India (PFI) activists were beaten up by locals when …
Read More »Popular Front (PFI) Faces Karnataka Ban, Court Action After Raids
New Delhi: The Kerala High Court today initiated a case on its own against leaders of the Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) over calls for a day-long strike in the state to protest against raids on and the arrest of over 100 of its top leaders. Sporadic incidents of …
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