Paris: Police and anti-government protesters clashed near the Champs-Elysees and in other parts of central Paris Saturday with demonstrators hurling rocks and paint at riot police who responded with tear gas. The clashes came as thousands took part in a third weekend of “yellow vest” protests which have morphed from anger over fuel taxes into […]
Read MoreMumbai: Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, a key accused in the $2 billion PNB fraud case, cannot return to India as he is afraid of “getting lynched” and is being compared to demon ‘Ravan’, his lawyer told a special court Saturday, but the ED dismissed the claim saying if he felt there were “security threats”, he […]
Read MoreMumbai: Social activist Anna Hazare said Saturday that he will launch a hunger strike from January 30 next year at his village if the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal is not appointed. In a letter to Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh, Hazare accused the NDA government of making excuses to avoid appointment […]
Read MoreLondon: British government minister Sam Gyimah quit late Friday over Prime Minister Theresa May’s “naive” Brexit plan, dealing her another blow in her fight to pass it through parliament. The universities and science minister is the seventh member of May’s government to quit since she brought back the draft Withdrawal Agreement from Brussels. Gyimah, who […]
Read MoreJammu: The sixth phase of panchayat polls concluded peacefully across Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday with an estimated 76.9 per cent electorate– highest so far– exercising their franchise amid tight security arrangements, state’s chief electoral officer Shaleen Kabra said. A massive 84.6 per cent polling was witnessed in Jammu division, while only 17.3 per cent […]
Read MoreLos Angeles: Hollywood star Angelina Joldi and Brad Pitthave reached a temporary child custodyagreement two years after they announced their separation. The pair have six children – three biological and three adopted – aged between 10 and 17. “It is not permanent but rather a temporary agreement in place, for now, to keep things moving […]
Read MoreBuenos Aires: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met Argentinian President Mauricio Macri and held extensive discussions on ways to strengthen bilateral ties and expand cooperation in areas like defence, nuclear energy and agriculture. The two leaders met over a breakfast hosted by Macri in a special gesture to Modi. Modi also thanked the president […]
Read MoreChandigarh: A day after cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu’s remark on Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, a senior Punjab minister Saturday sought his resignation from the state cabinet. The resignation demand came even as Sidhu back tracked on his claim in Hyderabad that he attended the ground breaking ceremony in Pakistan for the Kartarpur corridor after Congress […]
Read MoreMexico City : Anti-establishment leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will be sworn in as Mexico’s next president on Saturday — a dramatic change in direction for a country fed up with corruption, poverty and crime. The man widely known as “AMLO” is promising a sweeping “transformation” after 89 years of government by the same two […]
Read MoreLos Angeles : Singer Joe Jonas and “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner will reportedly get married in France. A source confirmed Us Weekly that the couple are planning to tie the knot in the summer of 2019. Speculation about where their nuptials will take place began doing the rounds on November 24 after life […]
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