Author: DA Correspondent

Hong Kong government withdraws bill that sparked protests

Hong Kong police say homemade bomb targeted officers

9:29 pm October 14, 2019

HONG KONG: A homemade, remote-controlled bomb intended to “kill or to harm” riot control officers was detonated as they deployed against renewed violence in Hong Kong over the weekend, police said Monday, in a further escalation of destructive street battles gripping the business hub. The “loud thud” Sunday night close to riot officers who had […]

Yes Bank sells 6.56% stake in Fortis Healthcare for Rs 645-cr

9:02 pm October 14, 2019

New Delhi: Private sector lender Yes Bank on Monday offloaded 6.56 per cent stake in leading hospital chain Fortis Healthcare for a little over Rs 645 crore through an open market transaction. After the sale, the lender now holds just 1,850 shares in the hospital chain, latest shareholding data available with the BSE showed. According […]

Sourav Ganguly hospitalised after chest pain

It’s time to set right BCCI’s image: Ganguly

8:03 pm October 14, 2019

Mumbai: Setting right the image of the Indian cricket Board and looking after the financial health of first class cricketers are immediate priorities of President-elect Sourav Ganguly, who is set to take over the reins of the BCCI at a crucial time. In Ganguly, the BCCI will have its first President since Anurag Thakur was […]

Kashmir is open, brides will be brought from there: Khattar ‘quotes’ some people

Mahila Cong holds protest against Khattar over remarks on Sonia Gandhi

7:14 pm October 14, 2019

New Delhi: The women’s wing of the Delhi Congress on Monday held a protest against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for his “deplorable” remarks against party president Sonia Gandhi and demanded an unconditional apology. Raising slogans against Khattar, hundreds of workers of Delhi Pradesh Mahila Congress (DPMC) participated in the protest here and burnt […]

Nobel Prize in literature- Laureate Peter Handke says honoring him is ‘courageous’

Nobel laureate Peter Handke says honoring him is ‘courageous’

9:23 pm October 10, 2019

STOCKHOLM: Peter Handke says the decision to award him the Nobel Prize in literature was courageous. The Austrian author, who lives in France, said Thursday the recognition gave him what he described as “a strange kind of freedom.” He spoke outside his home in suburban Paris. Handke was an opponent of NATO’s airstrikes against Serbia […]