How has North Korea’s nuclear programme advanced in 2017?
Monday 11 September Dramatic missile progress in 2017 North Korea’s efforts to develop a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting the US mainland have accelerated during the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency. The country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has presided over a series of successful missile tests, including North Korea’s first launch of an ICBM on […]
Fading Demonetisation impact, monsoon pushes up August car sales
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Fading impact of demonetisation and healthy monsoon rains accelerated domestic passenger cars sales in August, industry data showed on Monday. As per the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) data, passenger cars sales increased by 11.80 per cent in August to 198,811 units from 177,829 units sold in the corresponding […]
BRICS declaration: China’s Pakistan policy intact, says Islamabad
Islamabad, Sep 11 (IANS) Referring to the recently-adopted BRICS declaration against terrorist groups, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said the declaration contained “nothing new”. China’s policy towards Pakistan has not changed, the minister said as he addressed a press conference after visiting Quaid-i-Azam’s mausoleum in Karachi to pay respect to the country’s founder […]
Sensex climbs 195 points, Nifty tops 10,000
September 11, 2017 The benchmark BSE Sensex on Monday advanced by 195 points to end at 31,882.16 and the Nifty went past the 10,000-mark for the first time since August 7 as auto stocks gained after a less-than-expected GST cess and rising vehicle sales. Optimistic buying in blue-chip stocks ahead of release of industrial production […]
Girl made to stand in boys’ washroom in school as ‘punishment’
September 11, 2017 An 11-year-old girl studying in class V was made to stand in the boys’ washroom as a “punishment” for coming to the school in civil dress and not in uniform, her father has alleged. A large number of parents and locals on Monday gathered at the school, located in R C Puram area […]
Rohingya violence in Myanmar: Religious tensions rise after mob stones Muslim butcher’s home
AFP September 2017 Yangon: Police fired rubber bullets to break up a mob which stoned the home of a Muslim butcher in central Myanmar, authorities said on Monday, as religious tensions rise amid a surge of violence in the west. The mob attack on Sunday night in the Magway region of the mainly Buddhist nation […]
Lebanon to complain to UN over Israeli jets, spy device
Mon Sep 11, 2017 Lebanon plans to file a complaint with the United Nations against Israel for planting spy devices and violating the country’s airspace. The Israeli warplanes violated Lebanon’s airspace on Sunday, flying at a low altitude and breaking the sonic barrier above the country’s third city of Sidon and Palestinian refugee camps in the […]
After Rajnath directions,formal surrender offer to militants.
Srinagar Police and Army Monday made joint surrender offer to militants operating in Kashmir Addressing a presser in Srinagar, IGP Muneer Khan and Army’s Major General B S Raju made this offer. The duo was accompanied by CRPF top officials as well. Khan while emphasizing on surrender said officers who help in surrender of militants […]
Govt orders prosecution of 9 Srinagar youth for raising ISIS flags
Srinagar The J&K government has ordered prosecution of nine youths from Srinagar for raising Daesh flag in Jamia Masjid three years ago. The flag was hoisted in the premises of historic Jamia Masjid on October 17, 2014 following which police registered an FIR (No. 92/2014) under section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 […]
Treat children gone astray with compassion: Rajnath to administration
Srinagar Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that he has directed the ‘security forces’ and the administration that children who have been “misguided and pushed into violence” should not be treated as criminals and put into jails. “Such misguided children should be dealt with according to the juvenile justice system and not locked […]
