25 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri COLOMBO/ MELBOURNE: Sri Lanka has marked Christmas on a sombre note, with tight security in places around churches after bombings at several hotels and places of worship on Easter Sunday killed 268 people. Police officers, backed by armed forces, were positioned around all churches that …
Read More »HEMANT SOREN TO TAKE OATH AS JHARKHAND CM ON DEC 29
In Jharkhand, Grand Alliance leader Hemant Soren will take oath as Chief Minister on the 29th of this month. He said this last night in Ranchi after meeting Governor Draupadi Murmu to stake claim to form a new government in the state. Earlier, the Governor had invited Mr Soren to …
Read More »Khamenei pays tribute to Jesus Christ on Christmas Eve
25 December, 2019 TEHRAN: In a message released on Christmas Eve, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called for adherence to the teachings of Jesus Christ (PBUH), which requires righteousness and abhorrence of anti-righteous powers. “The honor Muslims attribute to Jesus Christ (pbuh) is no less than …
Read More »Dozens killed in another Burkina Faso attack
25 December, 2019 BURKINA FASO/ MELBOURNE: Suspected Islamist militants have killed 35 people, nearly all women, in an attack on a military base and a town in Burkina Faso, local officials say. They say seven soldiers and 80 militants were killed as the army repelled Tuesday’s attack in Arbinda, the …
Read More »God loves “even the worst of us”: Pope Francis
25 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri VATICAN CITY/ MELBOURNE: Pope Francis has ushered in Christmas by saying God loves everyone – “even the worst of us”. He was speaking to thousands of people during Christmas Eve Mass in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. “You may have mistaken ideas, you …
Read More »Deadly Russian missile hits Syrian school
25 December, 2019 ISTANBUL/ DAMASCUS: At least eight people, including five children, were killed on Tuesday as missiles hit a school in northwest Syria sheltering displaced civilians, a monitor and opposition activists said. The strikes targeted the village of Jobas near the town of Saraqeb in southern Idlib province, the last rebel …
Read More »Iran announces redevelopment of Arak reactor
24 December, 2019 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran has unveiled a redevelopment of part of its Arak heavy water reactor in a move that did not breach international restrictions on its nuclear work, but showed it is developing the sector in the face of United States pressure. Iranian state media said on Monday that technicians …
Read More »‘Daesh more dangerous than al-Qaeda; re-organizing in Iraq’
23 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri ISTANBUL/ BAGHDAD/ DAMASCUS: There are growing indications that the Islamic State (IS/ Deash) group is re-organizing in Iraq, two years after losing the last of its territory in the country. Kurdish and Western intelligence officials have revealed that the IS presence in Iraq is …
Read More »PM Modi assuages concern over CAA, NRC; says both have nothing to do with Indian citizens including minorities
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to the people to shun violence and not damage public property saying that the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) have nothing to do with the people of a particular religion. He also clarified that the government has not taken any …
Read More »All set for Numaish at Nampally from Jan. 2: CP
Hyderabad, Dec.22 (PMI): CP Anjani Kumar today said city’s popular Numaish was the symbol of the Telangana culture and heritage. He said one can get any kind of product belonging to Kashmir to Kanyakumari at the Numaish in the city. Addressing mediapersons here today, Anjani Kumar said the Exhibition would begin …
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