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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong walked free from prison on Monday after serving nearly five weeks for contempt of court, pledging to join a mass protest movement demanding that the city`s Beijing-backed leader, Carrie Lam, to step down. HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong walked free from …

Sharma’s mesmerising knock against Pakistan led to fans cheering ‘Rohit, Rohit, Rohit’. However, they seemed less well-practised, a little more out-of-sync than the choruses glorifying Kohli, or even ex-skipper MS Dhoni, which are second-nature. The chants of ‘Kohli! Kohli!’ reverberated the Old Trafford in Manchester when India took on arch-rivals …

To expedite projects related to water resources, the Modi government would release Rs 9,000 crore to UP which includes water-starved regions of Bundelkhand and Vindhyachal, reports said. New Delhi: By 2021, a year before Uttar Pradesh goes to the polls, India`s largest state would have enough water to quench the …

Three civilians, including an 11-year-old girl, were injured when the Pakistan Army shelled villages and forward posts during ceasefire violation along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district Sunday, officials said. Jammu: Three civilians, including an 11-year-old girl, were injured when the Pakistan Army shelled villages and forward posts …

Three cops were suspended for allegedly thrashing two men after their auto bumped into a police vehicle in Mukherjee Nagar area of New Delhi on Sunday. New Delhi: Three cops were suspended for allegedly thrashing two men after their auto bumped into a police vehicle in Mukherjee Nagar area of …

In another tweet, the prime minister assured the people of country that his government will be at the forefront of pro-people governance. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired the BJP parliamentary party meet in New Delhi and tweeted after the meeting that BJP-led government at the Centre …

The NIA said that Asiya Andrabi made the confessions after she was confronted with evidence regarding funding of educational expenses of her son in Malaysia. National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case, on Sunday said that Dukhtaran-e-Millathad chief Asiya Andrabi has confessed during …

Monsoon arrived in Kerala on June 8, after a delay of around a week after its usual onset date. Monsoon arrived at some parts of North Bengal and Sikkim on Sunday. The Northern limit of monsoon is curently passing through North East Bay of Bengal then Goalpara (Assam), Alipurduar (North …

The girl`s death, the second recorded fatality of a migrant child this year in Arizona`s southern deserts, highlighted the danger of summer heat as a surge of migrant families, mainly from Central America, cross the US-Mexico border to seek asylum. A six-year-old girl from India died of heat stroke in …

PM Narendra Modi will chair NITI Aayog’s fifth governing council meeting at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a crucial meeting of NITI Aayog’s fifth Governing Council on Saturday. Today’s meeting will focus on issues like the drought situation, farm distress, rain-water harvesting and …