Riots broke out at several places in the capital Brussels to protest Belgium’s loss to Morocco in the World Cup football. The rioters torched a car and several electric scooters. Police has made 12 arrests in this case. Riots broke out in the city when policemen were attacked by football fans, some with Moroccan flags wrapped around their bodies. Now the situation is under control but police patrolling continues in sensitive areas as a precautionary measure. Belgian police detained a dozen people and arrested one suspect on Sunday following Morocco’s victory over Belgium in a FIFA World Cup match in Qatar. Riots broke out…
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Vistara Airlines of Singapore will be merged with Air India. The merger is expected to be completed by March 2024 subject to regulatory approvals, said a joint release issued today by Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines. Tata Sons will hold around 75 per cent and Singapore Airlines will hold 25 per cent stake in the new company. As part of the merger process, Vistara Airlines will invest Rs 2,000 crore in Air India. With the arrival of Vistara, there will be a significant increase in the number of aircraft and flights of Air India, which is expected to reduce the fares of…
Protests against the lockdown and strict restrictions imposed due to Covid in China have spread to several major cities including Beijing and Shanghai. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Beijing last night against President Xi Jinping’s zero COVID policy. Protesters chanted anti-government slogans and demanded an end to the lockdown in Shanghai for the second time over the weekend. More than 40 thousand new cases of Covid were confirmed in China today. Meanwhile, the State Council has blamed local authorities for not properly implementing the 20 points of the recently announced Zero Covid policy. The National Health Commission has confirmed the infection in about…
A day after Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid called The Kashmir Files a “propaganda” film, its director Vivek Agnihotri said in a social media post that truth is the most dangerous thing because it makes people liars. Could Reacting to Agnihotri, actor Anupam Kher, who earlier worked in ‘The Kashmir Files’, said on Tuesday that truth will always triumph over untruth. Recently, in the 53rd International Film Festival of India held in Goa, jury head and Israeli film maker Nadav Lapid has given a controversial statement during the closing ceremony of the film festival. He has described this film as ‘vulgar propaganda’. After…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Vishwa Sharma on Tuesday said he does not consider police firing on civilians justified and such action should be resorted to only against terrorists and criminals. Addressing a press conference here, Sharma said the firing incident by Assam police and state forest guards in Mukroh village in a disputed area of the Assam-Meghalaya border, however, had no bearing on the “broader scenario of relations” between the two states. Will not have to The firing case by Assam police and state forest guards in Mukroh village in a disputed area of the Assam-Meghalaya border, however, will have…
Over 50 shops were gutted in a massive fire at wholesale market Bhagirath Palace in Chandni Chowk in North Delhi. The police gave this information on Friday. Police said that the fire that broke out on Thursday evening has been brought under control and now the atmosphere is being cooled so that the fire does not flare up again. There is no news of any casualty in the incident so far. Right now 22 fire tenders are engaged in cooling the atmosphere. After hard work, the fire was brought under control in more than 12 hours. The fire broke out in a shop in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that India’s history has been one of valour, but unfortunately, even after independence, the history which was conspired during the period of slavery continued to be taught. He said that after independence there was a need to change the agenda of the foreigners who enslaved India but it was not done. He said, “The history of India is not just the history of slavery. The history of India is the history of warriors, the history of showing unprecedented bravery and bravery against the oppressors. The history of India has been of the tradition of bravery. He said,…
Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson Swati Maliwal has issued a notice to the Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid. In this notice, women and girls in Jama Masjid have been asked to give reasons for restricting entry without a male companion. A notice has been put up at the entrance of Delhi’s Jama Masjid. The notice states that the board prohibits women and girls from entering the mosque without a male companion. Taking cognizance of the ban, Maliwal, in a notice issued today, said that restricting women from freely entering the mosque and practicing their religious beliefs is totally discriminatory. This is a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the ‘model’ of Congress politics means nepotism, casteism, communalism and vote bank politics, which has ruined not only Gujarat but the entire country. Addressing an election rally in north Gujarat’s Mehsana, Modi said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has never supported the policy of “favouritism and discrimination”. He said that showing faith in the ruling BJP by the youth also reflects the same thing. PM Modi said, “They (Congress) always want to keep the poor poor so that they depend on the government.” He said today’s youth are confident that BJP’s policies will…
A 25-year-old drug addict allegedly stabbed his grandmother, parents and sister to death after a quarrel in southwest Delhi’s Palam area. The police gave this information on Wednesday. The youth had returned from the de-addiction and rehabilitation center a few days back. The accused has been identified as Keshav and has been arrested, the officer said. According to the official, Keshav allegedly killed his entire family after a quarrel on Tuesday night. His cousin, who caught the accused Keshav, told that he had heard the screams of the sister in the night. In that she was pleading to be saved. When he reached with some…