Search For "easter"
Sri Lanka: MP to be grilled over links with terror group NTJ
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 22 (ANI): A member of Parliament who was arrested on charges of having close links with local Islamic terror group National Thawheed Jamaath (NTJ), has been detained and will be questioned, police said on Tuesday.
Read More
Nepal: 9 members of two families murdered in Panchthar District
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Panchthar [Nepal], May 21 (ANI): Nine members of two families were killed in a gruesome homicide by a group of masked men in Eastern Nepal's Panchthar District on Monday night.
Read More
Train services disrupted on Sealdah-Naihati section
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 21 (ANI): Train services on the Sealdah - Naihati section of Eastern Railway's Sealdah Division were disrupted on Tuesday today after a group of people obstructed railway track here.
Read More
Dietary cholesterol or egg consumption do not increase the risk of stroke:
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 20 (ANI): Consuming up to one egg per day or moderately high intake of dietary cholesterol does not increase the risk of stroke, according to a study from the University of Eastern Finland.
Read More
Month after Easter attack, Sri Lanka invokes Gautam Buddha on Vesak
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 18 (ANI): As Sri Lanka recovers from the deadliest terror attack in a decade and episodes of communal violence that followed, President Maithripala Sirisena, while conveying his greetings for Vesak or Buddha Poornima, urged the nation to "recollect the teachings o
Read More
PM Modi's defeat from Varanasi would be more historic than his win: Mayawa
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday cornered Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of development of eastern Uttar Pradesh and asserted that it would be 'more historic than a win' if PM loses from Varanasi -- his parliamentary constitu
Read More
US to support SL's fight against terrorism, aid agency offers $480mn grant
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 17 (ANI): The United States on Thursday reiterated support for Sri Lanka in its fight against terrorism. The support came in the wake of the Easter Sunday coordinated bombings which killed more than 250 people across the country last month.
Read More
Easter bombings: 17 safe houses, 7 training camps of terrorists busted
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 16 (ANI): Sri Lanka police on Thursday busted several safe houses and training camps in connection with the deadly Easter Sunday attacks, which targeted high-end hotels and churches across the country, killing over 250 people.
Read More
BJP's schemes attract big headlines but don't materialise: Priyanka Gandhi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Maharajganj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Upping the ante ahead of the conclusion of polling in the country, Congress general secretary in charge of Eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said BJP has "hollow policies" and indulges in publicity.
Read More
Priyanka Gandhi holds roadshow in Varanasi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 15 (ANI): Congress' general secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday held a mega roadshow in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency, Varanasi.
Read More
Sri Lanka: Curfew lifted for 2 hrs in North Western Province
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): The indefinite curfew imposed in one of the provinces of the island nation will be lifted for two hours from 4 pm to 6 pm in the evening.
Read More
Nationwide curfew imposed in Sri Lanka
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka has imposed a nationwide night curfew beginning from 9 pm on Monday to curtail escalated communal unrest in the country, one of the worst outbreaks since the deadly Easter suicide bombings.
Read More