New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed the death penalty to a man convicted of murder and rape of a two-year-old girl. ### The sentence was confirmed by 2:1 majority by a three-judge bench of Justices R. F. Nariman, Surya Kant and R.Subhash Reddy. ### The top court was hearing convict Ravi’s plea challenging…
NEW DELHI: The United States does not believe that India is eligible for the grant of a special trade privilege but is renegotiating its terms after revoking the status earlier this year, US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross told Reuters on Thursday. ### Citing lack of reciprocal market access, the United States stripped India from…
London: Out of favour Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh might have to announce his retirement from international cricket if any franchise in England’s ‘The Hundred’ picks him for the league which starts next year. ### According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, Singh – having his base price at 100,000 pounds – is one of the 25…
Upon reaching India in 1959, the Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. remarked, “To other countries I may go as a tourist, but to India I come as a pilgrim.” He added, “Perhaps, above all, India is the land where the techniques of nonviolent social change were developed that my people have used in Montgomery,…
Patna: An FIR was lodged in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district against celebrities including Bollywood actress Konkana Sen, director Maniratnam, Aparna Sen, Shayam Benegal, Ramchandra Guha and 45 others, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concern over the growing incidents of mob lynching, police said on Friday. ### According to district…
Dubai: Dubai’s next big gold and jewellery destination will open for business in the second quarter of 2020, with retailers having already made “commitments” for more than 100 of the 295 outlets. The location, right next to the existing Deira Gold Souq, takes up the stretch from the Shindaga Tunnel to the edge of Hyatt…
Hong Kong: The potential benefit to Singapore from the turmoil in Hong Kong: $4 billion. ### That’s the upper end of an estimate from Goldman Sachs Group Inc of the money investors have moved to Singapore amid escalating political protests in the former British colony. The New York-based bank estimated that there has been a…
### Dubai: UAE’s first astronaut, Hazzaa AlMansoori, shared a picture of Makkah from the International Space Station (ISS). ### He shared the picture from his official Instagram handle @astro_hazzaa, with the caption: “An incredible image of Mecca from the @iss.” ###### His post received more than 15,000 likes and several comments. ### Instagram user @azizalefia…
At just 24, an Indian accountant has turned a multi-millionaire overnight – all thanks to his massive Big Ticket Dh12 million draw win. ### Mohammad Fayaz JA’s ticket number 059070 was picked up as the winner in the latest draw held on Thursday in the capital. ### Speaking to Gulf News on Friday morning from…
Despite enjoying a wonderful season for Manchester City in 2017-18, the winger was a shock exclusion from Joachim Low’s 23-man squad last summer Leroy Sane has claimed he does not reflect on last year’s exclusion from the Germany World Cup squad. The Manchester City winger had been expected to be a shoo-in for a place…