Daily Archives: December 16, 2023
Disruptions loom over winter session as security breach standoff persists
NEW DELHI: The winter session of Parliament, the last full session before the 18th Lok Sabha election in 2024, is staring at...
Videoconferencing must when witness can’t depose physically: Punjab and Haryana High Court
CHANDIGARH: Logging on to technology to overcome physical hurdles in legal proceedings, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has mandated the use...
Punjab truck driver who killed 16 Canadian junior hockey players in 2018 crash loses...
OTTAWA: An Indian-origin truck driver, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, lost the bid in Canada against...
US reaches H-1B cap for 2024 fiscal year
WASHINGTON: The US has received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and...
515 injured as Metro trains collide in China
BEIJING: A total of 515 people were taken to the hospital, including 102 with broken bones, when two Metro trains collided amid...
ISI ex-DG gets notice over sacking of judge
ISLAMABAD: Hearing a case filed by a sacked high court judge about his dismissal from service in 2018, Pakistan’s Supreme Court on...
Hungary blocks EU’s $54.9 bn aid for Kyiv
BRUSSELS: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday stood by his decision to veto a 50-billion-euro ($54.94 billion) EU aid package for...
Israeli strike on school kills Al Jazeera cameraman in Gaza, wounds reporter
CAIRO: An Israeli strike killed a Palestinian cameraman for the TV network Al Jazeera and wounded its chief Gaza correspondent on Friday...
California men charged with running drugs to Australia, New Zealand disguised as car parts,...
LOS ANGELES: Four California men have been charged with running a drug ring that sent hundreds of pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine...
‘Friends’ actor Matthew Perry died from effects of drug ketamine
LOS ANGELES: Matthew Perry died from the acute effects of the anaesthetic ketamine, according to the results of an autopsy on the...