PM Modi’s speech at NHRC’s Silver Jubilee Foundation Day function in New Delhi
open view web desk Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Silver Jubilee Foundation Day function in New Delhi
Wimbledon to introduce final set tie-breaks
Wimbledon will introduce tie-breaks in the final set of all events for the first time next year, but only once the score in the deciding set reaches 12-12, the All England Lawn Tennis Club announced on Friday. “Our view was that the time had come to introduce a […]
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More than 50 dead in India train disaster
A speeding train ran over revellers watching fireworks during a Hindu festival in northern India Friday, killing more than 50 people, with eyewitnesses saying they were given no warning before disaster struck. The crowd had gathered on railway tracks in the city of Amritsar in Punjab state to […]
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Assange sues Ecuador over ‘fundamental rights’
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sued the Ecuador government on Friday for violating his “fundamental rights” and limiting his access to the outside world while in asylum at its London embassy. The 47-year-old Australian’s legal action comes with speculation mounting that Ecuador is preparing to end its standoff with […]
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New York witches aim hex at Supreme Court’s Brett Kavanaugh despite death threat
NEW YORK – Melissa Madara was not surprised to receive death threats on Friday as her Brooklyn witchcraft store prepared to host a public hexing of newly confirmed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh this weekend. The planned casting of an anti-Kavanaugh spell, one of the more striking […]
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Judge declines to punish student who poured ink on statue
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.— A judge declined Monday to punish a black University of North Carolina graduate student who admitted to pouring red ink and her own blood on a Confederate statue in a headline-grabbing protest that preceded the statue’s toppling months later. After a day of impassioned testimony, Orange […]
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Train mows down crowd at India festival, at least 60 dead
NEW DELHI — A speeding train ran over a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India on Friday evening, killing at least 60 people and injuring dozens more, police said. The train failed to stop after the accident on the outskirts of Amritsar, a city […]
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Saudis blame ‘fistfight’ for Jamal Khashoggi’s death
ISTANBUL — Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi died in a “fistfight” in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, the kingdom claimed early Saturday, finally admitting that the writer had been slain at its diplomatic post. Authorities said 18 Saudi suspects were in custody and intelligence officials had been fired. The […]
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Heavy police deployment at train accident site
Amritsar, Oct 20: Punjab Police commandos and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel have been deployed at the site of a train accident, which claimed 61 lives, to manage a huge crowd on Saturday. A heavy police deployment has been made to keep the situation in order. Punjab Chief Minister […]
